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Where is the difference between these two marking colors?

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Axel_Kollmenter

Define the surface distance between two bending pockets

Is there a simple way to define the surface distance between two bending pockets if the angle is not 90°? In the following pictures, the distance between the two marked surfaces should be exactly 10.2 mm. At the moment, I am slowly adjusting the length of flange 1 until the surface distance is exactly right. This can go down to the fifth decimal place....
Of course I could build the sheet metal model differently from the beginning, but I already have some features planned in this part and no time to do it again. It would be ideal to be able to say afterwards what the distance between the two faces should be, so that the flange length calculates itself for angles above and below 90°.

How can this problem be solved? Do I have to try it out measurement by measurement to see if it fits?

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Axel_Kollmenter

Re: Define the surface distance between two bending pockets

Yeah I know I can use this, but I don't want to rebuild the part

glen_dewsbury said:

use a material offset for you sketch with extrude sheet meta.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/fd8d60e9de614fef424c4257/w/f74808f6a3a75c2ab5c832d6/e/ca3ea29c67e222cf9d89f47a

Axel_Kollmenter

Re: Error: "Should be unreachable!"

@MBartlett21 Yes it worked with the newer Version V0.4.1 Thank you!

Axel_Kollmenter

Re: Error: "Should be unreachable!"

https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/comment/109737#Comment_109737

We are currently using V0.4.1 . I will check the new version. Thank you!

Axel_Kollmenter

Re: Error: "Should be unreachable!"

@Axel_Kollmenter

It looks like you are using an older version, possible not from the original document. That error message is now a warning that you haven't selected a sheet metal part.

This could be to do with 'recent' changes to how Onshape's sheet metal works internally (i.e. the new corner break stuff, holes, etc.).

MBartlett21

Re: Error: "Should be unreachable!"

Link for reference:

Sheet Metal Forming Tool (MBartlett) | Feature Studio 1

MBartlett21

Re: ThreadLab - Internal/External Modeled/Cosmetic Threads with External Thread Callouts

https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/comment/109502#Comment_109502

I'd think if you were going to model the threads you could go with the drilled option instead of the tap drill.

This is just one more reason they need to fold it in. One checkbox for "modeled" in the tapped hold dialogue would let you dispense with all the complexity.

michael_zeagler

Re: Pipe ( NPT ) Threads again

Cool - I got to play around with this for sure

rick_randall

Re: Why can't I rotate the dogbone link component (see image)?

If the whole assembly moves with it means the rest of the assembly isn't constrained…
Try fixing the part it's mated to, that should take care of it…

eric_pesty