How To Add Bending Note On Sheet Metals In Solidworks

In the view palette drag the flat pattern view into the graphics area.

How to add bending note on sheet metals in solidworks.

Show or hide bend notes. Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar. Bend notes in your sheet metal part drawings are a clear way to provide the required information for manufacturing they can be automatically inserted into the flat pattern drawing view. In the view properties tab clear display sheet metal bend notes.

In any sheet metal part right click on the flattened pattern and select insert bend notes the flattened pattern includes all of the bend notes on the flattened view. To add and position sheet metal bend notes. In the drawing view propertymanager you can. Set the bend direction bend radius bend order and bend allowance.

There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly. This includes the bounding box in the 2d view for easy reference. You can also right click drawing view in the featuremanager design tree and select properties. You can control the precision for sheet metal bend line notes in tools options document properties tables bend.

However in some circumstances when the design requires certain types of geometry you can use non sheet metal feature tools then insert bends or convert the part to sheet metal. These bend notes will describe the bend direction bend angle and bend radius for each bend within solidworks. Once the bend notes have been created simply add a bend table from the tables drop down menu.