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About Activating a Sheetmetal Part in an NC and CMM Assembly
You can activate and edit sheetmetal parts in existing NC and CMM assemblies. You can also add or modify features, edit relations and Family Tables, and perform some setup actions.
Types of Sheetmetal Parts
You can activate the following types of sheetmetal parts:
Sheetmetal Part
Mirrored Sheetmetal Part
Intersected Sheetmetal Part
Activating a Sheetmetal Part
A Sheetmetal part is activated when you perform any of the following steps:
Select the sheetmetal part and activate it.
Edit the definition of any feature in a sheetmetal part. This is a temporary state. You are returned to the previous, active ribbon after redefining the feature.
Create a sheetmetal part it the context of an NC assembly.
Availability of the Play Path Command
When a sheetmetal part is active in the context of an NC assembly, the Play Path command is not available for any NC step, CMM step, or Operation feature.