Creating a Rolled Wall

A rolled wall is an extrusion of a circle or an arc.

Before you begin: Create a circle or an arc in the work area using sketch commands.
  1. From the Sheet Metal section of the action bar, click Rolled Wall .
  2. From the work area, select a circular sketch.

    When you drag the manipulator, you can see the preview. Shaded preview appears on the release of the drag manipulator.

  3. In the dialog box, from the Sketch Orientation list, select one of the following:
    OptionDescription
    Inside Orients the sketch at the inside position of the wall thickness.
    Middle Orients the sketch at the middle position of the wall thickness.
    Outside Orients the sketch at the outside position of the wall thickness.
  4. Specify the direction of an extrusion by selecting one of the following:
    OptionDescription
    Dimension Extrudes a selected profile on one direction.

    If Dimension is selected for Direction 1, select Symmetric for Direction 2.
    Mid-Plane Extrudes a selected profile on mid plane.

    If Midplane is selected for Direction 1, Length is equal to total length of extrusion.
    Symmetric Extrudes a selected profile on two opposite directions.

    This option appears only if Dimension is selected for Direction 1. If the Symmetric option is selected for Distance 2, Length equals half of total length.
    Up to plane Extrudes a selected profile up to the plane.
    Up to surface Extrudes a selected profile up to an existing surface.

    Linked to SheetMetal parameters shows that the parameter is driven by the global sheet metal parameters. You can click to unlink it. shows that the given parameter is a local or custom value.

  5. Specify a distance from the selected profile to create the extrusion.
  6. From the Unfold Reference list, click one of the following:
    OptionDescription
    Sketch start point Unfolds a rolled wall from the starting point of a sketch.
    Sketch end point Unfolds a rolled wall from the end point of a sketch.
    Sketch middle point Unfolds a rolled wall from the center point of a sketch.
  7. Click to save and exit.
    Note: You can use equations for all numeric parameters. Click the dimension text. The dimension text becomes editable. Type = in the input field, to open the Equation dialog box and enter a formula or number. Select a parameter from the list. You can perform the basic operations such as bracket, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division on the parameter value. .

 

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