I just started working with sheet metal in Inventor () and am currently modeling the baseplate of my circular saw as I intend to design a dust collection shroud for it.

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I've been able to model the part with a sketch; I formed a face and changed the gauge of the metal. So far so good. I went to bend up the edges with the flange tool and it seems I cannot flange the corners. The straight edges flange properly but the corners stay flat.

Obviously my design intent is incorrect and I am aware that I'm asking a question here that will likely resolve naturally as I continue my training, but I'd like to ask if there's a known good resource to learn this aspect of sheet metal forming.

I have tried fillets in the sketch and also experimenting with the flange and corner round tools and pretty much just end up with flat, un-flanged corners.

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It also occurs to me that since this circular saw baseplate is formed by stamping, the only solution may require a boolean operation with a standard solid part.

Picture attached and thanks to anyone who can steer me in the right direction.

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