Part VII: Working with Specialized Functionality
Edit Flange Profile
The Edit Flange Profile button in the Edge Flange PropertyManager enables you to edit a sketch to
shape the flange in some way other than rectangular, or to otherwise edit the shape of the flange.
Notice in Figure 29.11 that both of the flanges made by a singe flange feature have been edited.
You can do this by selecting the flange for which you want to edit the profile before clicking the
Edit Flange Profile button.Note
If you have added dimensions to the sketch, as shown in Figure 29.11, then you will no longer be able to use
the arrow to drag the length of the flange. To edit the length, you will need to edit the sketch or double-click
the feature, and then double-click the dimensions that you want to change. n
You can add holes to the flange profile as nested loops. This enables you to avoid creating addi-
tional hole features, but does not enable you to control suppression state independently from the
flange feature.You can make flanges go only part of the way along an edge by pulling one of the end lines back
from the edge. This works even though the end lines appear black and fully defined. A situation
where the sketch has been edited this way is shown in the image to the right in Figure 29.11.Use default radius
This option enables you to override the default inside bend radius that is set for the entire part for
this feature. The bend radii for individual bends within an Edge Flange that has multiple flanges
cannot be set; the only override is at the feature level. If you need individual bends to have differ-
ent bend radii, then you need to do this using multiple Edge Flange features.Gap distance
The gap distance is illustrated in Figure 29.12. The Gap Distance selection box is only active when
you have selected multiple edges in the main selection box for this feature. The gap refers to the
space between the inside corners of the perpendicular flanges.Angle
Because the Edge Flange is not dependent on a sketch for its angle like the Base Flange is, you can
set the angle in the Angle panel of the PropertyManager. The values that this selection box can
accept range from any value larger than zero to any value smaller than 180. Of course, each flange
has practical limits. In the flange shown in Figure 29.13, the limitation is reached when the bend
radius runs into the rectangular notch in the middle of the flange to the right, at about 158
degrees. The angle affects all the flanges that are made with the feature. To create a situation where
different flanges have different angles, you need to create separate flange features.