Options to 'extend' a sheet metal part
tracy_fleming
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Forgive me here as I'm fairly new to Sheet Metal in Onshape. I also haven't used the forum before. Am I correct in just linking to the document that I have a question about below?
So we make devices from 14.6mm thick triple-wall industrial cardboard and I'm trying to bring our designs into Onshape so that we can get flat patterns.
I'm wondering what my options are for trying to 'extend' a sheet metal part The part was created as a 'Convert from Solid Object' operation. Neither an Add Extrude nor a Boolean, nor trying to add a flange allows me to extend the edge.
The errors reported are:
> For Extrude (Add): "Only Remove can be used with Sheet Metal"
> When I try to Boolean the added part to the Sheet Metal part: "Boolean 1 did not generate properly. Active sheet metal models are not allowed."
Link to document: Tangible Cues Base
I could generate the resulting object using standard sketch/extrude techniques but then I wouldn't get the Sheet Metal Table and Flat View to export as a DXF.
Thanks for any help and I apologize in advance for this clunky forum post.
Tracy
So we make devices from 14.6mm thick triple-wall industrial cardboard and I'm trying to bring our designs into Onshape so that we can get flat patterns.
I'm wondering what my options are for trying to 'extend' a sheet metal part The part was created as a 'Convert from Solid Object' operation. Neither an Add Extrude nor a Boolean, nor trying to add a flange allows me to extend the edge.
The errors reported are:
> For Extrude (Add): "Only Remove can be used with Sheet Metal"
> When I try to Boolean the added part to the Sheet Metal part: "Boolean 1 did not generate properly. Active sheet metal models are not allowed."
Link to document: Tangible Cues Base
I could generate the resulting object using standard sketch/extrude techniques but then I wouldn't get the Sheet Metal Table and Flat View to export as a DXF.
Thanks for any help and I apologize in advance for this clunky forum post.
Tracy
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@tracy_fleming
When working with sheet metal Onshape will not allow you to create parts with a collision, not sure what your design intent is, something like this?
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/a033707a99946df1d352d016/w/8cfed7c9c96871de8ede4796/e/54ca8a5fa8dbd4a1aa028ec9
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@tracy_fleming
The 2 tools I use for that kind of operation are, move face tool which works well if you just want to extend, or if you are trying to get a profile then sketch and sheet metal flange works well.1 -
@tracy_fleming
When working with sheet metal Onshape will not allow you to create parts with a collision, not sure what your design intent is, something like this?
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/a033707a99946df1d352d016/w/8cfed7c9c96871de8ede4796/e/54ca8a5fa8dbd4a1aa028ec9
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Thank you so much @wayne_sauder! both elements of your solution are awesome! I think they will solve my current dilemma and have great impact on my future projects.
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@tracy_fleming
Glad I could help, I have received a lot of help on this forum and am glad to pass it on whenever I can.0