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Creating a Sheet Metal Part by Converting a Solid Body

You can create a sheet metal part by converting a solid or surface body using the Convert to Sheet Metal command.

After you create the sheet metal part, you can apply all sheet metal features to it.

Use the Convert to Sheet Metal command with:


  • Solid or surface bodies that have:
    • No shells or fillets
    • Either a shell or fillets
    • Both a shell and fillets
  • Imported parts that are already in the form of a sheet metal part
    The imported part must be a constant thickness. This means that sheet metal parts with Forming Tools may not import correctly.

In the Convert to Sheet Metal PropertyManager, you specify the fixed face and thickness of the sheet metal part, the default bend radius, and the edges or fillet faces on which to create bends. If an edge already has a fillet applied, the radius of the fillet is used as the bend radius for the new sheet metal part.

The software automatically selects the edges on which rips are applied. However, you can also manually select rip edges using rip sketches.



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