About the Sheetmetal Design User Interface
The Sheetmetal Design user interface consists of tabs with groups of commands and additional buttons on the Graphics toolbar.
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 Some buttons change to display the most recently used and active command. Click the arrow for available commands. |
Shapes Group
Use the Shapes group to create and modify sheet metal walls.
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Flat—Opens the
Flat tab to create an attached flat wall.
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Flange—Opens the
Flange tab to create an attached flange wall.
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Extrude—Opens the
Extrude tab to create an unattached extruded wall or surface, or to create a solid sheet metal cut.
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Planar—Opens the
Planar tab to create an unattached planar wall.
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Boundary Blend—Opens the
Boundary Blend tab to create a sheet metal wall or surface with boundary blended geometry.
• Shapes—Displays the following additional commands:
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Revolve—Opens the
Revolve tab to create a sheet metal wall or surface with revolve geometry, or to create a solid cut.
◦ Twist—Opens the TWIST dialog box to create a twisted wall.
◦ Sweep—Click the arrow to display sweep commands.
Sweep—Opens the
Sweep tab to create a sheet metal wall or surface with constant or variable section sweep geometry, or to create a solid cut.
Helical Sweep—Opens the
Helical Sweep tab to create a sheet metal wall or surface with helical sweep geometry, or to create a solid cut.
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Swept Blend—Opens the
Swept Blend tab to create a sheet metal wall or surface with swept blend geometry, or to create a solid cut.
◦ Rotational Blend—Opens the Rotational Blend tab to create sheet metal walls with blended sections that lie on rotated planes.
◦ Parallel Blend—Opens the Parallel Blend tab to create sheet metal walls with blended sections that lie on parallel planes.
Engineering Group
Use the Engineering group to add sheetmetal-specific features.
• Rip—Creates a rip. Click the arrow to display rip commands.
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Edge Rip—Opens the
Edge Rip tab to create edge rips.
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Surface Rip—Opens the
Surface Rip tab to create surface rips.
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Sketched Rip—Opens the
Sketched Rip tab to create sketched rips.
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Rip Connect—Opens the
Rip Connect tab to create a rip by defining the rip endpoints.
• Form—Click the arrow to display additional commands.
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Punch Form—Opens the
Punch Form tab to create a punch on a sheet metal wall using a predefined punch reference model.
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Die Form—Opens the
OPTIONS menu to mold the sheet metal wall using a die form reference model.
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Sketched Form—Opens the
Sketched Form tab to use a sketch as a reference for a punch.
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Quilt Form—Opens the
Quilt Form tab to create a punch on a sheet metal wall using a quilt as a reference for a punch.
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Flatten Form—Opens the
Flatten Form tab to flatten punch and die forms, returning the features to their original flat states.
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Corner Relief—Opens the
Corner Relief tab to add relief to one or more corners of a sheet metal part.
• Flat State Corner Relief—Available when legacy corner relief is in a model. Opens the
CRNR TYPE menu to select the type of legacy corner relief to apply.
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Conversion—Opens the
Conversion tab to add features necessary to make a sheet metal part developable and manufacturable.
• Engineering—Displays the following sheetmetal-specific commands:
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Punch—Opens the
Open dialog box to select a punch template to cut and add relief to a sheet metal wall.
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Notch—Opens the
Open dialog box to select a notch template to cut and add relief to a sheet metal wall.
Bends Group
Use the Bends group to create and modify bends.
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Unbend—Unbends a sheet metal part. Click
Unbend to display additional commands.
◦ Unbend—Opens the Unbend tab to unbend the sheet metal part.
◦ Transitional Unbend—Opens the (Transition Type) dialog box.
◦ Cross Section Driven Unbend—Opens the (Xsec Driven Type) dialog box.
• Bend—Includes commands for adding bends to a sheet metal part.
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Bend—Opens the
Bend tab to add an angled or rolled bend to a sheet metal part.
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Edge Bend—Opens the
Edge Bend tab to round sharp edges on a sheet metal part.
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Planar Bend—Opens the
OPTIONS dialog box to add an angled or rolled planar bend to a sheet metal part.
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Bend Back—Opens the
Bend Back tab to return unbent sheet metal walls to their formed positions.
• Flat Pattern—Click the arrow to display additional commands.
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Flat Pattern—Opens the
Flat Pattern tab to automatically create a flattened version of a sheet metal part and prepare the model for manufacture.
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Create Instance—Opens the
New Instance dialog box to automatically create a Family Table instance of the flat pattern.
• Bends—Displays the following additional command:
◦ Bend Order—Opens the Bend Order dialog box to show the ordering of bend features in a sheet metal design by creating bend order sequences.
Editing Group
Use the Editing group to modify sheet metal walls.
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Offset—Opens the
Offset tab to offset a quilt or a surface of a wall to create a new surface or a sheet metal wall.
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Extend—Opens the
Extend tab to lengthen an existing flat wall with a straight edge.
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Split Area—Opens the
Split Area tab to define a surface patch or an edge to split from a sheet metal part.
• Editing—Displays the following sheetmetal-specific commands:
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Join—Opens the
Join tab to connect two intersecting walls.
◦ Merge—Click
Merge Walls to open the
Merge Walls dialog box. Merge one or more unattached flat walls with a base wall to form one part.
Unstamp Edge—Opens the
UNSTAMP EDGE and the
FLATTEN EDGE dialog boxes to remove stamped features, such as rounds and chamfers, when preparing a design for manufacture.
Graphics Toolbar Buttons Specific to Sheetmetal
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—Sets the display options:
◦ Annotation Display—Toggles the display of annotations.
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Corner Relief Notes—Toggles the display of corner relief notes.
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Bend Notes—Toggles the display of bend notes.
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Flat Pattern Preview—Toggles a window with a preview of the flat pattern of the model.