Flip bend in ST sheet metal

[onefjef]

I have a simple sheet metal panel with one bend. I need a left and right style of this part so I've drawn one side with bend and then save a copy for the other side. I would like to flip the bend direction so it projects down instead of up but when I try to grab the bend and rotate 180 degrees with the wheel I get a face/face check failure. See the attached file.

 

[onefjef]

Sorry this is a ST2 psm file.

 

[SolidMastermind]

Looks like something that ST2 sheet metal just does not support. When manipulating a flange like this by rotating or simply dragging the thickness face back on itself the geometry fails.

In this case as things are very simple, I would just delete the flange and add another which goes in the correct direction.

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[onefjef]

This is what I was afraid of. This case is simple but if I had features on the flange I would loose those as well.

Thanks for your help.

Jef

 

[PatCouture]

What about mirroring the flange with the options to detach the mirrored surface. Then you can detach your original flange and finally reattach the new mirrored flange. It should do the trick.

Patrick

 

[SolidMastermind]

Yes that should work
Or very similar is to
Deatch existing flange and other geometry
Mirror it all then re-attach

There maybe also circumstances where the steering wheel can be used with the detach option set and the geomtry moved / rotated. All depends on what the final result needs to be.

Jon Sutcliffe / Solid Mastermind
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[onefjef]

Yes this worked great! Thanks.