SheetMetal AddWall
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SheetMetal AddWall |
Menu location |
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SheetMetal → Make Wall |
Workbenches |
SheetMetal |
Default shortcut |
W |
Introduced in version |
- |
See also |
None |
Description
The SheetMetal AddWall command creates a bend on a selected edge.
Usage
To add a Bend:
- Switch to the SheetMetal Workbench.
- Start with a base plate or sheet, select one or more edges to receive a bend.
- Click on the Bend tool to add a bend.
Note: To create a base plate use a closed 2D outline - preferably a Sketch - with the Make Base Wall command.
Alternatively you can generate a base plate with one of the following methods as well:
- Method 1: Part Cube
- Method 2: An extruded solid made with Part Extrude from either a:
- Draft Rectangle or a
- Draft Wire or a
- Sketch
- Use Part Thickness to create shell (Typically with the thickness value of the sheet metal.)
- Method 3: PartDesign Body containing either an
- additive box or a
- PartDesign Pad made from a Sketch.
- Use PartDesign Thickness to create shell (Typically with the thickness value of the sheet metal.)
Properties
Data
Base
- DataLabel: User name of the object in the Tree view.
Parameters
- Dataangle: Bend angle.
- Dataextend1: Extends the wall on the left side.
- Dataextend2: Extends the wall on the right side.
- Datagap1: Gap from the left side.
- Datagap2: Gap from the right side.
- Datainvert: Invert bend direction.
- Datalength: Length of the wall.
- Datamiterangle1: Bend miter angle on the left side.
- Datamiterangle2: Bend miter angle on the right side.
- Dataradius: Bend radius.
- Datarelief Type: Rectangle or Round. Enabled only when a gap value is set.
- Datareliefd: Relief depth. Enabled only when a gap value is set.
- Datareliefw: Relief width. Enabled only when a gap value is set.
- Datakfactor: K factor (also known as neutral factor) for the bend. Used to calculate bend allowance when unfolding.
- Dataunfold: False (default) or True. If true, unfolds the bend.
Example
A simple tray
Preparation
This tray is made of a rectangular blank with walls added to its outline edges. And so one outline sketch for the blank has to be prepared in advance.
Just a rectangular outline
Workflow
- Create a blank
- Select the outline sketch
- Press the Make Base Wall button
or use the keyboard shortcut: C then F
(The blank is padded in z direction
- Select the outline sketch
- Add walls to the outline edges
- Select the blank's outline edges
- Press the Make wall button
or use the keyboard shortcut: W
- If the fold is 90° down set the value of invert property to true to reverse the direction (and length to a lower value for smaller walls)
- Select the blank's outline edges
- Add some more walls
- Select the tray's upper outside edges
- Press the Make wall button
or use the keyboard shortcut: W
- The walls are a bit too long (but nicely trimmed) and so the length property has to be set to a lower value
- If you like the folds swing outward set the invert value to true
- Select the tray's upper outside edges
Done!