Add Flange To Sheet Metal

Then add the flanges with the edge flange tool.

Add flange to sheet metal.

Adding edge flanges edge flanges can be used to add an attached wall to any sheet metal body. As one who daily works with sheet metal design and fabrication use outside flange lengths for several reasons. You can specify the depth and the angle of the flange and whether it is created inside or outside the existing face. You can also specify the width or offset of the new flange.

Use the flange command to add a sheet metal face and a bend to an existing sheet metal face. Ensure you have the sheet metal tab enabled in the commandmanager. Adding edge flanges in an open sheet metal part click edge flange sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal edge flange. Fusion automatically creates a flange starting from the modeled edge that follows the sketch contour.

The edge flange will inherit the radius and thickness parameters of the base flange. In the flange command remember to go to the sheet metal workspace he selects the sketch contour as the first profile. Just a little longer than your bend radius for the flange. On the ribbon click sheet metal tabcreate panel flange.

Then he selects the edge the flange should start from. In the graphics area select one or more edges for edge. This a small tutorial how i use smart dimension to measure a flange in sheet metal. 1 you can add a short straight distance to the ends of your ellipse sketch.

Assuming your ellipse sheet metal part is simply a base flange from a line sketch you can cheat by doing two things. There are specific requirements for adding edge flanges to curved edges. Create flange along edge or edge loop you can add a sheet metal face and a bend to an existing sheet metal face. When you figure flat pattern length you simple add up all the outside flanges and subtract the bend deductions.