3DDave,
You make an interesting point, that I hadn't thought of... Separating the flat pattern and the engineering drawing. We just combine those two - the flat pattern is just another view on the drawing.
I do a lot of sheet metal design, and so inevitably, I have a lot of cases where I cannot meet both the strength req's AND bend radius limits with a certain material. For example, I have an .063 AL 6061-T6 part with a .06 bend radius. That BR is too small for -T6, but can be hit with 6061-O. In...
If you have an assembly of multiple components, generally, you throw "Assembly" at the end of the part name... However, if the part name already implies that it is an assembly, do you still have to add "Assembly"?
For example, if I have a "Power Distribution Unit" - it is obviously an assembly...