Flange to form a tab = i.e. Flange Bend Angle of 0deg.

phil_joyce

I am trying to create flat tabs and thought the Flange tool would be ideal, but it does not allow 0 degrees bend angle. Is that because zero would upset background geometrical calculations? Align to Geometry looked a good bet, but I can not get it to work. Any advice out there?
The subject:
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/c717b32738899ba2d2fb177b/w/41ec7202d9e732db15c76fa8/e/ea7818291a9058976bb276ef

mahir

Check out the Tab feature in the sheetmetal toolbar. It's right next to Flange.

mahir

Yes, I assume it's a degenerate case. Flange is meant by design to add an angled flange. So in the code it probably assumes there is some minimum angle. Some of the calculations likely lead to a zero or infinity where it doesn't belong. Case in point, where is the bend radius on a 180deg bend radius?

mahir

Check out the Tab feature in the sheetmetal toolbar. It's right next to Flange.

phil_joyce

How very short sighted of me. Thank you very much.
I am still interested to know if it is a 'Divide by 0' problem that prevents a Flange Bend Angle being set to zero. It is a valid reason. but hey, my problem is solved, thanks again.

mahir

Yes, I assume it's a degenerate case. Flange is meant by design to add an angled flange. So in the code it probably assumes there is some minimum angle. Some of the calculations likely lead to a zero or infinity where it doesn't belong. Case in point, where is the bend radius on a 180deg bend radius?

MBartlett21

@phil_joyce
You could also use the move face command.