Adding a Tab

  1. Select the face as shown, then click Base Flange/Tab (Sheet Metal tab).

    A sketch opens on the selected face.

  2. Sketch a rectangle, making one edge of the rectangle coincident to the upper edge of the edge flange.
  3. Dimension the rectangle to stick out 20 from the edge flange and be 40 long.
  4. Clear the Dimension tool.
  5. Add a coincident relation between the midpoint of one of the long lines of the rectangle and the edge flange:
    1. Right-click one of the long lines of the rectangle, and click Select Midpoint.
    2. Click Add Relation (Sketch tab).
    3. Right-click the long edge of the mirrored edge flange, and click Select Midpoint.
    4. In the PropertyManager, under Add Relations, click Horizontal , then click .
  6. Click Exit Sketch (Sketch tab).
  7. Click .
    The tab is added to the part. SOLIDWORKS links the thickness of the tab to the thickness of the base flange.