Sheet Metal Flat Pattern

Flat pattern the flat pattern1 feature is intended to be the last feature in the folded sheet metal part.

Sheet metal flat pattern.

In this article we will discuss sheetmetal bend deduction bend allowance k factor y factor and sheet metal flat pattern calculations. Creating sheet metal flat pattern configurations you can create a configuration in a sheet metal part that shows the flattened part. Enter k factor values. Enter flange length internal radius and thickness values.

The flat pattern view is useful for fabrication and is the only view that supports sheet metal annotations. To create a flat pattern configuration. In the browser double click the folded model node to return to the folded model state or. Use k factor calculator to calculate k factor values.

All features before flat pattern1 in the featuremanager design tree appear in both the folded and flattened sheet metal part. All features after flat pattern1 appear only in the flattened sheet metal part. K factor in sheet metal bending is a constant used to calculate sheet metal flat length or flat pattern. Here are the steps to be followed to calculate sheet metal flat length.

The flat pattern is created and displays. To ensure that all features are shown in a flat pattern you should create the flat pattern configuration after the entire design pattern of the part is complete. With a single body sheet metal part open on the ribbon click sheet metal tab flat pattern panel click create flat pattern. Mathematically k factor value is equal to the ratio of position of neutral axis and sheet thickness.

A flat pattern node is created in the browser.