About the Planar Wall User Interface
The Planar user interface consists of commands, tabs, and shortcut menus. To access the Planar Wall tool, click > .
Commands
Under Thickness:
• —Sets the sheet metal thickness.
• —Flips the direction of the sheet metal thickness.
Tabs
• References—Displays the selected sketch in the collector. Edit opens Sketcher to edit the sketch.
• Options—These options are not available for a first wall and they include:
◦ Merge to body—Merges the wall geometry to an existing wall in the body.
▪ Keep merged edges—Does not merge wall edges to existing wall edges.
▪ Keep edges of bends—Keeps the edges between existing bend surfaces and new geometry being created.
◦ Do not merge to body—Does not merge the wall geometry to an existing wall in the body.
▪ Set driving surface opposite sketch plane—Flips the driving surface of the sheet metal.
• Body Options—Allows you to create the new wall as a new body or to add the new wall to a different body.
◦ Create new body check box—Creates the feature in a new body.
▪ Linked to part—Select to link the new body to the part. A body that is linked to the part takes all its sheet metal preferences from the part.
◦ Body collector—Shows the name of the body to which geometry is added.
▪ The currently active body.
▪ Click the box and select a different body to add the geometry to an existing body.
▪ The new body.
• Properties—Displays detailed feature information:
◦ Name—Shows a name for the wall.
◦ —Shows feature information in a browser.
Shortcut Menus
Right-click the graphics window to access the shortcut commands:
• Edit Internal Sketch—Opens the sketch in Sketcher for editing.
• Clear—Removes the selected reference from the collector.
• Flip Thickness Side—Changes the direction of the sheet metal thickness.
• Define Internal Sketch—Selects the sketch plane and opens Sketcher to define the sketch.