I am making the production drawings for the assembly and each part is a seperate page. One part's flat pattern will not flatten per say on the drawing for some reason. The model part when you suprress the flat patter unfold just fine, but will not do so in the drawing? Am I over looking somethin?
Harold, what happens when you insert the folded part into a drawing and set the view to 'flat pattern'?
If it's not opening the model, adding a flat pattern configuration, switching back to the drawing and displaying the flattened view with the bend notes, then open the part, activate the flat-pattern derived configuration and make sure that the bend features in the flat pattern aren't suppressed.
Thanks Jeff and John. I have a multi part sheet metal assembly that I am producing shop drawings for. It is a multi-sheet drawing, with each part on seperate sheets. The problem I was experiencing was that two of the parts were not creating flat patterns on their respective sheets. I have checked every thing from surpressed bends, and all other aspects with no found problems/solutions. I did redo the solid model sheet metal parts from scratch, and there seems to be no problem with them. I can only contribute the problem with that strange unknown thing that just happens for no reason and the fact that the computer that I am working on is on it's last leg.
Thanks again guys.
Hi Harold
This happened to me in the past but has not happened for a while. Instead of re modelling the part just create a new configuration with the flat pattern unsurpressed you can then use this configuration in your drawing. (this is what SW should do for you but some times it does not work correctly)
Paul
If you are saying you have different sheets for each part and they are part of an assembly drawing, I suspect that you are not selecting the individual part model that you want to "flatten" but rather the drawing thinks you are trying to flatten the assembly. If you have selected the proper view containing the model you want to show flattened, there is likely a "flat" version view available in the view pallet.
If you get a chance to search the discussion forum, there have been several threads concerning questions about multipart drawings. I would suggest individual drawings for each part to avoid some surprises. This also allows a part and it's drawing to be used more easily in other projects.