Automated Drawing Creation for Sheet Metal and Machined Components
Automate drawing generation with accurate views, dimensions, and standards – reducing manual effort and ensuring consistent outputs. Streamline your engineering workflow with faster delivery, fewer errors, and fully standardized documentation.
Automatically generated views
- Formed model views (Front / Top / Side / Isometric)
- Flat pattern view with correct orientation and scale
Automated dimensions
- Overall length, width, and height
- Hole and slot sizes with location dimensions
- Bend line locations
- Bend angles, bend radii
- Flange lengths and offsets
Symbols and tables
- Bend direction symbols (Up / Down)
- Bend table (angle, radius, K-factor)
- Welding symbols (if applicable)
- Datum symbols (where required)
Automated notes
- Material and thickness
- Grain direction note
- Bending sequence note
- General fabrication tolerances
- Surface treatment / coating notes
Manufacturing outputs
- PDF / DWG drawings
Flat pattern DXF for laser / punching / CNC
Automatically generated views
- Standard orthographic views
- Section views (auto-created for internal features)
- Detailed views for critical features
- Isometric reference view
Automated dimensions
- Overall and step dimensions
- Hole callouts:
- Drill, tap, counterbore, countersink
- Slot and pocket dimensions
- Fillet and chamfer dimensions
- Thread specifications
Symbols and GD&T
- Datum feature symbols
- Geometric tolerances:
- Position, flatness, perpendicularity, concentricity, profile
- Surface finish symbols
- Thread and machining symbols
Automated notes
- Material and grade
- Heat treatment and hardness
- Surface finish requirements
- General machining tolerances
Deburring and edge break notes
- Feature recognition (holes, bends, slots, pockets)
- Conditional logic:
- If tapped hole → add thread note
- If sheet metal → add bend table
- Template-driven annotation placement
- Standard-based output (ISO / ASME)
- Automatic update on model change
- Drawing template selection (A4/A3/A2)
- Automatic title block population
- Revision table and approval notes
- BOM and ballooning (for assemblies)
- Batch drawing generation for multiple parts
- PLM-driven release and version control
- Creo Parametric
- Toolkit (C++), J-Link (Java)
- Drawing API, Sheet Metal API, PMI
- SolidWorks
- API, DriveWorks
- NX
- NX Open, PMI
- Inventor
- iLogic
- PLM Integration
Auto numbering, revision management
- Up to 90% reduction in drafting time
- Consistent and standard-compliant drawings
- Eliminates missing dimensions and notes
- Faster engineering-to-manufacturing cycle
- Reliable drawings for fabrication and vendors