Traverses the Assembly Structure of the current drawing, searches for 3D solids in its component, and applies the SmConvert and SmExport2d commands. The resulting .dxf files with unfolding information are saved in a user defined output folder and sorted by thickness. Parts which were processed with command warnings or errors are put to special folders. An HTML report listing all the solids in the assembly is generated, indicating their status and links to .dwg and .dxf files.
Each solid is classified:
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”Sheet Metal” – solid is a sheet metal part;
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”Poor Sheet Metal” – solid looks like a sheet metal design, user assistance, and rework are needed;
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”Not Sheet Metal” – solid is not recognized as sheet metal design.
The command allows to quickly sort out non-sheet metal parts, therefore it can be applied to mixed assemblies containing both sheet metal and non-sheet metal parts.
The command can be applied to simple drawings with solids, to assemblies created in BricsCAD and to drawings imported by Communicator. It is recommended to set the ImportProductStructure Communicator user preference to 2 (= As mechanical components), else mechanical components will be exploded to solids, which increases the number of entities being processed by SmAssemblyExport, resulting in an increased processing time and multiple repeats in the output.
In order to improve performance the Visual Style of the active viewport is best set to 2dWireframe.
Accessing the Command
command bar: smassemblyexport
menu bar: Sheet Metal | Unfold | Export Assembly to DXF
toolbar: Sheet Metal | Export Assembly to DXF
ribbon: Sheet Metal | Flatten | Export Assembly to DXF
: commandline
Prompts you in the command bar:
Select solids, component instances or [Output folder/bend Table/Dxf version] <Entire model>: (Select the to be processed or press Enter to include all the entities in assembly. Note that a component will be skipped only if it is not referred by any instance.)
Unless defined differently in the command options, the results are saved in the folder of the processed drawing.
Command Options
Option |
Description |
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Set Output Folder |
Allows to set the output folder: Displays a File dialog to set the output folder. |
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Set Bend Table |
Allows to assign a bend table Displays a File dialog to set the bend table to be used during SmExport2d calls in the output process. |
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DXF version |
Allows to specify the DXF version: |
Related Commands
SmConvert - automatically recognizes flanges and bends in a 3D solid.
SmExport2d - exports the unfolded representation of a sheet metal body as a 2D profile in .dxf / .dwg file format.
