Norman F.

Simms
CAD Mechanical / Electrical Designer
Go to View –Toolbars – to get the Sheet Metal Menu
Select the Base-Flange/Tab and Select a Plane
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Place a Center line and Sketch the Profile Lines

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Exit Sketch (Enter the Depth, Thickness and Bend Radius)

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Using the Extruded Cut Feature to Create a Cutout

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Create a Miter Flange – Line and Arc Sketch
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The Miter Flange Propagate around Corner
Automatically Creating Angled Cuts
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Using the Mirror Command to create the Mirrored Geometry
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Offsetting and Extending Edges (Creating a Flange)
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Editing The Flange Profile
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Mirroring the Flange about an Existing Plane
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Adding a Tab to the Flange

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Bending Tab with the Sketched Bend Command
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Unfolding Flange
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 Extruded a Cut
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Folding the Cut Flange
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Creating an Angled Flange
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Extending the Sheet to the Selected Edge
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 Create the Flat-Pattern
By Unsuppresing the Flat-Pattern in the Feature Manager Tree
or Unfold the Sheet Metal Menu using the Unfold
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SolidWorks Sheet Metal CAD technology is easy to use and a lot the hard
tasks are done for you, whereas in other CAD programs the calculations
would have to be done beforehand.

If you are someone who is trying to understand CAD , I hope this was a
help.

If you are someone who need someone to help them create new design and
documentation I hope you will use the number below and give me a call.

Thank You for Your Time.

Norman F. Simms
CAD Engineering Designer
215-269-0390