Solidworks Sheet Metal Bend Lines Missing

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Solidworks sheet metal bend lines missing.

A quick tour and introduction using the solidworks sheet metal sketch bend feature. Hiding the bend lines also hides the sheet metal bend notes. Solidworks how to create a simple sheet metal part in solidworks. The a will add the annotations which include the bend notes.

Learn more about sheet metal. Sheet metal bend line notes allow. Here we will learn how to use sketched bend command in solidworks sheet metal and create a bend at any part of plan surface at any angle and dimension. 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.

So in a part generated with the sheet metal tools your bend lines are stored in the flat pattern feature remember that this sketch you can show hide and suppress unsuppress to control how when it is displayed. There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly. Expand the flat pattern feature right click bend lines and select show or hide. To learn more about solidworks sheet metal design you can attend a 2 day training course either in class or online.

Change the display position of bend notes. Whatever you want to call it. Creating sheet metal flat pattern configurations. Sheet metal bend line notes.

To toggle the visibility of the sheet metal bend notes. These bend notes will describe the bend direction bend angle and bend radius for each bend within solidworks. You might also like. 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.