Sheet Metal Flanges Over Curved

connor_luckett

Hi all,

New to OnShape, but I really like it so far with one exception. I'm trying to draw an aluminum aircraft rib. I've done this before in SolidWorks, and I know it works there.

As shown in the photo below, I can add a flange to the rear tab of the airfoil (since it's flat), but I can't add a flange to the top and bottom of the airfoil (because they're curved). Am I doing this wrong? Does anyone have a workaround? All of the tuto

Thanks,
Connor

alnis

Personally, I like to make complex sheet metal parts out of surfaces, then converting the surface to sheet metal. Here's a very 3D example (specifically, the Plate sheet metal folder will be most interesting):
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/13d42b2a316daa9d76e6288e/v/a1c4f99b7cb39d477c5cd471/e/3fea4883196740d3022956a5


Process is constructing planes and sketches --> convert to surfaces --> pattern as needed -> convert to sheet metal (sheet metal can also be patterned