There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly.
Solidworks sheet metal rip.
However in some circumstances when the design requires certain types of geometry you can use non sheet metal feature tools then insert bends or convert the part to sheet metal.
Create a part of uniform thickness with adjacent planar faces that form one or more linear edges or a chain of linear edges.
Click rip sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal rip.
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In the propertymanager under sheet metal parameters select the fixed face.
Under bend edges select the bend edges.
To create a rip feature.
To create a rip feature.
Create a part of uniform thickness with adjacent planar faces that form one or more linear edges or a chain of linear edges.
Sketch single linear entities across planar faces starting and ending at the vertices.
Sketch single linear entities across planar faces starting and ending at the vertices.
Click rip sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal rip.
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