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What is the proper way to make this flange?
james_aguilar160
Member Posts: 46 ✭
Hi there. I'm completing the TooTallToby practice challenges to brush up on my OnShape skills. I have almost no experience with sheet metal, so the parts that use that have been tricky for me.
The way I made this was first creating a flange much too large for my needs, then sketching on it and cutting away the negative space.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/38a4bbfdeb1feb263482fd06/w/f0c0d6cca82226d04b10b9e8/e/50051b6f05964903fb2e041a?renderMode=0&uiState=66875f84cf8f631224c0bfb7
Is that the proper way to make this part, or is there some way I can "extrude" a sketch into a sheet metal part?
The way I made this was first creating a flange much too large for my needs, then sketching on it and cutting away the negative space.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/38a4bbfdeb1feb263482fd06/w/f0c0d6cca82226d04b10b9e8/e/50051b6f05964903fb2e041a?renderMode=0&uiState=66875f84cf8f631224c0bfb7
Is that the proper way to make this part, or is there some way I can "extrude" a sketch into a sheet metal part?
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https://cad.onshape.com/documents/38a4bbfdeb1feb263482fd06/w/f0c0d6cca82226d04b10b9e8/e/78460e223b1927055f31b4fe?renderMode=0&uiState=66884c272a0ea65e6c069a3b
Interestingly enough, doing it the way you suggested also dramatically cut the regeneration time (293 ms my old way vs 119ms your way).