GuiCommand: Name: SheetMetal AddBase MenuLocation: SheetMetal , Make Base Wall Workbenches: SheetMetal_Workbench Shortcut: C B

SheetMetal AddBase

Description

The SheetMetal AddBase command creates a SheetMetal base object from a sketch.

From an open contour it creates a prismatic profile:

From a closed outline it creates a base plate (blank):

Usage

Profile

1. Select an open contour sketch.

2. There are several ways to invoke the command:

   • Press the Make Base Wall button.
   • Select the Sheet Metal → Make Base Wall option from the menu.
   • Right-click in the Tree view or the 3D view and select the Sheet Metal → Make Base Wall option from the context menu.
   • Use the keyboard shortcut: C then B.

3. A BaseBend object will be created, corners along the contour are automatically converted into cylindrical bends.

4. Adjust the profile parameters in the Property editor:

   **length**
   
   for the extrusion length of the profile,

   • thickness

     for the wall thickness of the profile,

   • radius

     for the inner radius of automatically added bends.

Plate

1. Select a closed outline sketch.

2. Invoke the command as described above.

3. Adjust the plate parameters in the Property editor:

   **thickness**
   
   for the thickness of the plate.

:

:   (**length** and **radius** are not used for plates.)

Properties

See also: Property editor.

A SheetMetal BaseBend object is derived from a Part Feature object or, if it is inside a PartDesign Body, from a PartDesign Feature object, and inherits all its properties. It also has the following additional properties:

Data

{{Properties_Title|Parameters}}

• Bend Side|Enumeration: \"Relief Type\", defines on which side of a profile curve the thickness applies. {{value|Outside}} (default), {{value|Inside}}, {{value| Middle}}. (not used for plates)

• Bend Sketch|Link: \"Wall Sketch object\". Link to the profile/outline sketch.

• Mid Plane|Bool: \"Extrude Symmetric to Plane\". The length of a profile or the thickness of a plate extends to one side of the sketch plane if False (default) or symmetrically to both sides if True.

• Reverse|Bool: Reverses the direction of a profile extrusion or a plate thickness. Default: False.

• length|Length: Extrusion length of a profile. Default: {{value|100,00 mm}}. (not used for plates)

• radius|Length: Inner radius of automatically added bends. Default: {{value|1,00 mm}}. (not used for plates)

• thickness|Length: Wall thickness of a sheetmetal profile or plate. Default: {{value|1,00 mm}}.

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