Can Onshape do Sheet Metal lofts?

joseph_terpend

Can Onshape do Sheet Metal lofts? If so is there a tutorial? 

brucebartlett

No, Onshape doesn't  have a feature to do square to round sheet metal lofts yet. 

However, with a bit of effort, you can make it happen. See doc here.  I'd be interested to see if this suits what you're after to help @lana add this in the future.

Maybe someone could even write a feature script to create the square to round transition with flat faces to make it easier for the short term.

joseph_terpend

Thanks, I will wait for Onshape to get sheet metal lofts sorted. 

brucebartlett

You can't do sheet metal loft as a feature in Onshape, but you should be able to create the shape as a solid and use the sheet metal convert. 

The trick is to get the faces on the part flat before you convert to sheet metal. In this example, I used the loft feature but then had to patch the flat chamfered corners in. 

joseph_terpend

So Onshape cannot do square to round sheetmetal lofts yet?

brucebartlett

No, Onshape doesn't  have a feature to do square to round sheet metal lofts yet. 

However, with a bit of effort, you can make it happen. See doc here.  I'd be interested to see if this suits what you're after to help @lana add this in the future.

Maybe someone could even write a feature script to create the square to round transition with flat faces to make it easier for the short term.

joseph_terpend

Thanks, I will wait for Onshape to get sheet metal lofts sorted. 

PMG

Has this issue been resolved yet?

Jake_Rosenfeld

@PMG

We have not this yet, but it is on our radar.  
You can vote here: https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/9297/loft-sheet-metal