Sheet Metal - Change angle of flange without using timeline?

[elaveyra]

When designing in sheet metal mode, I can set the angle of a flange by directly typing it in during creation. Here I created a flange at 30 degrees and I can then go back and change the angle to 31 degrees by editing the feature in the timeline. If I built this same shape in the modeling mode (or say I imported a STEP file that I then converted to a sheet metal body) then there is no feature in history where I've set the flange angle so I cannot edit it. Obviously Fusion knows all the bend angles. Is there another way for me to select the bend angle and manually define them?   

[Anonymous]

Hi. 

Maybe try this work around.

Daragh

[elaveyra]

Hi Daragh,

This is definitely a good alternative method but still requires building the flange from a sketch initially. Is there a way to parametrically define the bend angle on the finished body, outside of the sketch function or flange creation feature?

[SAWdraftingNWCQU]

I was looking for a way to do this as well. I found that I was able to edit the angles in a sheet metal step file by deleting the fillets and using the move tool to rotate the flanges after selecting the features and faces that I wanted. 

[warrexx.fh]

I just encountered the same problem and found your answer very helpful, thank you.

Actually, you don't need to delete the fillet, or even you can use it as the axis if you using "rotate" move type which in my case make it simpler

[warrexx.fh]

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@SAWdraftingNWCQU wrote:

I was looking for a way to do this as well. I found that I was able to edit the angles in a sheet metal step file by deleting the fillets and using the move tool to rotate the flanges after selecting the features and faces that I wanted. 

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I just encountered the same problem and found your answer very helpful, thank you.

Actually, you don't need to delete the fillet, or even you can use it as the axis if you using "rotate" move type which in my case make it simpler