SmFlangeBase

Sheet Metal Sheet Metal Sheet Metal

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 |

ribbon: Sheet Metal | Create |

: 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)

Make flange base Up/Center/Down/<Accept model>: (Select an option or press the Ctrl-key to cycle the various options; press Enter or right click to accept the selected option.)

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

Option	Description
Up	The flange is extruded on top of the base entity.
Center	The flange is extruded on both sides of the base entity.
Down	The flange is extruded below the base entity.

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.

SmLoft - creates sheet metal part with lofted bends and flanges from two non-coplanar curves.

SmParametrize - creates a consistent set of 3D constraints for a selected sheet metal part.

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).