To Create, Edit, or Save a Bend Order Sequence
Use the General page of the Sheetmetal Preferences dialog box to create or edit the bend order sequence of a sheet metal body.
1. Follow one of the steps below.
◦ Click > > . The Bend Order dialog box opens.
◦ Select a body in the Model Tree, right-click and select
Preferences. Select the required body, and click
change in the
Bend order line.
The Bend Order dialog box opens.
2. To select a fixed geometry reference that is different from that of the part, click the Fixed geometry collector and choose a different reference.
3. To flip the fixed geometry to the other side of the edge, click Flip.
| The Flip command is available only when an edge between two nontangent surfaces is selected as a reference. |
4. Click Add Bend and select a bend to add to the sequence.
5. Repeat step 5 until all required bends are added to the sequence.
6. To create a new bend order sequence, click Add Sequence and repeat steps 5 and 6 until all required bends are added to the sequence.
To define a fixed geometry reference different from the part fixed geometry reference, click the Sequence fixed geometry collector and choose a different reference.
7. To edit a bend order sequence, select a sequence from the list and then make any required changes.
8. Click Save to open the Save a Copy dialog box. You can save a copy of the bend order table as an *.html file or a *.txt file.
9. Click OK.