Angle Iron Projects

[brandonbattle11]

I am looking to find an easier and more efficient way to design projects out of angle iron. Right now, my method of creating angle iron is using the line command and essentially drawing my side profile of the angle (ex. 2"x2"x1/8") and extruding to whatever length I need. I've found this to be very inefficient especially when it comes to big projects built out of angle iron. In my upcoming drawing, I need a rectangle frame out of angle iron, but the corners of the rectangle need to be 45'd together, so my method of drawing angle will not work. I would love to figure out a more efficient way to draw angle iron projects. If anybody wants to try, my project is 189-1/4" long x 42-1/2" wide and 24" tall with a 1" taper going width wise. I need to draw this entire frame out of angle iron and would love to learn a more efficient way to do so. Thanks in advance. 

[davebYYPCU]

1” taper width wise, 

means the top is 42.5, or the bottom is 42.5, my luck is about 50/50 guessing at the moment.

what are you doing with the cuts for uprights?

[brandonbattle11]

Sorry for not being clear. The overall height needs to be 25" and taper across the 42.5" side down to 24" tall. I am attaching a very *very* rough draft of my drawing, laugh as needed, drawing angle iron has always made a fool of me! Please teach me the way of angle iron!

[etfrench]

Only four of the 16 pieces are angle iron.  Which pieces do you want to miter?

You can project the angle iron to a sketch, then draw a line for the miter cut.  Split Body using that line and Remove the excess..

[davebYYPCU]

My rabbit hole, ended up like this, (even 50/50 was way off)

you will see that there is only one Component Mirror.

Might help...

[brandonbattle11]

This is pretty close to what I am looking for, so thank you. How did you end up creating the angle iron?

[davebYYPCU · Accepted solution]

Sure, Step along the Timeline, edit feature to get my settings.

Rule #1, Component, sketch, features.

Unhide the component sketch, it’s 2 lines - equal, (parameter)

Copy / Paste New, to make 4 in Total, (name them - Rule #2.)

in each Activate before - 

Thin Extrude, half length of the part, (parameter wall thickness)
Draft the mitre cut, 

Mirror - Join.  Activate Top Level.

Joint for position

You will see the top and bottom frames were patterned components, before the uprights could be made.

Make one in place, Extrude to object, 2 directions, pattern and then mirror the last 2.

Slight change for your layout - would need to know how the taper cutting affects the Angles orientation. Vertical sides or flat to top plate.  
I was not thinking the vertical sides would be inside.

Might help….