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.
Accessing the Command
command bar: smdelete
menu bar: Sheet Metal | Delete Feature
toolbar: Sheet Metal | Delete Feature
ribbon: Sheet Metal | Modify | Delete Feature
Quad cursor menu: Sheet Metal | Delete Feature
: SmDelete
Prompts you in the command bar:
Select feature faces or thickness faces: (Select an item.)
Entities in set: 1
Select feature faces or thickness faces: (Select another item or right click.)
Example of bend feature deletion:
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Selected bend faces |
The selected bends are replaced by hard edges |
Example of deletion by using thickness faces without junction feature:
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Selected thickness faces |
The selected faces are replaced by hard edge |
Command Options
No options.
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.
SmDissolve - removes sheet metal data from the selected faces or entities.
SmExtrude - creates sheet metal part from a planar polyline by extruding it orthogonally to the plane of the polyline.
SmFlangeConnect - closes gaps between two arbitrarily oriented flanges.
SmFlangeEdge - creates one or more flanges to a sheet metal part by pulling one or more edges of an existing flange.
SmSplit - splits a flange along a polyline drawn on its face.
SmJunctionCreate - converts hard edges (sharp edges between flange faces) and bends into junctions.
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.