It purely depends upon the shape of the part that decides which one to use.
Creo sheet metal flange.
Difference between sheetmetal flange flat features in pro engineer and creo parametric modified.
See convert a solid part into a sheet metal part for details.
You gan adjust edge corner gap as in pic under edge treatment.
From creo parametric 5 0 release.
This comprehensive suite of creo sheet metal design tools helps users create features such as walls bends punches notches forms and relief features.
Information regarding the difference of flange and flat wall features for sheet metal.
Below is the basic example of the flat and flanged walls.
With creo 4 now it s just as easy.
Convert a part to sheet metal.
20 oct 2016 applies to pro engineer and creo elements pro wildfire to wildfire 5 0.
Select one edge then while pressing shift key click on bottom surface to select surface loop.
In flange command select user defined from drop down list and sketch as below.
Create a planar bottom.
Flange wall gives you control over the cross section of the wall.
Now that you have a sheet metal part just go to the edit bend.
Use the corner relief tool to add relief to one or more corners of a sheet metal part.
Creating sheetmetal flanges on cut angles i am trying to create flanges on the inside of a cut angle from a contour flange based drawing see attached file.
When you add relief sheet metal sections are removed from the model.
2 create a flange 1 manipulated in the sketch option so i have two bends 3 create a new flange 2 with a chain.
I am not able to get the flanges to attach since the material thickness varies due to the cut.
Just convert the imported 3d model into a creo sheet metal part by defining a driving surface and you re ready to go.
Here is the basic explanation for the two sheet metal options.
Using a variety of y and k factor bend allowance calculations designers can create flat patterns of the designs.
Creo sheet metal training.
You can also add corner relief when creating a flange wall or a conversion feature.
5 create a new flange 4 see that the bend is not nice the green circle how can i make the two red corners together.
