Sheet Metal Bend Issue

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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.

[DavorGranic · Accepted solution]

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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Thanks Davor, I think I can use this.