The software automatically selects the edges on which rips are applied.
Convert to sheet metal unable to thicken the surface.
Hey all after playing around with the degree and tangent length settings i was able to thicken it.
According to the curvature i a should be in the all clear.
In the evaluate tab look at the curvature of the face the primary reason for the thicken feature failing is that the curvature is too sharp to actually produce an offset in these cases.
Examine the preview and select the side of the surface you want to thicken as shown below.
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When thicken fails 1.
The program is unable to thicken the surface.
2 convert imported solids into inventor objects 3 set the sheet metal thickness to match the part steps.
See if offset surface works if it does you can manually complete the thicken feature usually when thicken fails offset will fails 2.
Phillip mobley phillip mobley on may 20 2016 9 56 am.
You can use the shell outward and not only you will get a nice explanation of why the shell fails but you can highlight the faces that are creating all the problems see fig.
Click thicken on the features toolbar or click insert boss base thicken.
Sheetmetal surface need to thicken this is the beauty of being able to work in the flat with extrudes while in sheetmetal mode.
In the graphics area select a surface to thicken.
It is too bad that no such troubleshooting tool has been included in the offset or thicken surface commands.
If an edge already has a fillet applied the radius of the fillet is used as the bend radius for the new sheet metal part.
1 convert to single solid 2 get surfaces from the geometry 3 remove solids 4 thicken the surface 5 set sheet metal thickness 6 create flat pattern.
I can optimize the punch setup by having long shear lengths and only 1 angle square punch.