SmFlangeContour

Creates a new flange from a closed contour and attaches it to an existing sheet metal part.

Accessing the Command

command bar: smflangecontour
menu bar: Sheet Metal | Create Flange from a Closed Contour
toolbar: Sheet Metal | Create Flange from a Closed Contour
ribbon: Sheet Metal | Flange from Closed Contour
Quad cursor menu: Sheet Metal | Create Flange from Contour

: SmFlangeContour

Prompts you in the command bar:

Select flange face(s) and a closed contour:: (Select at least single flange and planar closed contour to finish input.)

The command extrudes a flange from a contour and connects it with selected flanges via bends.

Related Commands

SmFlangeConnect - closes gaps between two arbitrarily oriented flanges.

SmFlangeEdge - creates one or more flanges to a sheet metal part by pulling one or more edges of an existing flange.

SmJunctionCreate - converts hard edges (sharp edges between flange faces) and bends into junctions.

SmDelete - removes a bend or a junction by restoring a hard edge between two flanges; removes a flange with all the bends adjacent to it. The adjacent flanges are extended up to a junction configuration with the flange being deleted. Removes miter by restoring geometry being cut by the feature.

SmDissolve - removes sheet metal data from the selected faces or entities.