Adding features to sheet metal flat pattern

brian_pinder662

Could anyone please advise me how to bring up the update video on adding features to flat pattern in sheet metal please.
Been trying for a while now without success. It may have been included in a webinar which would also help.
Regards Brian

Jake_Rosenfeld

@brian_pinder662

Maybe this tech tip will help?
https://www.onshape.com/cad-blog/tech-tip-how-to-sketch-on-the-sheet-metal-flat-view-in-onshape

Safari should not cause any issues with this, but maybe if you post a screenshot or a link to your document to show more specifically what is happening we can be of more help.

Here is a gif of me sketching on the flat, and then using extrude to cut/add:

brian_pinder662

Got it with your help Many thanks to all

bradley_sauln

What features are you trying to add? Right now you can place sketches on the flat pattern use the extrude feature.

You click on 'Sketch' to create a new sketch, open up the flat pattern view and click on one the flat pattern. From there you can sketch profiles and use extrude to perform cuts.

Jake_Rosenfeld

^ To add to this, once you've sketched on the flat pattern, extrude can perform cuts AND additions to the sheet metal model.

brian_pinder662

Thank you, I have first drawn sketch , then gon to sheet metal, thickend it 2mm . Opened flat pattern, then opened new sketch on pattern and tried to
extrude cut, or add hole but this does not seem to work. Could this be because I am using Safari browser, or am I making the wrong approach.

Can you advise please Brian

Jake_Rosenfeld

@brian_pinder662

Maybe this tech tip will help?
https://www.onshape.com/cad-blog/tech-tip-how-to-sketch-on-the-sheet-metal-flat-view-in-onshape

Safari should not cause any issues with this, but maybe if you post a screenshot or a link to your document to show more specifically what is happening we can be of more help.

Here is a gif of me sketching on the flat, and then using extrude to cut/add:

brian_pinder662

Got it with your help Many thanks to all