Unbending and Creating Flat Patterns
Creo Parametric 11.0.0.0
User Interface Location: Click > 
Unbend.
Unbend.Click > > 
Flat Pattern Manager.
Flat Pattern Manager.Videos
Description
Multibody support has been extended to sheet metal bodies enabling you to unbend and create flat patterns for multiple sheet metal bodies. Both the unbend and the flat pattern features are used for individual sheet metal bodies. A part with multiple sheet metal bodies may have several of these features, one for each body.
Define fixed geometry and bend order for each body in the Sheetmetal Preferences dialog box.
A flat pattern preview is available for each body. The Flat Pattern feature continues to be supported for a single sheet metal body. When flat patterns are required for multiple sheet metal bodies, use the Flat Pattern Manager. It automatically creates and manages flat patterns for each of the sheet metal bodies in the part. The Flat Pattern Manager state parameter can be one of:
• Flat—Flattened state
• Initial—As designed state
• Removed—Body is removed
Individual flat pattern features for each body have an additional state parameter called Inherited, which indicates that the state of the flat pattern was inherited from the state of the Flat Pattern Manager. This is the default state. Flat state instances and flat state representations set the states of the flat pattern features of individual bodies upon their creation. For an empty body, the flat pattern feature is hidden in the Flat Pattern Manager.
Benefits
The Flat Pattern Manager can set the flat state for all sheet metal bodies, or the flat state can be set for each sheet metal body individually.
Additional Information
Tips: | None. |
Limitations: | Swept flanges that are split with a split body operation cannot be unbent simultaneously. |
Does this replace existing functionality? | No. |
Configuration option associated with this functionality: | smt_flat_instance_name-format—Specifies the naming format of the flat state instance. smt_flat_simp_rep_name_format—Specifies the naming format of the flat state representation. smt_flat_inst_index—Removes gaps in index numbers of flat pattern Family Table instance names. |