Creating a Flange

You can add material of a constant thickness and offset (from the walls) to the perimeter of divided bodies to improve the mating conditions. The flange is a multi-body feature that requires at least one divided half body.

This task shows you how to create a Flange.

Note: Depending on your role, you may not have access to this functionality.

Before you begin: Open a 3D shape geometry.
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Using the Display Only Parents Option to Retrieve a Creation Context
  1. From the Manufacture section of the action bar, click Flange .

    The Flange dialog box appears.

  2. Enter values for Width and Thickness.
  3. Enter values for the Top radius and the Bottom radius.
  4. Click Preview.
    The flange is previewed with the given values.
  5. Click OK.


    Important: It is necessary for the divide surface to extend beyond the external skin of the body because the geometry of the flange is controlled by the divide surface.
  6. Select Shellable Prism.x from the tree to modify the shellable prism.
  7. Select the Fillet tab and enter a value for Lateral radius.
  8. Click OK. The flange has added the lateral fillet.