Sewing angled sheet bodies

[soheyl81]

Is there any way to join/combine/sew sheets that make a 90 degree angle in modeling? I am looking for a function similar to stitching, but in Modeling, so I won't have to stitch the edges when I transfer the part to advanced simulation.

Thanks

 

[cowski]

"L" shape, yes.
"T" shape, no.

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[soheyl81]

So for a "T" shape, there is no way to attach sheet bodies in modeling, so they won't move in analysis, without using stitching or connecting elements (both available only in FEM)?

 

[JohnRBaker]

That's correct. If you tried to sew a 'T' shape consisting of separate sheet bodies into a single body, this would result in a non-manifold condition which is not allowed in modeling. Even if you drew a 'T' in the sketcher using only two lines and extruded it, while you would get a single 'Extrude' feature, upon further examination you would see that it actually consists of 2 separate sheet bodies.

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