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Can Onshape do Sheet Metal lofts?
joseph_terpend
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Can Onshape do Sheet Metal lofts? If so is there a tutorial?
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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.
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Thanks, I will wait for Onshape to get sheet metal lofts sorted.0
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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.
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So Onshape cannot do square to round sheetmetal lofts yet?0
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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.
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Thanks, I will wait for Onshape to get sheet metal lofts sorted.0
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Has this issue been resolved yet?0
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@PMG
We have not this yet, but it is on our radar.
You can vote here: https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/9297/loft-sheet-metalJake Rosenfeld - Modeling Team0
