https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/simple-sheet-metal-tabs/m-p/11308854#M70993 <P>Hello all,&nbsp;</P><P>Does anyone know a way to make a simple tab in sheet metal? When I do a bend it bends the entire edge. To do a partial, it seems I have to create a sketch first, create a floating face, then create the bend between the two edges to connect them.</P><P>I'm used to Creo, where we create a bend, then we can simply offset one or both ends right there in the bend tool. From what I can tell, when you create the bend it automatically creates the sketch which includes the dimensions from the end that are set to zero by default.&nbsp; Am I overlooking something simple, or is this not possible in Inventor?</P><DIV class="">&nbsp;</DIV><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="bkeeneNEC7T_1-1658324812151.png" style="width: 600px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1093771iBCE2836458DC3DA3/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="bkeeneNEC7T_1-1658324812151.png" alt="bkeeneNEC7T_1-1658324812151.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 20 Jul 2022 13:52:00 GMT bkeeneNEC7T 2022-07-20T13:52:00Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/simple-sheet-metal-tabs/m-p/11308854#M70993 <P>Hello all,&nbsp;</P><P>Does anyone know a way to make a simple tab in sheet metal? When I do a bend it bends the entire edge. To do a partial, it seems I have to create a sketch first, create a floating face, then create the bend between the two edges to connect them.</P><P>I'm used to Creo, where we create a bend, then we can simply offset one or both ends right there in the bend tool. From what I can tell, when you create the bend it automatically creates the sketch which includes the dimensions from the end that are set to zero by default.&nbsp; Am I overlooking something simple, or is this not possible in Inventor?</P><DIV class="">&nbsp;</DIV><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="bkeeneNEC7T_1-1658324812151.png" style="width: 600px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1093771iBCE2836458DC3DA3/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="bkeeneNEC7T_1-1658324812151.png" alt="bkeeneNEC7T_1-1658324812151.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 20 Jul 2022 13:52:00 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/simple-sheet-metal-tabs/m-p/11308854#M70993 bkeeneNEC7T 2022-07-20T13:52:00Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/simple-sheet-metal-tabs/m-p/11309010#M70994 <P>Expand the flange dialog to get options for width extents:</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="niels_0-1658328007974.png" style="width: 600px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1093810i86B35909D08B2CA9/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="niels_0-1658328007974.png" alt="niels_0-1658328007974.png" /></span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>(also, bend and flange are 2 different functions in Inventor. i assumed you were using flange)</P> Wed, 20 Jul 2022 14:41:37 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/simple-sheet-metal-tabs/m-p/11309010#M70994 -niels- 2022-07-20T14:41:37Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/simple-sheet-metal-tabs/m-p/11309483#M70995 <P>Thanks!</P><P>Always the tiniest details...</P> Wed, 20 Jul 2022 17:20:44 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/simple-sheet-metal-tabs/m-p/11309483#M70995 bkeeneNEC7T 2022-07-20T17:20:44Z