Creating Hems

You can generate hems from a spine.

Before you begin: Create a wall.
  1. From the Sheet Metal section of the action bar, click Hem .
  2. Select an edge or a spine.

    When you select an edge, the contextual icon Select Tangent Edges appears near the selected edge in the geometry. You can click it to select all tangent edges to the selected edge.

    The selection field is updated with the selected edge and a preview of the hem is created.

    To remove the selections made, click , and select Clear all selects.

  3. Set the hem length by dragging the handle or enter a length value.

    When you drag the handle, you can see the preview. Shaded preview appears on the release of the handle.

  4. Optional: Select Trim support to trim edges that lie on planar supports only.
  5. Optional: To reverse the direction of the hem, click Flip Orientation .
  6. Optional: From the Limiting Geometry, select the reference 1 and reference 2 to limit the geometry.

    Note: Choose the Limiting Geometry references from one of these: reference plane, end vertex of an edge, or point on the edge.

  7. Optional: From the Bends, find the Override default settings check box and enter the required radius and K-Factor.

    Linked to SheetMetal parameters shows that the given parameter is driven from global sheet metal 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 sheet metal 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.