SheetMetal AddBend

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SheetMetal AddBend

Menu location
SheetMetal → Make Bend
Workbenches
SheetMetal
Default shortcut
S B
Introduced in version
-
See also
None

Description

The Make Bend command starts the third of three steps to convert a shell object made with tools of the Part or PartDesign workbench into an unfoldable SheetMetal object.

As long as faces are joined with sharp edges an object can't be unfolded, so the sharp edges have to be replaced with cylindrical bends, thus the naming "Make Bend".

Make Bend - replace edges with bends

Usage

Replace edges with bends, the third step to convert a hollow cuboid (shell object) into an unfoldable SheetMetal object.

  1. Select one or more edge(s).
  2. Activate the Make Bend command using one of the following:
    • The Make Bend button.
    • The SheetMetal → Make Bend menu option.
    • The keyboard shortcut: S then B.

Notes

The tools SheetMetal AddRelief, SheetMetal AddJunction, and SheetMetal AddBend work best with hollow cuboids i.e. shell objects with a constant thickness and only 90° angles between faces.

See SheetMetal AddRelief for hints about creating shell objects of cuboids.

Properties

See also: Property editor.

A SheetMetal SolidBend object is derived from a Part Feature object and inherits all its properties. It also has the following additional properties and its label has a default value:

Data

Base

  • DataLabel (String): Default value: SolidBend (+ a sequential number for second and following items).
    The user editable name of this object, it may be any arbitrary UTF8 string.
  • Data (hidden)Base Feature (Link): Base Feature. Link to the parent feature.
  • Data (hidden)_Body (LinkHidden): Hidden link to the parent body.

Parameters

  • Database Object (LinkSub): "Base object". Links to the edges to be bent.
  • Dataradius (Length): "Bend Radius". Default: 1,00 mm.
  • Datathickness (Length): "Thickness of sheetmetal". Default: 1,00 mm.