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

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Creating a base feature

Creating a base feature - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial

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

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Creating a base feature

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The Base Flange tab feature is the primary sheet metal creation tool. This same tool can create three types of flanges based on the sketch geometry provided. The most basic of these tools is the enclosed boundary sketch. To get started, let's go over the basics of creating any part in Solidworks. There are generally six steps for creating most features in this software. And sheet metal is no different. The six steps are the following: Number one, select a face or plane to draw on. Number two, start a new sketch on that face or plane. Number three, draw some geometry, and in this case, we need to have an enclosed boundary. Number four, tie that geometry into the origin. Number five, Add Relationships. We want all our lines to be black and fully defined. Blue lines are under-defined or undefined and if you see yellow red lines that means you've caused an error in the sketch. Go ahead and delete the lines or delete any relationships you might have added to fix the issue. We want to make…

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