Sheet Metal Tool Bar greyed out

[gotchy]

I have sketched a simple extruded plate 1/2" X 8" and i extruded it to 1/8" thick. Now I want to bend it in the middle 90 degrees, and I find that my Sheet Metal Tool Bar is mostly greyed out, I was intending to use the sketch bend tool. I am a total beginner to Sheet Metal, but there must be something basic here that is slipping by me.

I would appreciate your help.

Gotchy

[shift1313]

After that first sketch, instead of extruding it you need to make it a Base Flange/Tab (the first button on the sheet metal tools). Since you only have one operation I would suggest just deleting your extrude and doing it that way. You can also use the second button and Convert to sheetmetal. Here is a video I did on Convert to Sheetmetal.

 

http://www.mymlcservices.com/index.php?option=com_hwdvideoshare&task=viewvideo&Itemid=306&video_id=322

 

and here is a basic sheet metal vid.

 

http://www.mymlcservices.com/index.php?option=com_hwdvideoshare&task=viewvideo&Itemid=306&video_id=193

[gotchy]

Thank you, kind Sir. I will save your instructional videos for reference.

Gotchy