Merging Sheet Metal Bodies by Adding a Base Flange

The Merge results option of the Base Flange/Tab command lets you merge bodies with coplanar faces.

1. in a multibody sheet metal part, move the bodies to be merged to the same plane.
   For example, click Move/Copy Bodies (Features toolbar) and add a Coincident mate between the faces to be merged.

   
   
   
2. Create a sketch on the plane, overlapping the faces to be merged.
   
   
   
3. Click Base Flange/Tab (Sheet Metal toolbar) or Insert > Sheet Metal > Base Flange.
4. Select the sketch.
5. In the PropertyManager, under Sheet Metal Parameters, click Merge result.
   
   
   
6. Click .
   The bodies are merged and shown as a single body in the cut list, named for the feature you added.