Placing a decal on a sheet metal part is similar to any type of part file.
Solidworks wrap sheet metal.
However in some circumstances when the design requires certain types of geometry you can use non sheet metal feature tools then insert bends or convert the part to sheet metal.
Select the faces along the top handle of the iron.
There are a total of six.
To flatten the entire part if the flat pattern1 feature is present unsuppress flat pattern1 or click flatten on the sheet metal toolbar.
In the graphics area select the solidworks sketch.
Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part.
You can flatten the bends in a sheet metal part in the following ways.
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The wrap feature supports contour selection and sketch reuse.
You can project a wrap feature onto multiple faces.
Search flattening sheet metal bends in the solidworks knowledge base.
For wrap method click spline surface.
For wrap type click emboss.
There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly.
The final step is to choose additional faces for the decal to wrap around.
When the mapping tab is selected click in the selected geometry box.
Solidworks keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet.
The sketch plane must be tangent to the face allowing the face normal and the sketch.
Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature.
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Click wrap features toolbar or insert features wrap.
Under sheet metal parameters.