SmHemCreate – Bricsys Support and Help Center

Creates one or more hem features on a sheet metal part by pulling one or more edges of an existing flange.

Accessing the Command

or or or

command bar: smhemcreate
menu bar: Sheet Metal | Create closed Hem or Create open Hem or Create Teardrop Hem or Create Round Hem
toolbar: Sheet Metal | Create closed Hem or Create open Hem or Create Teardrop Hem or Create Round Hem
ribbon: Sheet Metal | Modify | Create closed Hem or Create open Hem or Create Teardrop Hem or Create Round Hem
Quad cursor menu: Sheet Metal | Create closed Hem or Create open Hem or Create Teardrop Hem or Create Round Hem

: SmHemCreate

Prompts you in the command bar:

Select edges on flanges to create closed hem or [open Hem/Teardrop/Round]: (Select edges, then right-click to proceed.)

Entities/subentities in set: 1

Position the end of the closed hem [Length/Width/Toggle tapering]: (Specify a point in 3D space or type a value in the dynamic length field)

Command Options

Command options vary upon your choice of hem type.

Command options for Closed hem

Option	Description
Dynamic dimensions	Define the length of the hem by typing values in the dynamic dimension fields:
Length	Input the length of the hem.
Width(*)	By default, the hem width is equal to the length of the selected edge. The Width option defines a different width. Prompts you: Enter first offset [Back/Skip] <Skip>: - (Do one of the following:) Type a value in the dynamic field to define the offset distance from the start point of the edge. Select the Skip option to keep the first side edge of the flange at the start point of the edge. Select the Back option to undo the current Width procedure. Enter second offset [Back/Skip] <Skip>: - (Do one of the following:) Type a value in the dynamic dymention field to define the offset from the endpoint of the edge. Select the Skip option to keep the second side edge of the flange at the endpoint of the edge. Select the Back option to undo the current Width procedure.
Toggle tapering	Toggle how a new hem fits the border of an existing flange. Two variants are possible: The option only works if the edges of a flange at the corner are not at 90°.

(*) The Width option is not available if multiple edges are selected.

Command options for Open hem and Teardrop

Options are the same as for Closed hem. A Radius option is added.

Option	Description
Dynamic dimensions	The same as for Closed hem.
Length	The same as for Closed hem.
Width	The same as for Closed hem.
Toggle tapering	The same as for Closed hem.
Radius	Define the radius of the hem.

Command options for Round

Option	Description
Width	The same as for Closed hem.
Radius	The same as for Teardrop hem.

Related Commands

SmBendCreate - converts hard edges (sharp edges between flange faces) and junctions into bends.

SmConvert - automatically recognizes flanges, bends and lofted bends in a 3D solid.

SmDelete - 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 the flange is deleted. Removes a miter by restoring the geometry.

SmDissolve - removes sheet metal data from the selected faces.

SmFlangeBase - creates a base (initial) flange of a sheet metal part from a closed planar profile.

SmFlangeEdge - creates one or more flanges to a sheet metal part by pulling one or more edges of an existing flange.

SmReliefCreate - 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.

SmRepair - restores the 3D solid model of a sheet metal part by thickening one of its sides (all thickness faces become perpendicular to flange faces).