In SolidWorks 2008 the ability to export directly to DXF/DWGfrom a sheetmetal part seems to have one of those sometimesfunctionalities.
I did a quick scan through the sheet metal forum and found nomention of this feature which is accessible via a Right-Click onthe Flat-Pattern feature in a sheet metal part.
The customer that identified this sometimes issue typically makesone side of a part and needs to make a mirror as well as createDXFs of each. Most of the time it's a quick matter of selecting aplane or face and doing an Insert, Mirror Part..., Insert Bends onthe new part and exporting the Flat-Pattern via a Right-Click andExport...
However, often the export fails to export a flat pattern and justexports a Front view to DXF instead. Has anyone come across this?Found a work around for the ones that don't work?
Some times it's a matter of activating the Flat-Pattern andexporting, sometimes even that doesn't help. CTRL-Q, CTRL-B alsohave no effect. :-(
It's really odd.SolidworksSheet Metal
I did a quick scan through the sheet metal forum and found nomention of this feature which is accessible via a Right-Click onthe Flat-Pattern feature in a sheet metal part.
The customer that identified this sometimes issue typically makesone side of a part and needs to make a mirror as well as createDXFs of each. Most of the time it's a quick matter of selecting aplane or face and doing an Insert, Mirror Part..., Insert Bends onthe new part and exporting the Flat-Pattern via a Right-Click andExport...
However, often the export fails to export a flat pattern and justexports a Front view to DXF instead. Has anyone come across this?Found a work around for the ones that don't work?
Some times it's a matter of activating the Flat-Pattern andexporting, sometimes even that doesn't help. CTRL-Q, CTRL-B alsohave no effect. :-(
It's really odd.SolidworksSheet Metal
