In the tutorial video we re presented with a cone designed with the revolve shell and cut extrude features.
Sheet metal funnel solidworks.
When applying the insert bends feature located on the sheet metal toolbar or from the insert dropdown menu under sheet metal solidworks tells us a non linear edge at the seam of this cone is invalid.
How to use solidworks edge flange solidworks sheet metal tutorial 2.
How to create a sphere in solidworks.
If you cannot insert an axis then the model is not an exact cone and cannot be unfolded.
In the base flange section you seen the very first step to make sheet metal design in solidworks cad software.
Learn how to make a sheet metal cone that can be unrolled into a sheet metal flat pattern.
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The condition of application of edge flange is that the edges should be linear.
This is something that all solidworks users should know.
If you can insert an axis the model is an exact cone.
However sheet metal parts created with the lofted bends feature avoid this limitation and unfold appropriately.