(I suspect this might be your particular problem.) This is easy to look at by suppressing the holes and then executing 'Insert Bends'. Holes and cuts cannot intrude into a bend tangenecy. This makes the edges perpendicular to their face, as they should be.Į. Be sure to create the flanges normal to their flange face, not normal to a face it is bent from. Watch how flanges/tabs hang off of edges.ĭ. Leave all bends sharp and let the radiused bends come from the sheetmetal function.Ĭ. (I've seen instances where someone made the thickness. Make sure all thicknesses are exactly the same. If you are modeling the part as a fully featured part and then making it sheetmetal at the end (my personal preference) you should be careful with the following:Ī.
