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All sheetmatal workbenches in any of the cad packages i know of work similar the sheetmetal workbench work. I don't know any sheet-metal addon/ workbench that works this way. I have no clue what sort of problems might occur with this approach.īut the "perspective", the "direction", if you like, Ok, keep in mind that I am not a programmer just a user. the sketch is the flattened version of the object * no need to unfold (flatten) the created object: ** FreeCAd will recalculate everything for you ** you can go back to Sketcher Workbench and alter the sketch * you bend there (apply bend propertied to that line) and you must be able to select a line from the sketch, (the Sheet Metal Workbench must be able to "see" the sketch lines, * now, you move to the Sheet Metal Workbench * you "extrude" the sketch (maybe in Part Workbench) to set its thickness (ok, I have not figured out how you would pre-create holes, within the sketch) * the sketch itself determines the shape you would need to cut out of a big sheet of metal * you start with a 2 dimensional sketch (in Sketcher Workbench) * you bend the thing in predetermined lines * you start with a piece of sheet metal (paper, etc) with universal thickness I though about adding more properties to each bend,

And the result is far, far away from what you had in mind. * Then, if you try to unfold it (flatten it), you realise what mess you have created. * Then come back and manipulate it (eg, cut off parts of it, inaccurately). Sheet_metal_003.jpg (17 KiB) Viewed 2327 timesīasically, the problem is that you can not manipulate the way the sheet metal is expanded when bended.