9 Replies Latest reply on Jan 22, 2009 5:21 PM by Wayne Tiffany

Propagating a miter flange across a closed corner?

Matt Dennis Jan 20, 2009 6:59 PM

I am trying to model a panel and am having trouble getting it to work. I'll attach jpegs for reference.

The first one called miter edges.jpg, shows the edges i wish to have the mitered flange propagate about; they are highlighted in blue. SolidWorks will not give me an option to propagate the miter, and it tells me that the two edges i wish to propagate to are unusable.

The second image shows the detailed profile of the miter flange, notice this will create two 45 degree meetings which are parallel to the only rendered sheet.

Am I going about this the wrong way or missing something?

I also tried creating edges flanges for all 3, closing the corners, and then adding miter flanges for just the tops of the flange, that didn't work either.

Help!

Propagating a miter flange across a closed corner?

Brent Bullard Jan 20, 2009 9:38 PM (in response to Matt Dennis)
If i was going to try and do that i would just use Edge Flange. I would use the command twice. Once for the vertical sides and once for the horizontal flanges.
I am pretty sure the miter flange could do it but this is the way i would do it. That way you can have the computer control the bend radius also. If you have different bend radii you can control each one independently.

Hopefully i understood what you were trying to accomplish...

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Propagating a miter flange across a closed corner?

Wayne Tiffany Jan 20, 2009 10:35 PM (in response to Matt Dennis)

I tlooks like your material is about .06 and you have the upper radius at .06 outside. So if you try to pull your bend and material inside, you end up with 0 on the inside at the top. If I am correct, then try to increase that upper radius to .12 so you have a .06 inside radius, and see if you can then pull it all inside.

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  Wayne Tiffany Jan 20, 2009 10:38 PM (in response to Wayne Tiffany)
  
  But I also agree that edge flanges with multiple selection would be a better way as then you let the system control the bend radius, etc.
  
  But I tried to help you understand why the system balked at what you tried to do. Understanding is important to learning what will work and what will not and what's the best way for the situation.
  
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    Matt Dennis Jan 22, 2009 2:22 PM (in response to Wayne Tiffany)
    
    I do see what you are saying about the radius, I missed that when I was making the sketch to propagate.
    
    Brents picture is exactly what I am going for-- if I use the edge flange twice, will solidworks be able to handle the overlapping and make that 45 degree cut for me? or do I have to put that in with each edge flange?
    
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      Wayne Tiffany Jan 22, 2009 2:51 PM (in response to Matt Dennis)
      
      When you do the first edge flange, pick all three edges. Then in the second edge flange feature pick all three appropriate edges of the previous edge flanges and it will miter the corners like you see. Let it do the work. :-)
      
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        Joel Bickel Jan 22, 2009 3:02 PM (in response to Wayne Tiffany)
        
        Wayne Tiffany wrote:
        
        Le tit do the work. WT
        
        c-mon Wayne, keep it clean; this is a family forum.
        
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        Wayne Tiffany Jan 22, 2009 5:21 PM (in response to Joel Bickel)
        
        Joel Bickel wrote:
        
        Wayne Tiffany wrote:
        
        Le tit do the work. WT
        
        c-mon Wayne, keep it clean; this is a family forum.
        
        Oh my!! I have covered the offense, actually camouflaged it. :-)
        
        WT
        
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      Matt Dennis Jan 22, 2009 3:08 PM (in response to Matt Dennis)
      
      I have a picture of what happened. What is the best way to have them meet happily instead of overlap?
      
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        Matt Dennis Jan 22, 2009 3:41 PM (in response to Matt Dennis)
        
        Ah I got it all working now! Thank to everyone for the extremely helpful advice!
        
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