A miter flange is another one of the simple features used in sheet metal modeling.
Solidworks sheet metal tutorial miter flange.
The sketch for a miter flange must adhere to the following requirements.
Go to tools sketch entities centre rectangle.
I have a sheet metal part that was created using the edge flange feature that is having issues with my gap distance on the final bend as shown below.
Go to top plane.
First create a new part.
Anyhow i have a question about edge flange use vs.
Right click on the toolbar and activate sheet metal.
So i think you will have to create a flange operation for each bend that requires a different radius.
Miter flange is slightly different from edge flange because it needs a sketch profile of lines or arcs.
Gap distance is 015 for the first two breaks.
A miter flange feature adds a series of flanges to one or more edges of a sheet metal part.
Solidworks sheet metal tutorial step 1.
Draw a rectangle on the coincident on the origin.
The sketch can contain lines or arcs.
How to use solidworks miter flange solidworks sheet metal tutorial 2.
To bend the sheet metal part sketch lines on the part as shown in the picture.
Click on the sheet metal tab select base flange tab and give 1 mm to the sheet metal parameters.
If you need to find a lesson you ve already watched just look in your history list areas of mastery base flange command edge flange command flange profiles bend relief settings miter flange command corner trim command trick for corner relief linking variables k factors and ba bend deduction bend tables gauge tables sheet metal templates basic construction strategy closing.
Sheet metal miter flange is also like edge flange helps to add one or more flanges on base flange sheet metal part.
A miter is a joint in wood working or sheet metal and refers primarily to how a corner will match.
This tutorial double sink is the third and last tutorial that helps you learn how to use sheet metal for beginners in the first two tutorials and in intermediate level in the last tutorial using solidworks go to sheet metal and click base flange tab from the sheet metal tab.
But a subsequent reply may correct me on this.
This is shown right away in the icon used.
Getting ahead with sheet metal design in solidworks instructor there s no more impressive or powerful tool in the sheet metal tools library than the miter flange.
