From the course: SOLIDWORKS 2013-2017: Sheet Metal Design

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Adding sketched bends

Adding sketched bends - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial

From the course: SOLIDWORKS 2013-2017: Sheet Metal Design

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Adding sketched bends

Sketch bends are a nice way to add bends and flanges to existing parts. This can be very handy when a design is already in process and a flat pattern has already been created. It's also very helpful for working with imported parts. To get started, let's go ahead and choose the top face of this part here. And we'll jump over to the Sketch tab, select the Line. Click on the space bar to bring up the Orientation Panel and click on Normal To. I'mma draw a line from this side over to that side of my part. Hit Escape to close outta that command. Grab the Smart Dimension tool, dimension from that line to the end of the part and type in 0.75. When you're happy with that, go over to the Sheet Metal command, and click on Sketched Band. The first question of Sketched Band is which face is going to be fixed, so I'm going to choose this top face here. You can see, as soon as I do so, I get a little arrow, showing me which way the bend is going to be bending, and I actually want to go the other…

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