SolidWorks Forming Tools and Flat Patterns — Why Your Cuts Disappear and How to Fix Them
You add a louver, a lance, or a drawn cutout to a SolidWorks sheet metal part, flatten it, export DXF, and the cuts that should appear in the flat layout are either missing or positioned wrong. The forming tool placed correctly in the bent part. The flat pattern shows the footprint outline but not the cut geometry. The laser operator can’t nest from this file. This happens because of how SolidWorks models forming tool geometry — and the fix depends on which features are actually in play. ...