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Apr 24, 2025
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Hello friends welcome to Solid Works
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tutorial and in this tutorial we will
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learn the sheet metal modeling in solid
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works as you can see that uh I have
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already model a sheet metal part and I
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will show you from the scratch how you
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can do the same I have choose this model
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because this model covers all Essentials
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sheet Metals tools available in solid
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works so let's start our
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tutorial you you can also visit my
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more awesome content on solid works so
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let's come back to our
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tutorial so here I have created a new
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file and uh if sheet metal tab is not
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active then right click and click on the
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tab
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options and check mark the sheet
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metal now we will select the front plane
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and click on the
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sketch and we will select the line
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tool to create a
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line now I will give the horizontal
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dimension of uh
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180 and vertical 8
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and I will add the
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relation I will press equal symbol and
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click on this 180 Dimension and divide
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by
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two now this one is also
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a so we will select this one and this
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one and make it
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equal now we will come out of this
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sketch so this is the base profile of
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our sheet metal part we will select the
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sketch click on the
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flange and distance we give
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75
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75 and
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uh thickness is 3 mm M and radius is 1
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mm and now click on
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okay so this is the base
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flange now if you see here the sheet
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metal if you click on
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it you will get the default parameters
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for your sheet like here I have used a 3
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mm thick sheet and its radius is a one
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so this is the default sheet metal
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setting and in sheet
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metal when you make any flanges or base
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features check every features with the
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flat
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pattern so let's select the face and
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click on the flat pattern so you can see
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that my part is
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unfolding so when you make the features
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cross shake it if it is
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not flat patterns then there is some
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error in your
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model now switch our model to the
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isometric now we will select the stop pH
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and click on the
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sketch and we will use a circle tool and
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we will create a circle at the mid for
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this we will switch to the top view if
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you snap over the edge you will find the
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midpoint create a
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circle select the smart
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Dimension and give the diameter of
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40 close the
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sketch press Ctrl
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7 and
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now click on the cut option
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and from drop down select through
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all now in our next step we will use the
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milter flange option for this if you go
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to the sheet metal tour area you will
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get here the milter
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flange and select this
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age so you can see that UCS is pointing
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Here and Now
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we will switch to the top
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view or we
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will make our view like this and
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now now we will set our model to the
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bottom View and we will create a
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sketch so
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here I will uh first create a line
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and
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then I will use the tangent
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Arc and then I will create one more
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line and now I will uh add the tangency
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relation and I will give the dimension
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let's give it a
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20 and this radius R
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10 and this align Dimension
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six and from this line to this
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point is a distance of a 10
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mm click on
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close so you can see that
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uh milter flange tool is active now
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click on this
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propagate so it will be also apply on
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the bottom hge
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now click on
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okay and we will hide this plane so this
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is how to use the milter flange
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option now we will completely mirror our
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body for this we will move to the
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features
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tab expand it use the mirror
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and here mirror plane or face select
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this
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face
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and we will select this bodies to mirror
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and we will select our whole
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body and click on
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okay so you can see that our body is
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completely got mirror on the other
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side now we will uh create a
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flange select this a
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H now we will create a flange to select
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the age and click on the flange
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toolbar and reverse the
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direction click
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and now here is the flange
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detail now we will give the flange
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length 30
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mm and we will select here material
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outside and we will click on the
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offset and offset distance will be the
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15
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mm so let's understand the terms the
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offset distance is that from this age
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this flange is
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a offset means from the age it is a 15
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mm offset and our flange length is a 30
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and material is
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outside now we
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will close it and now we will modify
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this flange
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so to modify the flange sketch if you
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expand it you will see here a sketch
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which you can edit just edit on the
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sketch
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and you can make it as per your choice
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how much Offset you want in my case I
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want 36 so I will select smart
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Dimension select this age
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and this
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line and add the value
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36 similarly select this
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line and this
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age and add the
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36 click on
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okay now if you see in a normal so this
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flange length is a 30 and it is a 36 mm
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offset from the both the side so this is
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how we can create a flange and we can
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modify
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it now our next step is we will mirror
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this flange on the other sides so we
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will move to the features
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tab click on the mirror
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option and here on a mirror fa face and
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play then expand our model and we have
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the mid plane which is a right plane
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select it and from here select features
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to
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mirror so select on this flange which we
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have created and click on okay so you
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can see that our flange is mirror on the
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other
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side now we will add the material on
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this flange so select it
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it's toop face and click on the
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sketch and switch to the normal
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view click on the
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rectangle and now give the dimensions
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select the smart
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Dimension and give it
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40
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and give
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it 20
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and
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now select on point and insert a
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midpoint and select this point and our
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origin and give it the horizontal
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relation so it is fully constrained now
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now come out of the
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sketch now select the sketch switch to
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the sheet metal toolbar
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and click on the
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flange and it automatically took the 3mm
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thickness which is our default
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parameter click on
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okay so here you can see that tab is
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added now our next step is to bend the
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sheet
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metal with the help of a
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line which is known as a CED
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Bend so for this we will select the
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phas or we can select directly the
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sketch Bend option and then select the
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face and now we will switch to the
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normal
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View and we will draw a
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line select the line
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tool draw a line and position this line
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10 mm from this age so click on Smart
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Dimension and give it 10
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mm and we will come out of the
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sketch in Bend parameter this is the
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fixed phas so we wanted to make this
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face is fixed and this one is a
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band and we will select the material
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outside and say okay so you can see that
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we have Bend this flange with the help
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of a sketch
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line now let's move to the next step now
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we will learn how to unfold the bends in
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a solid box so click on the
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unfold select the fixed
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face and S select the bend which you
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wanted to
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unfold and click on okay so you can see
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that this bin got
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unfolded now we will make a cut on this
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face so click on the
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top and uh select this face and create a
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sketch draw the rectangle
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and select this line and this ede and
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add the corar
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relation and position
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this 14 mm from this
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age select smart Dimensions select this
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line and select this
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ede and give it 14
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mm and it's
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uh L length
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is 14 mm sorry width is 14 mm and length
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we can keep approximate let's see 90 mm
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and now we will come out of the
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sketch and now we will use
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the extrude
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cut and and we will say through all and
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say
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okay so this is how we have made the
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cut for making this cut we have unfold
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now we will use the fold
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option so this is a fixed face and bend
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to be unfold so this is the bend
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so you can see that it got folded
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again now we will uh create a flange
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select the age and click on the flange
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and now here the flange angle we will
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give
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75 and flange distance is
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85 and here we will keep the material
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outside now we will expand it offset we
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do not want
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and here custom relief
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ratio we will give
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the3 now we will say
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okay so this is how to create a angular
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flange now we will close this area with
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the help of of a close Corner
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option so if you go in a corner you will
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see the Clos Corner
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option select this
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phase
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and phase two this one and
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here we will use the first option and we
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will say
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okay so you can see that area has been
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closed so now we will do the flat
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pattern so our part is getting flat
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pattern which means that our part is
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technically correct if you are
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not if your part is not getting flat
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pattern this means that uh Your Parts
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having the
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error so this is how to check the
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validity of sheet metal
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parts so this is this is all about how
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to model a sheet metal part in a solid
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works thank you for watching and thank
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you for your valuable time