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Sheet Metal tab
Create panel
Contour Flange
Shape
The Shape tab specifies the:
- Open profile which defines the contour of the flange
- Edges to which the flanges are applied
- Radius of the bend
- Offset direction of the material relative to the contour profile
- Bend extension preference
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Profile |
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Select an unconsumed sketch that contains an open profile which defines the shape of your contour flange. |
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Edges |
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Edge Select one or more individual edges to which your contour flange is applied. |
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Loop Select an edge loop and then apply your flange to all edges of the selected loop. |
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Offset |
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Flip Side - When active, clicking it flips the material thickness to the opposite side of the selected profile. |
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Flip Side - When active, clicking it flips the material thickness to the opposite side of the selected profile. |
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Both Sides - Creates the material thickness using the selected profile as the mid-plane of the new flange. |
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Bend Radius |
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Defines the radius of the bend between the flange and the face containing the selected edges. The value defaults to the system parameter BendRadius that is defined on the Sheet Metal Styles dialog box. The field accepts numeric entries, formulas, parameters, or measured values. |
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Bend Extension |
Click here to review the material on Bend Extension that is common to: Bend, Face, and Contour Flange features. |
Unfold Options tab
For information about the Unfold Options tab, see Sheet metal unfold options reference.
Bend
For information about the Bend tab, see Sheet metal bend options reference.
Corner
For information about the Corner tab, see Sheet metal corner options reference.
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OK |
Creates (or modifies) a contour flange using the parameters and options specified and close the dialog box. |
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Cancel |
Disregards any edits made to parameters or options and closes the dialog box. |
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Apply |
Creates a contour flange using the parameters and options specified and keeps the dialog box displayed allowing additional contour flanges to be created. |
(More)
Click More to access Extents options. Specifies the extents of the contour flange: full edge, width, offset, or from/to existing geometry.
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Edge Creates a contour flange the full length of the selected face edge. |
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Width Creates a contour flange of a specified width at a specified offset from a single selected vertex, work point, work plane, or planar face on the edge of an existing face. Optionally, you can specify that the flange is a specific width centered on the midpoint of the selected edge. |
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Offset Creates a contour flange offset from two selected vertices, work points, work planes or planar faces on the edge of an existing face. |
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From To Creates a contour flange whose width is defined by selecting existing part geometry (vertices, work points, work planes, or planar faces) that defines the flange from and to extents. |
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Distance Creates a contour flange whose width is defined by a single distance value and a direction from the sketch plane. |