Rip PropertyManager
Creates a rip feature:
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Along selected internal or external model edges
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From linear sketch entities
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By combining model edges and single linear sketch entities
A rip feature is commonly used to create sheet metal parts, but you can add a rip feature to any part.
To create a rip feature:
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Create a part of uniform thickness with adjacent planar faces that form one or more linear edges or a chain of linear edges.
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Sketch single, linear entities across planar faces, starting and ending at the vertices.
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Click Rip (Sheet Metal toolbar) or Insert, Sheet Metal, Rip.
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In the PropertyManager, under Rip Parameters:
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To insert a rip in only one direction
, click the name of the edge listed under Edges to Rip , and click Change Direction.
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Click the preview arrows.
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By default, rips are inserted in both directions. Each time you click Change Direction, the rip direction sequences from one direction, to the other direction, and then back to both directions.
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To change the gap distance, type a value for Rip Gap .
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Click .
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