Miter Flange PropertyManager
To create a miter flange feature:
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Create a sketch that meets the miter flange requirements. Alternatively, you can select the miter flange feature before you create a sketch (but after you select a plane). When you select the miter flange feature, a sketch opens on the plane.
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With the sketch selected, click Miter Flange
(Sheet Metal toolbar) or click .
In the Miter Flange PropertyManager the sketched edges are displayed for Along Edges, along with a preview of the miter flange in the graphics area.
To select all of the edges tangent to the selected edge, click Propagatethat appears at the midpoint of the selected edge.
- Under Miter Parameters:
- To use something other than the default bend radius, clear Use default radius and set a value for Bend Radius
.
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Set the Flange position to Material Inside
, Material Outside
, or Bend Outside
. See Bend Positions for a description of each of these selections.
- Select Trim side bends to remove extra material in neighboring bends. Extra material appears when one of the bends of a miter flange touches an existing bend. The cut that trims the neighboring bends is automatically sized, and cannot be edited. This example uses an edge flange feature:
This is the preview of an edge flange feature. The bend region of the blue preview touches the bend of the L-shaped base flange. Result when Trim side bends is cleared. Result when Trim side bends is selected. - Set Gap distance
to use something other than the default gap.
- To use something other than the default bend radius, clear Use default radius and set a value for Bend Radius
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If necessary, specify the offset distances for a partial miter flange:
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Under Start/End Offset set a value for Start Offset Distance
and End Offset Distance
. (If you want the miter flange to span the entire edge of the model, set these values to zero.)
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Select Custom Relief Type, and select a Relief type of: Rectangular, Tear, or Obround. If you selected Rectangular or Obround, do one of the following:
- Select Use relief ratio and set a value for Ratio.
- Clear Use relief ratio and set a value for Relief Width
and Relief Depth
.
- To use something other than the default bend allowance, select Custom Bend Allowance, and set a bend allowance type and value.
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Under Start/End Offset set a value for Start Offset Distance
- Click
.
The miter flange is added to the sheet metal part.