How do you make a miter flange?

To create a miter flange feature: Create a sketch that meets the requirements above. Alternatively, you can select the Miter Flange feature before you create a sketch (but after you select a plane). When you select the Miter Flange feature, a sketch opens on the plane.

What is a Mitre flange?

A miter flange feature adds a series of flanges to one or more edges of a sheet metal part. The miter flange profile can contain more than one continuous line. For example, it can be an L-shaped profile. The sketch plane must be normal to the first edge where the miter flange is created.

How do I add a flange in Solidworks?

Adding Edge Flanges

  1. In an open sheet metal part, click Edge Flange. (Sheet Metal toolbar) or Insert > Sheet Metal > Edge Flange.
  2. In the graphics area, select one or more edges for Edge . There are specific requirements for adding edge flanges to curved edges.
  3. Set options in the Edge-Flange PropertyManager and click .

How do you do a swept flange in SolidWorks?

Creating Swept Flanges

  1. Sketch an open, non-intersecting profile on a plane or face.
  2. Create a path for the profile to follow. You can use a sketch or a series of existing sheet metal edges.
  3. Click Swept Flange.
  4. In the graphics area:
  5. Set options in the PropertyManager, then click .

How do you close a corner in SolidWorks?

To close a corner:

  1. Create a sheet metal part that includes the area you want to close off.
  2. Click Closed Corner (Sheet Metal toolbar) or Insert > Sheet Metal > Closed Corner.
  3. Select one or more planar faces for Faces to Extend .
  4. Select a Corner type:
  5. Set a value for Gap distance .
  6. Set a value for Overlap/underlap ratio .

How do you do a swept flange in Solidworks?

How do you make a metal sheet flange?

Create Flange along Edge or Edge Loop On the ribbon, click Sheet Metal tab Create panel Flange . Do one of the following: To create flanges along edges, click Edge Select Mode, and then select one or more edges. To create flanges around an edge loop, click Loop Select Mode, and then select a loop.

How do you use sheet metal in Solidworks?

To convert a solid part to a sheet metal part:

  1. Create the solid part.
  2. Click Convert to Sheet Metal (Sheet Metal toolbar) or Insert > Sheet Metal > Convert To Sheet Metal .
  3. In the PropertyManager, under Sheet Metal Gauges, set options if you want to use a gauge table:
  4. Under Sheet Metal Parameters:

How do you do a miter flange in Photoshop?

When you select the Miter Flange feature, a sketch opens on the plane. With the sketch selected, click Miter Flange (Sheet Metal toolbar) or click Insert, Sheet Metal, Miter Flange. In the Miter Flange PropertyManager the sketched edges are displayed for Along Edges, along with a preview of the Miter Flange in the graphics area.

How do you insert miter flange in sketchbook?

Alternatively, you can select the Miter Flange feature before you create a sketch (but after you select a plane). When you select the Miter Flange feature, a sketch opens on the plane. With the sketch selected, click Miter Flange (Sheet Metal toolbar) or click Insert, Sheet Metal, Miter Flange.

Can you use an arc for a miter flange?

If you use an arc to create a miter flange, the arc cannot be tangent to the thickness edge. The arc can be tangent to the long edges, or by putting a small sketch line between the arc and the thickness edge. Click here for an example of creating a sketch for a miter flange with arcs.