Creating a Bend from Flat

You can generate bends based on a line.

Before you begin: Create two perpendicular walls and draw two lines on one of them. The lines must not intersect another Sheet Metal feature on this wall.
  1. From the Sheet Metal section of the action bar, click Bend from Flat .
  2. Select a sketch to create the bend.
  3. For Fixed point, select a vertex from the side of the wall to be fixed.
  4. In the dialog box, click the check box for Use same parametersto apply similar parameters to all the folds created from sketch lines.
    By default the option is selected. You can also clear the check box for the option and add parameters for each bend.
  5. Choose the Line type:
    OptionDescription
    Axis The line defines the rotation axis of the mobile wall (that is the bend is symmetrical to the line.)
    BTL Base Feature BTL: Bent Tangent Line The line lies on the wall and corresponds to the limits of the bend's fillet.
    IML IML: Inner Mold Line The line is created by intersecting the internal surfaces of the bend before filleting and the wall.
    OML OML: Outer Mold Line The line is created by intersecting the bend support and a plane perpendicular to the wall and normal to the OML.
    BTL Support The line lies on the bend support and corresponds to the limits of the bend's fillet.
  6. Enter the bend angle and click Reverse to invert the bending direction.
  7. Optional: Select the check box for Override default bend settings to provide different values for the K factor and bend radius.

    Linked to SheetMetal parameters shows that the given parameter is driven from global sheetmetal parameters. You can click to unlink it. shows that the given parameter is a local or custom value. You can click Relink All to reset all values to global sheetmetal parameters.

  8. Click .
    Note: You can use equations for all numeric parameters. Click the dimension text. The dimension text becomes editable. Type = in the input field, to open the Equation dialog box and enter a formula or number. For more information, see Equations.