Creating Sketches for Miter Flanges

The sketch for a miter flange must adhere to the following:
  • The sketch can contain only lines or arcs.
  • The miter flange profile can contain more than one continuous line. For example, it can be an L-shaped profile.
  • The sketch plane must be normal to the first edge where the miter flange is created.

To create a sketch for a miter flange feature:

  1. Select the first edge in the series of edges where you want to create a miter flange feature. Make sure to click the edge near the endpoint at the start of the series of edges.
    shm_miter_flange1.gif
  2. Click Line Tool_Line_Sketch.gif on the Sketch toolbar, or click Tools > Sketch Entities > Line .
    A sketch opens normal to the selected edge. The origin of the sketch is at the endpoint of the edge that is closest to where you clicked in step 1.
    shm_miter_flange2.gif
  3. Sketch the profile of the miter flange. Make sure that one line starts at the endpoint of the edge where the sketch origin is located.
    shm_miter_flange3.gif