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does anyone know how to change the side of the surface finish on a sheetmetal component?
I have modelled my part and started the drawing only to find the green 'finished' side is on all the inside faces rather than on the outer ones as I require,
the green side is not the finished side, it is the driving side, the white side is the driven side. Why do you require the green side to be on the outside?
the green side is not the finished side, it is the driving side, the white side is the driven side. Why do you require the green side to be on the outside?
Becausehaving the colour differences allows the opportunity to specify that green could be the polished/finished side to our manufacturers. I understand that this means the driven side but for the purposes of being able to specify green as the polished side then it would be useful. Hence thegreen being on the outside, as the inside doesnt require such a good quality finish.
Does that mean that I have to'flip' thedriving direction to achieve this?
If you did a sheetmetal shell to create your part you can enter a negative thickness to flip the green/white sides otherwise you will probably have to work your way through inverting all the features seeing which ones will regen correctly and which ones don't.
If you want to get unparametric about it, you could export it as a step file and re-import it and use driving surface to create a new sheet metal part.
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