Converting A Rectangle Sketch To A Sheet Metal

Click convert to sheet metal sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal convert to sheet metal.

Converting a rectangle sketch to a sheet metal. Some explanation on wo. To convert a solid part to a sheet metal part. Click on convert to sheet metal. Open a solid part file.

That will at least give the duct system many of the advantages of round but fit within the space allocated. When a designer sees rectangular duct on a drawing they should convert it to an equivalent round size if possible. So import your stp file create a sheet metal component draw a tab and extrude using the flange tool. Hello i am bit of a noob working with sheet metal parts but my goal is to make a sheet metal ductwork transition that is unfoldable.

Convert parts to sheet metal. It will all be done within the convert to sheet metal command. Create the solid part. Then switch to the model workspace and combine the fange and imported stp file pick the flange first.

Rectangle rectangle rectangle circle and oval oval end conditions are supported along with positioning and angle end conditions. The convert to sheet metal command lets you specify the thickness bends and rips necessary to convert a solid part to a sheet metal part. If it cannot be converted to round because of restrictions it should be converted to an equivalent flat oval size. The only way i ve found is add a flange to the existing model somewhere.

Here the box is an import and the flange is highlighted. I would highly prefer to be able to make this with two pieces of material and a top flange see sketch i have attempted to do this before but have not been able to choose material split locations when i.