Sheet Metal Design

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Sheet Metal Design Access to Content

User Interface

Action Bar

Model Section

Refine Section

Transform Section

Standard Area

Context Toolbars

About Search

Workflow

Managing the Default Parameters

About Bend Allowances

About Editing the Sheet and Tool Parameters

Editing the Sheet Metal Parameters

Recognizing Features from an Existing 3D Shape

About Recognizing Features from an Existing 3D Shape

Recognizing Features

Creating Walls

Walls Concepts

About the Creation of Walls from a Sketch

About Walls from an Edge

Creating Walls from a Sketch

Creating Tangent Walls

Creating Walls from Edges

Extruding

About Extruding

Extruding

Creating Swept Walls

Swept Walls Concepts

About the Selection of the Spine

About the Creation of Swept Walls

Creating Flanges

Creating Hems

Creating Tear Drops

Creating User Flanges

Creating Rolled Walls

Creating Canonic Hoppers

Creating Hoppers

Creating Rolled Walls

Creating Free Form Surfaces

Creating Bends on Walls

Bends on Walls Concepts

About the Creation of Bends from Walls

About the Creation of Folded and Unfolded Bends

Creating Bends from Walls

Creating Conical Bends

Creating Bends from a Line

Folding Bends and Flanges

Unfolding Bends and Flanges

Aggregating Bodies

Mapping Elements

Unfolding

Folded/Unfolded View Access

Concurrent Access

Deactivating Views

Creating Holes

About the Creation of Cutouts

About the Creation of Holes

About Creating Threads and Taps

Creating Holes

Creating Cutouts

Creating Circular Cutouts

Creating Threads and Taps

Creating Local Corner Relieves

Creating Corners

Creating Chamfers

About the Creation of Chamfers

Creating Chamfers

Stamping

Creating Standard Stamping Features

Creating Flanged Holes

Creating Beads

Creating Circular Stamps

Creating Surface Stamps

Creating Bridges

Creating Flanged Cutouts

Creating Stiffening Ribs

Creating Curve Stamps

Creating Louvers

Creating Half Pierce Stamps

Creating Dowels

Creating User-Defined Stamping Features

About Creating User-Defined Stamps

About the Definition of Punches and Dies

Creating User-Stamps

Mirroring

Patterning

About Patterning

Creating Rectangular Patterns

Creating Circular Patterns

Creating User-Defined Patterns

Creating Isometries

Isometries

About Translation

About Rotation

Creating Translations

Creating Rotations

Transforming Elements from an Axis to Another

Creating Symmetries

Browsing the Sheet Metal Catalog

Managing Imports

About the Import Creation Command

Creating Imports

Integration with Wireframe

Creating Points

Creating a Point Using Coordinates

Creating a Point on a Curve

Creating a Point on a Plane

Creating a Point on a Surface

Creating a Point Using the Center of a Circle/Sphere/Ellipse

Creating a Point Tangent on a Curve

Creating a Point Between Two Points

Creating Lines

Creating a Line Between Two Points

Creating a Line Using a Point and a Direction

Creating a Line Normal to a Curve

Creating a Line Tangent to a Curve

Creating a Line Normal to a Surface

Creating a Line at the Bisection of Two Lines

Creating a Line Up to an Element

Creating a Series of Lines Using the Last Point

Creating Planes

Creating a Plane Offset From another Plane

Creating a Plane Parallel to a Plane and through a Point

Creating a Plane Normal to another Plane

Creating a Plane Through Three Points

Creating a Plane Through Two Lines

Creating a Plane Through a Point and a Line

Creating a Plane Through a Planar Curve

Creating a Plane Normal to a Curve

Creating a Plane Tangent to a Surface

Creating a Plane Using an Equation

Creating a Mean Plane Through Points

Creating a Plane Between two Planes

Defining an Axis System

Integrating and Importing Parts

Managing an Order Process

About Order Processes

Generating Order Processes

Extracting an Order Process in a Drawing View

Integration with Drafting

Producing Drawings

Producing Drawings with Generative View Styles

Checking Overlapping

Saving as DXF

Designing in Context

Designing in Context

Modifying Designs

Generating Technological Results

Creating Technological Results

About Technological Results

Managing PowerCopies

Creating Power Copy Features

Instantiating Power Copy Features

Using Paste Special

Using B.I. Essentials in Sheet Metal Design

Reference Information

Sheet Metal Design File-based Design Import

Sheet Metal Design and Sheet Metal Production Database Design Import

Design Range Management

Sheet Metal Rules

Administration

About Standards

Administering Standards

Setting Standard Parameters

Managing Standards

About Design Tables

Managing Design Tables

About Data Setup for Sheet Metal Design