Convert Sheetmetal to normal Part to allow multiple bodies.

"Dom" a écrit dans le message de news: snipped-for-privacy@m37g2000prh.googlegroups.com... Just tried: Make your sheetmetal part "the old way", ie as a "normal" solid, then insert bends at the end. Of course keep only the wanted solid when making your text cut.
Or (not tried): export your part as parasolid, insert bends after your text cut.
Or (tried) start a new part, insert your part as the first feature, make your text cut, insert bends...
HIH JM

Snip Jean Marc gave you some good suggestions, but since this is a "small" part, perhaps the easiest is to just delete the sheet metal feature, which will remove all of the other features and start from your original sketch or a new sketch.
Jerry Steiger Tripod Data Systems "take the garbage out, dear"

I first tried to delete the Sheetmetal Feature, but all the other features are dependant on this, so they all get deleted as well. I ended up disolving the sketch, which unfortunately causes me to lose the parametric ability to modify things. Then I converted the "holes" in the letters to ref. lines, to complete the cut. After this, I inserted a "Tab" feature, to replace the "holes", and added joiners. Ideally, I'd make a new font for stencilling, or one that has the "holes" removed, so I could maintain the parametric ability to resize etc.
Unless anyone has a font like this already?
Cheers Dominic.

try making it as a feature, i mean sheet metal library feature and then put it on the required face.
Deepak