Design a Part from the Flattened State, Then Convert it to Sheet Metal

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It is possible to create a flattened part, then convert it to sheet metal to add the bends and sheet metal features.

To create a flattened part and convert it to sheet metal:

  1. Open a new part.

 

  1. Create a sketch as shown. You do not have to dimension the sketch.

  1. Create a Base-Extrude feature that forms the flattened part.

  1. Convert the part to sheet metal by clicking Insert Bends , or Insert, Sheet Metal, Bends.

 

  1. Bend the sheet metal part by adding bend lines to the Flat-Sketch. Sketch three lines on the Flat-Sketch as shown.

  1. Close the sketch. The sheet metal part bends on the lines you sketched.

  1. Once the sheet metal part is in its folded state, you can still add features to the part by dragging the Rollback Bar before the Sheet-Metal features in the FeatureManager design tree. This insures that the new features appear in both the bent and flattened states.

 

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