Converting A Rectangle Sketch To A Sheet Metal In Onshape

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Converting a rectangle sketch to a sheet metal in onshape.

Onshape drawings leverage industry standard file formats and modern detailing standards to produce production ready documentation for parts and assemblies including sheet metal flat patterns. Sheet metal tab add a tab to a sheet metal flange remove interfering material if appropriate or bridge two flanges from the same sheet metal model. 3 ways to start a sheet metal part converting a solid extruding an open profile. The first tool on the part studio toolbar is sketch to the right of the undo redo icons.

Depth 1 75 in this case it is the vertical measure of the rectangle ii. This is because there is no flat face for sw to reference as the fixed face. Select the type of corner relief. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube.

Onshape parts typically begin with a sketch. If you need a flat pattern then you can go back to the profile sketch and add a small straight line segment at one end making sure it is tangent to the adjacent arc. To create a solid you need a sketch with closed regions as opposed to creating a surface for which only a sketch curve is necessary. Also even though it is a sheet metal part it probably won t flatten.

While in a part studio click. Plane draw a horizontal line 2 5 long select sketch wall 1 select sheet metal model icon set the following dimensions green check to accept i. While in a part studio with an existing sheet metal model tap. Create a sheet metal model by extruding sketch curves.

To modify a corner on a sheet metal model. Onshape automatically shades all closed regions of a sketch. However for all its versatility it is usually confined to the very mundane task of providing the world with cases covers and brackets. Select the sketch curves to extrude.

Sheet metal is lightweight inexpensive and easily formed into almost any shape. Select an edge vertex or face of a corner on the sheet metal model in the graphics area. This functionality is available on onshape s browser ios and android platforms.