Practice exercise

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This is a practice exercise video solution.

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For this practice,

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we're gonna begin with a new untitled document,

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navigate to our document settings,

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and change our units to the inch unit system.

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Next,

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we're going to navigate to our sheet metal tools,

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and we want to begin by first creating a new sheet metal component.

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We're gonna be using the steel inch rule,

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so navigate until we find steel inch and say,

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OK.

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Then we want to begin a new sketch.

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In this case,

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we'll select the front plane

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and use our line tool to begin a single open sketch.

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We'll drag this out to the right,

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up vertically,

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and out to the right once more time before selecting the green check mark.

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Then we want to use some of our dimensions.

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This first line is gonna be 2 inches long.

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Next we have our vertical line.

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This is also gonna be a distance of 2 inches.

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And finally,

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the last horizontal line is gonna be a distance of 3 inches,

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giving us a fully defined sketch.

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Next we'll use our flange tool,

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select the sketch and pull this out a distance of 2.9 inches.

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We'll hit enter,

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and now we've created our sheet metal component.

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Next,

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we're gonna create a flat pattern.

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Select create flat pattern and select the stationary face and say OK.

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The flat pattern is gonna give us all the

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information needed to create this part in 3D.

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This information can be exported as a DXF or used in a detailed drawing.

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Let's finish the flat pattern.

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And let's take a look at using the modified tool unfold.

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We're gonna select a stationary face and unfold all bends and say,

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OK.

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Next,

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from a top view,

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we want to create a new sketch on our part.

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We're gonna be using the two-point rectangle

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and create a rectangle from the left hand side

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to the right-hand side that goes across all bends.

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We're going to use the dimension tool to ensure this is 1 inch wide.

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And we're gonna dimension it

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from the bottom edge,

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a distance of 1 inch.

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And from the left edge,

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a distance of 1 inch as well.

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We're gonna give it an overall length of 4.5 inches

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and finish the sketch.

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Using our Extrude tool,

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we'll select all the internal profiles

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and pull it all the way down through our part.

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It's a good idea to use through all and say OK.

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Finally,

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we can use refold faces.

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Let's go ahead and select flat pattern one more time,

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selecting the stationary face

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and updating the existing flat pattern.

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At this point,

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let's go ahead and make sure that we save our design before moving on.