Support for Sheet Metal in MBD

SOLIDWORKS MBD supports sheet metal bend notes, bend tables, bend lines, and bounding box lines.

Bend Notes

You can add and edit bend notes in the flat pattern of a sheet metal part.

In the FeatureManager® design tree, right-click the Flat-Pattern feature and click one of these:
  • Insert bend notes
  • Reinsert bend notes

Bend Tables

You can add bend tables for a flat pattern of a sheet metal part.

Click Bend Table (Table toolbar) or Insert > Tables > Bend Table.

The bend table is created and tags are placed on the bend lines of the sheet metal flat pattern to identify their bend specifications.

Bend and Bounding Box Lines

In the Sheet Metal MBD section of the Document Properties dialog box, you can specify the color and line type for various sheet metal items.

Click Tools > Options > Document Properties > Sheet Metal MBD.

You can specify the color and line type for:
  • Bend lines
  • Bounding box lines
  • Sheet metal sketch entities