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1-Visitor
March 28, 2012
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Sheet Metal Bend Issue

  • March 28, 2012
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Hey,

Is it possible to define the bend as radius and arc length, rather than radius and angle? I'm trying to get one of our components into a family table, and the drawing I have gives the length of the bend not the angle. I realize, of course, it's a simple math problem to get it from length to angle. While this gives an acceptable bend for the largest of the family of components, the smalles fails. I am thinking the failure is due to rounding error or perhaps the bend plane? Regardless, if I could just input the radius and length, it would solve the problem more elegantly. Any help would be appreciated.

Best answer by DavorGranic

Hi Timothy,

What you need to do is enter shape tab, then sketch and define it with arc lenght and radius there.

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16-Pearl
March 28, 2012

Hi Timothy,

What you need to do is enter shape tab, then sketch and define it with arc lenght and radius there.

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1-Visitor
March 29, 2012

Thanks Davor, I think I can use this.