How do you make a simple sheet metal box? Ive tried the shell command, it works but is very limiting. All I want to do is define two sketches on parallel planes and loft them into a tapered box 1/32 thick. there must be a simple way to accomplish this task.
Thank you,
steve
Is this what you want?
I do a lot of sheet metal. Lofted bend is a correct way as mentioned above. This also works for complex splines, by the way, and odd spirals ect.
Another method is build a solid and convert it to sheet metal. picking your bend edges.
I am often confused by the methods that solidworks imploys to make complex sheet metal parts yet if you poke around a bit, separate sketches from one another, and search the internet for clues most of what I have wanted to make I can.
good luck!
Lofted bend in Sheet metal option.