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How can I modify a flange so that the two side faces are aligned to parallel planes?
jsejcksn
Member Posts: 6 ✭
Here's an image of the desired part geometry as a reference:
I would like to model this as a sheet metal part, but I'm not sure how to create identical geometry with the flange feature. Here are the existing flange feature details:
It appears that when deselecting "hold adjacent edges", the effect is only applied to the back edge and not the front edge. I would like for both side faces of the flange to be parallel and aligned to the implied perpendicular planes colocated at the ends of the flange edge. How can I modify the flange so that the resulting geometry is identical to the reference part geometry?
Here is a link to the example document:
Answers
I'm a bit confused. Looks to me that you already have what you're describing except that there is a non flat around the bend. That is the nature of sheet metal because of the normal cut used with most machines to be used. I have seen plasma torch set up with tilt head to cut counter sink on heavier material, but most not.https://cad.onshape.com/documents/7dce41e4fd270f1e6c28b5c0/w/74be216b7bf558a460f0ab0b/e/38e44e0536412f22b9c7ecb7
@glen_dewsbury I’m not sure which wording is confusing, but I would like to modify the flange so that the resulting geometry is identical to the reference part geometry — to end up with exactly the reference part geometry using only sheet metal features.