SmFlangeBase

Platinum Platinum Platinum

Creates a base (initial) flange of a sheet metal part from a closed 2D entity.

Accessing the Command

command bar:  smflangebase

menu bar:  Sheet Metal | Create Base Flange

toolbar:  Sheet Metal |

: smflangebase

Prompts you in the command bar:

Select closed polyline or region:  (Select a closed polylines or region)

Entities/subentities in set: 1

Select closed polyline or region:  (Select another closed polylines or region or right click to confirm)

A base flange is created from each selected closed polyline or region.

In the Mechanical Browser a body and a flange is added for each entity:

Command Options

No options.

Procedures

Changing the flange thickness

Related Commands

SmConvert - automatically recognizes flanges and bends in a 3D solid.

SmDissolve - removes sheet metal data from the selected faces.

SmFlangeEdge - creates one or more flanges to a sheet metal part by pulling one or more edges of an existing flange.

SmRethicken - restores the 3D solid model of a sheet metal part by thickening one of its sides (all thickness faces become perpendicular to flange faces).