I saved 25 bodies same as you but i cant edit any body features, i have sheet metal, weldmeds in my bodies, i want to flatten sheet metal and export dxf for fabrication. Help plz
If you import a neutral file there won't be any features. You can do a couple of things to make it possible to do what you want. For sheet metal, use the command Insert Bends and SOLIDWORKS will reverse engineer the bends for you. Add a K-Factor or Bend Deduction value and the flat pattern will be accurate for that final shape. If you use a different allowance, the flat pattern may be longer or shorter than needed. For prismatic parts, look at FeatureWorks to identify features and generate sketches for them to make them editable. Weldments is going to be hard to use because it is a multi-body environment and each of the bodies is saved out separately, but if you want you can generate a cut list which automatically calculates things like bounding box and length.
what if it shows surfaces and solid bodies in the feature tree command then this method works? because sometimes we get surfaces and solid bodies simultaneously in the same file from the customer .... Thank you for this
The behavior should stay the same, but I don't recall testing this situation to confirm. The existence of surface bodies simply means that is how the model was built or exported.
Are you in a part or an assembly model when you try to run the Save Body command? It is only a command that can be run in a multi-body part, and you should see either a Solid Bodies folder or a CutList folder to right click on to get the command.
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I saved 25 bodies same as you but i cant edit any body features, i have sheet metal, weldmeds in my bodies, i want to flatten sheet metal and export dxf for fabrication. Help plz
If you import a neutral file there won't be any features. You can do a couple of things to make it possible to do what you want. For sheet metal, use the command Insert Bends and SOLIDWORKS will reverse engineer the bends for you. Add a K-Factor or Bend Deduction value and the flat pattern will be accurate for that final shape. If you use a different allowance, the flat pattern may be longer or shorter than needed. For prismatic parts, look at FeatureWorks to identify features and generate sketches for them to make them editable. Weldments is going to be hard to use because it is a multi-body environment and each of the bodies is saved out separately, but if you want you can generate a cut list which automatically calculates things like bounding box and length.
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Glad to hear it! Let me know if you have other questions.
what if it shows surfaces and solid bodies in the feature tree command then this method works? because sometimes we get surfaces and solid bodies simultaneously in the same file from the customer .... Thank you for this
The behavior should stay the same, but I don't recall testing this situation to confirm. The existence of surface bodies simply means that is how the model was built or exported.
Save body option not showing.. How can i save? Please reply me sir
Are you in a part or an assembly model when you try to run the Save Body command? It is only a command that can be run in a multi-body part, and you should see either a Solid Bodies folder or a CutList folder to right click on to get the command.