Bend notes show information about the type, direction, and angle of a bend. They can also be displayed as annotations in your drawings to facilitate manufacturing when programming bending machines, locating punch positions, and creating dimension inspection documents. The following example shows a bend note:
Bend notes are automatically created for each bend in your design, but display only on the flat pattern feature of your model. You can customize the order of the note elements with the
smt_bend_notes_order configuration option. You can also customize the default bend note symbols or create your own symbols by modifying the bend note display configuration options or by modifying the
Bend notes display settings area in the
Sheetmetal area of the
Creo Parametric Options dialog box.
To display bend notes on the flat pattern feature, click
Bend Notes on the Graphics toolbar, or click
View >
Bend Notes. Make sure that
Annotation Display is enabled and that the
smt_bend_notes_dflt_display configuration option is set to
yes (default).
To display bend notes in the Model Tree, click
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>
Tree Filters. The
Model Tree Items dialog box opens. Under
Display, click
Annotations, and then click
OK.