How To Add Bending Note On Sheet Metals In Solidworks

In the view properties tab clear display sheet metal bend notes.

How to add bending note on sheet metals in solidworks. 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. Open a drawing sheet. You might also like. These bend notes will describe the bend direction bend angle and bend radius for each bend within solidworks.

You can control the precision for sheet metal bend line notes in tools options document properties tables bend. In the drawing view propertymanager you can. You can also right click drawing view in the featuremanager design tree and select properties. 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.

In the view palette drag the flat pattern view into the graphics area. Once the bend notes have been created simply add a bend table from the tables drop down menu. 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. Show or hide bend notes.

Select the flat pattern drawing view to display the drawing view propertymanager. Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar. This includes the bounding box in the 2d view for easy reference.