I have screen material that is formed into a cylinder. The top and bottom edges are folded over before the screen is rolled into a cylinder shape. The open edges of the cylinder overlap each other and one edge is folded/hemmed back on itself, ultimately making a seam of 3 layers. How would I create such a model? I tried creating a cylinder with a split and adding a hem but Solidworks would not create the hem. Ideas?
Mike,, I'm not exactly sure what you are getting at but here is my understanding of what you want. Don't know which way you want the hems to go so I'm just guessing on that. Should be and easy change if you want them opposite. Even though you are not mentioning sheet metal I expect that is what you want. This is done with a combination of Miter, Edge, and Swept flanges. If you need the ends closer together we can do that too. I'm attaching a 2017 file. If you need an earlier version we probably can accommodate that too. You may be able to garner the info from the screenshot.
Have you tried using Swept Flange?