A rip feature is commonly used to create sheet metal parts, but you can add a rip
feature to any part.
You can
create a rip feature:
- Along selected internal or external model edges
- From linear sketch entities
- By combining model edges and single linear sketch entities
- In hollow or thin-walled cylindrical and conical bodies. By selecting an edge on
a cylindrical or conical face, you can flatten the part as sheet metal.
(SOLIDWORKS supports straight cuts only, not slanted cuts.)
