Sheet Metal Commands and Toolbars

Table 1. Sheet Metal Commands and Toolbars
Sheet Metal Toolbar icon Flyout Toolbar icon Command Description
SMFLANGEBASE command Create a base (initial) flange of a sheet metal part from a closed planar profile.
SMEXTRUDE command Create a sheet metal part by extruding a polyline in the direction of the normal of the curve plane. Thickness is assigned with respect to the external dimensions of the polyline.
SMLOFT command Create sheet metal part with lofted bends and flanges from 2 non-coplanar curves.
SMCONVERT command Automatically recognize flanges, bends and lofted bends in a 3D solid.
SMFLANGEEDGE command Create one or more flanges on a sheet metal part by pulling one or more edges of an existing flange.
SMFLANGECONTOUR command Create a new flange from a closed contour and attach it to an existing sheet metal part.
SMFLIP command Change the reference side for selected flanges with an optional shift of the flange geometry by thickness.
SMFLANGEROTATE command Rotate a flange.
SMHEMCREATE 命令 Create one or more closed hem features on a sheet metal part by pulling one or more edges of an existing flange.
SMHEMCREATE 命令 Create one or more open hem features on a sheet metal part by pulling one or more edges of an existing flange.
SMHEMCREATE 命令 Create one or more Teardrop hem features on a sheet metal part by pulling one or more edges of an existing flange.
SMHEMCREATE 命令 Create one or more Round hem features on a sheet metal part by pulling one or more edges of an existing flange.
BMINSERT command Insert form features.
SMFORM command Create form feature from given set of faces.
SMFORM command Explode form feature in flanges and bend if possible.
SMRIBCREATE 指令 Create an associative rib form feature on a flange face from a planar 2D curve.
SMREPLACE command Replace form features (including recognized ones) in sheet metal parts with form features from a built-in or user library.
SMBENDCREATE 命令 Convert hard edges (sharp edges between flange faces) and junctions into bends.
SMBENDSWITCH command Convert bends to lofted bends.
SMFLANGEBEND command Bend an existing flange along a line, obeying k-factor for given bend radius.
SMJUNCTIONCREATE command Convert hard edges into junctions.
SMJUNCTIONSWITCH command Change a symmetrical junction feature to one with overlapping faces.
SMFLANGECONNECT 命令 Close gaps between 2 arbitrarily oriented flanges.
SMTABCREATE command Create single tab feature to a sheet metal part by switching existing junction into the tab.
SMTABCREATE command Create array tab feature to a sheet metal part by switching existing junction into the tab.
SMRELIEFCREATE command Make proper corner and bend reliefs. Corner reliefs are built on corners which have 3 or more adjacent flanges. Bend reliefs are built on the start and end of a flange edge.
SMRELIEFSWITCH command Convert a corner relief to a circular relief.
SMRELIEFSWITCH command Convert corner reliefs to a rectangular relief.
SMRELIEFSWITCH command Convert corner reliefs to a VType relief.
SMRELIEFSWITCH command Convert corner reliefs to a Smooth relief.
SMRELIEFSWITCH command Convert corner reliefs to a Round relief.
SMRELIEFSWITCH command Convert corner reliefs to a Rip relief.
SMSPLIT command Split a flange along a line drawn on its face.
SMSPLIT command Split a flange by a single vertex in the corner.
SMSPLIT command Split a flange by a single vertex in the corner and automatically suggest multiple splits of a similar type.
SMIMPRINT command Split thickness faces of a sheet metal part by imprinted edges, according to adjacent flanges and bends.
SMDISSOLVE command Remove sheet metal data from the selected faces or entities.
SMDELETE command Remove a bend or a junction by restoring a hard edge between two flanges; remove a flange with all the bends adjacent to it. The adjacent flanges are extended up to a junction configuration with the flange being deleted. Remove miter by restoring geometry being cut by the feature.
SMREPAIR command Fix problems specific to Sheet Metal parts, both global and local workflows are supported. Optionally heal lofted bend features: merge adjacent bends and provide tangential connection with flanges.
SMREPAIR command Fix problems specific to Sheet Metal parts. Only selected flange or wrong bend are repaired.
SMSELECT command Same form features Select all identical form features in the sheet metal model.
SMSELECT command Hard edges Select all hard edges on sheet metal parts.
SMSELECT command Non-orthogonal thickness edges Select all non-orthogonal thickness edges on the sheet metal part.
SMSELECT command Flat edges Select flat edges on the sheet metal part.
SMSELECT command side of the sheet metal part Select side of the sheet metal part.
SMPARAMETRIZE command Create a consistent set of 3D constraints for the selected sheet metal part.
SMUNFOLD command Unfold the sheet metal body.
Associatively SMUNFOLD command Open an additional window with model's unfolded representation.
SMEXPORTOSM command Export a sheet metal solid to the .osm (Open Sheet Metal) file format.
SMEXPORT2D command Export the unfolded representation of a sheet metal body as a 2D profile in .dxf / .dwg file format.
SMASSEMBLYEXPORT command Perform a batch export of assembly components to unfolding, creating a .dxf per each 3D solid recognized as sheet metal part.
FEATURECOLORS system variable Toggle the FEATURECOLORS system variable.
The Sheet Metal tools are available:
  • In the Quad cursor menu (depending on the feature under the cursor):
    Figure 1. Quad cursor menu
  • On the Sheet Metal toolbars:
    • Sheet Metal
    • SM Bend
    • SM Flange
    • SM Form
    • SM Hem
    • SM Junction
    • SM Relief
    • SM Repair
    • SM Split
    • SM Tab
    • SM Unfold
  • In the Sheet Metal menu (Mechanical workspace only):
    Figure 2. Sheet Metal menu
  • In the Sheet Metal tab of the Mechanical workspace ribbon.

See also Direct modeling operations.