SOLIDWORKS Flat Pattern

Tech tips, tutorials, and best practices for SOLIDWORKS Flat Pattern from the Javelin technical team

Mirror SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal with Flat Pattern

By Sanja Srzic on December 11, 2014

Sheet metal is mirrored as any other SOLIDWORKS part by selecting a face and using the Insert > Mirror Part command. The…

By Sanja Srzic on November 26, 2014

SOLIDWORKS users occasionally come across a sheet metal drawing view that displays formed (bent) part instead of flat pattern. Here is…

By Alin Vargatu, CSWE on December 17, 2012

My SolidWorks 2013 Pick of the Day is the cleaner feature manager structure in the Sheet Metal environment introduced by…

By Alin Vargatu, CSWE on August 14, 2012

If I were to compare the SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal module with an Opera Company and you (the SOLIDWORKS user) with the director,…

By Alin Vargatu, CSWE on December 13, 2011

SOLIDWORKS has supported sheet metal multi-body parts for the last two releases, but that still came as a pleasant surprise…