This lets you dimension the bend line to other geometry.
Bend flat sheet metal solidworks.
This solidworks tutorial is show you how to bend a part with sketched bend in sheet metal features check it out.
Sheet metal bend line notes is a text file located in install dir lang language bendnoteformat txt.
Select process bends and all of the features after it.
Look at part tree.
Under bend edges select the model edges that will form bends.
This file sets the format of the bend line notes.
Set bend radius to 0 03in and k factor 0 5 and ok.
To view this part in flatten form click sheetmetal flatten.
Click sheetmetal insert bends click flat face as reference when it flatten.
Your simple sheetmetal bend is ready.
Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part.
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You can control the precision for sheet metal bend line notes.
You can add bend lines to a flat face of a sheet metal part with a sketched bend feature.
When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature.
Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature.
Click edit suppress this configuration to suppress all of the selected features.
In the featuremanager design tree do one of the following.
Sketch on sheet metal face.
A quick tour and introduction using the solidworks sheet metal sketch bend feature.
Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius.