Practice exercise

How to create a detailed sheet metal drawing

Learn to create a detailed drawing of a sheet metal part.

After completing this practice exercise, you’ll be able to:

Create a flat pattern.
Create a detailed drawing.
Create a bend table.

Exercise

Any referenced datasets can be downloaded from "Module downloads" in the module overview.

Transcript

00:02

This is a practice exercise video solution.

00:05

To get started,

00:06

open the supply dataset,

00:07

sheet metal Drawing Practice.

00:09

F3D.

00:10

We want to begin by navigating to our sheet metal tools and creating a flat pattern.

00:15

We'll select the bottom inside face and select OK.

00:19

From here,

00:20

we want to create a detailed drawing.

00:22

We're going to right click on the flat

00:23

pattern in the browser and select Create Drawing.

00:27

We can either use the automatic drawing options or manually create a drawing,

00:31

and in this case we'll use manual.

00:34

We're going to select the ASME standard,

00:36

set our units to inch,

00:37

and we'll use the B sheet size and select OK.

00:42

When the detailed drawing is created,

00:44

we first want to change our scale to be 1 to 1,

00:48

and we're gonna place our sheet metal part in

00:49

the left-hand side of our drawing and select OK.

00:53

From here,

00:53

we're gonna create another base view.

00:56

This time we're gonna be using the folded model

00:58

in the home orientation

00:60

with a 1 to 1 scale.

01:02

And we're gonna set our tangent edges at full length.

01:08

Next,

01:08

we can add some dimensions.

01:10

From our dimension dropdown,

01:12

we'll select dimension,

01:13

we're gonna add an overall width and an overall height of our sheet metal part.

01:19

Anytime we have overlapping dimensions,

01:21

we can also use the dimension break tool

01:23

to make sure that we do have a small break and can

01:26

clearly and easily see which dimension leader is going to wear.

01:30

If you want to add additional annotations or dimensions,

01:33

you can do it by adding things like center marks

01:35

and additional details such as dimensions or notes wherever needed.

01:40

For our purposes,

01:41

however,

01:42

we're gonna go ahead and add some bend table information.

01:46

So from the table drop down,

01:47

we can use the automatic table option,

01:49

or we can manually select bent table.

01:53

The bend table can be placed wherever we need to,

01:55

but we're gonna select our flat pattern drawing view first.

01:59

And then we're going to put our bend table in the bottom right-hand corner.

02:03

You may need to reposition a couple of the other

02:05

views to make sure that we can see everything clearly.

02:08

The bin table is going to list the ID which are clearly shown on the flat pattern.

02:12

It's gonna list whether or not the angles are going up or down,

02:15

and the angle itself as well as the radius value.

02:18

If you'd like to add any additional information to your detailed drawings,

02:22

go ahead and do it now before you save and move on.

Video transcript

00:02

This is a practice exercise video solution.

00:05

To get started,

00:06

open the supply dataset,

00:07

sheet metal Drawing Practice.

00:09

F3D.

00:10

We want to begin by navigating to our sheet metal tools and creating a flat pattern.

00:15

We'll select the bottom inside face and select OK.

00:19

From here,

00:20

we want to create a detailed drawing.

00:22

We're going to right click on the flat

00:23

pattern in the browser and select Create Drawing.

00:27

We can either use the automatic drawing options or manually create a drawing,

00:31

and in this case we'll use manual.

00:34

We're going to select the ASME standard,

00:36

set our units to inch,

00:37

and we'll use the B sheet size and select OK.

00:42

When the detailed drawing is created,

00:44

we first want to change our scale to be 1 to 1,

00:48

and we're gonna place our sheet metal part in

00:49

the left-hand side of our drawing and select OK.

00:53

From here,

00:53

we're gonna create another base view.

00:56

This time we're gonna be using the folded model

00:58

in the home orientation

00:60

with a 1 to 1 scale.

01:02

And we're gonna set our tangent edges at full length.

01:08

Next,

01:08

we can add some dimensions.

01:10

From our dimension dropdown,

01:12

we'll select dimension,

01:13

we're gonna add an overall width and an overall height of our sheet metal part.

01:19

Anytime we have overlapping dimensions,

01:21

we can also use the dimension break tool

01:23

to make sure that we do have a small break and can

01:26

clearly and easily see which dimension leader is going to wear.

01:30

If you want to add additional annotations or dimensions,

01:33

you can do it by adding things like center marks

01:35

and additional details such as dimensions or notes wherever needed.

01:40

For our purposes,

01:41

however,

01:42

we're gonna go ahead and add some bend table information.

01:46

So from the table drop down,

01:47

we can use the automatic table option,

01:49

or we can manually select bent table.

01:53

The bend table can be placed wherever we need to,

01:55

but we're gonna select our flat pattern drawing view first.

01:59

And then we're going to put our bend table in the bottom right-hand corner.

02:03

You may need to reposition a couple of the other

02:05

views to make sure that we can see everything clearly.

02:08

The bin table is going to list the ID which are clearly shown on the flat pattern.

02:12

It's gonna list whether or not the angles are going up or down,

02:15

and the angle itself as well as the radius value.

02:18

If you'd like to add any additional information to your detailed drawings,

02:22

go ahead and do it now before you save and move on.

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