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Drawn Metal Cup with Vents

sean_hartsean_hart Member Posts: 3 ✭
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I am attempting to draw vents on an aluminum can similar to the attached image.  The can itself is drawn aluminum, but from what I understand the best I can do in OnShape is use a regular Sheet Metal drawing of an incomplete cylinder (with a slit down the side to allow "unfolding").  Overlooking the inability to model drawn metal, manufacturers have described the vent itself as "stamped", but I am not seeing an effective way to model this in OnShape.  I have attempted bending and creating a tab, but both will not convert correctly.  Any ideas on how this should be modeled in OnShape?  Thanks!

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    mlaflecheCADmlaflecheCAD Member, Onshape Employees, Developers Posts: 179
    edited August 2019 Answer ✓
    @sean_hart For this design, with it having compound formed features for the cylinder and the vents, it would be best to model this using non-sheet metal modeling techniques.  This would be the case in most CAD programs out there because of the stamped features on the rolled portion of the design.
    Regards,
    Mike LaFleche   @mlaflecheCAD
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    steve_shubinsteve_shubin Member Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭✭
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    @sean_hart

    If you step through the features list in this document, it will show you how to make vents

    https://cad.onshape.com/documents/187e858549592a9f394110b2/w/44156a98c0a7d45f9a82882f/e/916f879d0ed191223b221c31
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    sean_hartsean_hart Member Posts: 3 ✭
    Thanks Mike and Steve, I actually had modeled the vents using a similar method but was worried that it would convey the wrong desired end result.  If that is industry standard, hopefully there will not be a model translation issue for manufacturing.  Thanks for both of your help!
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