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About Converting to a Sheet Metal Part
Use the Convert to Sheetmetal tool in Part mode to change a solid part into a sheet metal part. The solid part geometry is referenced to create the first wall. For a block-like part, use the Shell tool to remove one or more walls and to set the wall thickness. For a thin protrusion, use the Driving Surface tool to convert parts of uniform or non-uniform thickness.
Using the Driving Surface tool, you can set a constant wall thickness by selecting other surfaces in the part to include or exclude. You can also decide to recreate, remove, or ignore rounds and chamfers when you convert a part to a sheet metal part. To convert parts with non-uniform thickness, you can select these surfaces as Additional Surfaces.
After converting the part into a sheet metal part, use the Conversion tool to add any features required to make the part manufacturable, use individual tools to add each feature separately, or use the Flexible Modeling tools to recognize and manipulate design objects.
To access the Convert to Sheetmetal tool, in Part mode, click Model > Operations > Convert to Sheetmetal.