Sheet Metal - How do I create this shape?

[nathan.regnierlange]

 So this is what I'm trying to make.

But I can only get this far, and I can't figure out how to make that last flange go straight down and terminate level at the bottom

[TheCADWhisperer]

Can you File>Export and then Attach your *.f3d file here?

[nathan.regnierlange]

Here you go!

[etfrench]

Just measure the difference between the high side and the low side and add that on to each end:

[nathan.regnierlange]

That's not the outcome I was looking for, and it's an ugly, time consuming workaround.

[etfrench]

Perhaps explaining in detail what you're looking for would help.

[TheCADWhisperer]

Maybe something like this?  (see attached)

Thickness

[I_Forge_KC]

Here is another solution. To be up front, this creates weird artifacts because the deformation in the corners is removed by the method I used. It also induces bevel in the flat stock edges because we remove the distortion. It appears your material will be cardboard - so these deformations aren't a big deal (paper bends). Use at your own peril, though.

Take a look at the attached file.

1. I created a workplane just up from the bottom face

2. I extruded the skinny face of the two flanges to the workplane - if you didn't use the offset plane you'd be in trouble because the flanges would boolean to the base (thus preventing you from unfolding)

3. I created a workplane at the front

4. I used replace face to change the location of the angled faces

5. Rinse and repeat on the back side.

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@TheCADWhisperer wrote:

Maybe something like this?  (see attached)

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I guess not?

[nathan.regnierlange]

Sorry, I've been really busy. But both of those solutions look great, I just haven't had a chance to look at the files.

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@nathan.regnierlange wrote:

... But both of those solutions look great, I just haven't had a chance to look at the files.

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Only one of them is correct geometry.