Adding a Tab

1. Select the face as shown, then click Base-Flange/Tab (Sheet Metal toolbar).
   
   
   
   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. Add a coincident relation between the midpoint of one of the long lines of the rectangle and the Front plane:

1. Right-click one of the long lines of the rectangle, and click Select Midpoint.

2. Click Add Relation (Dimensions/Relations toolbar).

3. Expand the flyout FeatureManager design tree, then click Front.

4. In the PropertyManager, under Add Relations, click Coincident , then click .

5. Click Exit Sketch (Sketch toolbar).

The tab is added to the part. The SolidWorks software links the thickness of the tab to the thickness of the base flange.

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