Sheet Metal |
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Creates a base (initial) flange of a sheet metal part from a closed planar profile. |
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Creates 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. |
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Creates sheet metal part with lofted bends and flanges from two non-coplanar curves. |
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Automatically recognizes flanges, bends and lofted bends in a 3D solid. |
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Creates one or more flanges on a sheet metal part by pulling one or more edges of an existing flange. |
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Creates a new flange from a closed contour and attaches it to an existing sheet metal part. |
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Changes the reference side for selected flanges with an optional shift of the flange geometry by thickness. |
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Rotates a flange. |
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Creates one or more closed hem features on a sheet metal part by pulling one or more edges of an existing flange. |
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Creates one or more open hem features on a sheet metal part by pulling one or more edges of an existing flange. |
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Creates one or more Teardrop hem features on a sheet metal part by pulling one or more edges of an existing flange. |
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Creates one or more Round hem features on a sheet metal part by pulling one or more edges of an existing flange. |
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Inserts form features. |
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Creates form feature from given set of faces. |
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SmForm |
Explodes form feature in flanges and bends if possible. |
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Creates an associative rib form feature on a flange face from a planar 2D curve. |
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Replaces form features (including recognized ones) in sheet metal parts with form features from a built-in or user library. |
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Converts hard edges (sharp edges between flange faces) and junctions into bends. |
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Converts bends to lofted bends |
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Bends an existing flange along a line, obeying k-factor for given bend radius. |
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Converts hard edges into junctions. |
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Changes a symmetrical junction feature to one with overlapping faces. |
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Closes gaps between two arbitrarily oriented flanges. |
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Creates single tab feature to a sheet metal part by switching existing junction into the tab. |
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SmTabCreate | Creates array tab feature to a sheet metal part by switching existing junction into the tab. | |
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Makes proper corner and bend reliefs. Corner reliefs are built on corners which have three or more adjacent flanges. Bend reliefs are built on the start and end of a flange edge. |
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Converts a corner relief to a circular relief. |
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Converts corner reliefs to a rectangular relief. |
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Converts corner reliefs to a VType relief. |
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Converts corner reliefs to a Smooth relief. |
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Converts corner reliefs to a Round relief. |
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Converts corner reliefs to a Rip relief. |
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Splits a flange along a line drawn on its face. |
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Splits a flange by a single vertex in the corner. |
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Splits a flange by a single vertex in the corner and automatically suggests multiple splits of a similar type. |
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Splits thickness faces of a sheet metal part by imprinted edges, according to adjacent flanges and bends. |
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Removes sheet metal data from the selected faces or entities. |
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Removes a bend or a junction by restoring a hard edge between two flanges; removes a flange with all the bends adjacent to it. The adjacent flanges are extended up to a junction configuration with the flange being deleted. Removes miter by restoring geometry being cut by the feature. |
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Fixes problems specific to Sheet Metal parts, both global and local workflows are supported. Optionally heals lofted bend features: merges adjacent bends and provides tangential connection with flanges. |
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Fixes problems specific to Sheet Metal parts. Only selected flange or wrong bend will be repaired. |
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SmSelect Same Form Features |
Selects all identical form features in the sheet metal model |
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SmSelect Hard Edges |
Selects all hard edges on sheet metal parts. |
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SmSelect Non-orthogonal Thickness Edges |
Selects all non-orthogonal thickness edges on the sheet metal part. |
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SmSelect Flat Edges | Selects flat edges on the sheet metal part. |
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SmSelect side of the sheet metal part. | Selects side of the sheet metal part. | |
Creates a consist set of 3D constraints for the selected sheet metal part. |
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Unfolds the sheet metal body. |
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Associatively SmUnfold |
Opens an additional window with model's unfolded representation. |
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Exports a sheet metal solid to the .osm (Open Sheet Metal) file format. |
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Exports the unfolded representation of a sheet metal body as a 2D profile in .dxf / .dwg file format. |
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Performs a batch export of assembly components to unfolding, creating a .dxf per each 3D solid recognized as sheet metal part. |
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Toggles the FEATURECOLORS system variable. |
The Sheet Metal tools are available:
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In the Quad cursor menu (depending on the feature under the cursor):
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On the Sheet Metal toolbars:
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Sheet Metal
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SM Bend
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SM Flange
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SM Form
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Sm Hem
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SM Junction
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SM Relief
- SM Repair
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SM Split
- Sm Tab
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SM Unfold
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Sheet Metal
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In the Sheet Metal menu (Mechanical Workspace only):
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In the Sheet Metal tab of the Mechanical workspace Ribbon.
See also Direct Modeling tools.