Sheet Metal Rips

kent_henderson

Take a look at the sheet metal part in link below. I'd like to add some rips but am not sure how to execute those rips. For sake of discussion I'd like to make the top with 4 bends with rips shown in sketches 5,6,&7. The sides would form in similar fashion to create the window and door openings. Do I need to do tiny rips in the model before I convert to SM? I know I could leave the door and window faces excluded and flange my way in but that's more work and I'm lazy.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/602ccd5d2cab788d666ec86f/w/1087d33f2902e133f276e1c6/e/68f45b820f5f40e588c9d896

kent_henderson

I'd like to make this in 5 pieces, top, sides, bottom, and center front recessed section to window and door openings.

MBartlett21

@kent_henderson
You will have to use split face with the sketches on your solid before you do the sheet metal

Cris_Bowers

I tried the approach @mbartlett21 suggested. I think this is what you are looking for. Personally I would break each section into a different sheet metal feature so that each flat pattern is a separate instance instead of all showing up in the same one. I just didn't want to take the extra time to do it.

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/30f093b6288a6d854fe4ab23/w/0ca8d42805b7d2113a70b8a7/e/3b9e257cbc644340b6f808cc

kent_henderson

Cris & mbartlett21. Thanks very much. I feel dumb but I've never used the split command. This changes everything!