Using Sheet Metal Tools

Contents

• Examination of the FeatureManager Design Tree
  

  A Base Flange feature creates three new features in the FeatureManager design tree:

• Sheet Metal PropertyManagers
  

  Sheet metal PropertyManagers help you create and modify sheet metal parts:

• Creating a Base-Flange
  

  A base flange is the first feature in a new sheet metal part.

• Insert Bends
  

  Insert bends allows you to convert a shelled part to a sheet metal part.

• Sheet Metal Tabs
  

  The depth of a tab feature is automatically set to the thickness of the sheet metal part. The direction of the depth automatically coincides with the sheet metal part to prevent a disjoint body.

• Edge Flanges
  

  You can add edge flanges to one or more edges.

• Miter Flanges
  

  A miter flange feature adds a series of flanges to one or more edges of a sheet metal part.

• Swept Flange
  

  You can create compound bends in sheet metal parts using the Swept Flange tool.

• Hems
  

  The hem tool adds a hem to your sheet metal part at a selected edge.

• Sketched Bends
  

  You can add bend lines to the sheet metal part while the part is in its folded state with a sketched bend feature. This allows you to dimension the bend line to other folded-up geometry.

• Closed Corners
  

  You can add closed corners between sheet metal flanges.

• Flattening Sheet Metal Bends
  

• No Bends
  

  You can roll back all bends from a sheet metal part in which bends have been inserted so that you can make additions, such as adding a wall. This is available only in sheet metal parts with Flatten-Bends1 and Process-Bends1 features.

• Break Corner/Corner-Trim
  

  The Break Corner/Corner-Trim tool cuts or adds material to a folded sheet metal part on an edge or a face.

• Lofted Bends
  

  Lofted bends in sheet metal parts use two open-profile sketches that are connected by a loft. The Base-Flange feature is not used with the Lofted Bend feature.

• Unfold/Fold
  

  With the Unfold and Fold tools, you can flatten and bend one, more than one, or all of the bends in a sheet metal part.

• Rips
  

• Adding Weld Beads to Sheet Metal Corners
  

• Cross Breaks
  

  In HVAC or duct work design, cross breaks are used to stiffen sheet metal. The Cross Break command lets you insert a graphical representation of a cross break in a sheet metal part.

• Bend Positions
  

  In a miter flange, edge flange, sketched bend, hem, or jog, you have to select a bend position.