Current Limitations of Multibody Sheet Metal Parts
The lists below contain limitations that are applicable to sheet metal parts and bodies.
In a sheet metal part or body:
• At least one sheet metal body must exist in a Sheetmetal part.
• The first wall feature that creates the initial geometry of a sheet metal body cannot be suppressed.
• Remove body—You cannot remove the last remaining sheet metal body in the part.
Operations on sheet metal bodies:
• Boolean Merge—When you use the Use body settings, you can only merge bodies that do not contain flattened bends. Unless Use current setting is selected as the developed length calculation method in the Bend Allowance tab.
• Boolean Intersect and Subtract—Copy Surface Appearance and Update References options are only available when the cutting option Normal to Surface is not the active option.
• Split body—In some situations, only the solid cut can successfully produce the resulting geometry.
Split bodies with a swept flange do not always unbend properly.
Flat patterns
• The Flat Pattern Preview dialog box displays a flat pattern for one body.