Use a text editor.
Bend line in sheet metal solidworks.
The bend line does not have to be the exact length of the faces you are bending.
Click sheetmetal insert bends click flat face as reference when it flatten.
Your simple sheetmetal bend is ready.
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The a will add the annotations which include the bend notes.
In the featuremanager design tree expand drawing view to show the flat pattern feature.
Use line sketch and connected open end of this sketch and make it close both end.
Look at part tree.
Set bend radius to 0 03in and k factor 0 5 and ok.
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This file sets the format of the bend line notes.
Sheet metal bend line notes is a text file located in install lang language bendnoteformat txt.
Here we will learn how to use sketched bend command in solidworks sheet metal and create a bend at any part of plan surface at any angle and dimension.
You can add bend lines to a flat face of a sheet metal part with a sketched bend feature.
This lets you dimension the bend line to other geometry.
Hiding the bend lines also hides the sheet metal bend notes.
To learn more about solidworks sheet metal design you can attend a 2 day training course either in class or online.
You can modify these values.
Expand the flat pattern feature right click bend lines and select show or hide.
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So in a part generated with the sheet metal tools your bend lines are stored in the flat pattern feature remember that this sketch you can show hide and suppress unsuppress to control how when it is displayed.
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Values outside the brackets are displayed in the drawing.
Solidworks how to create a simple sheet metal part in solidworks.
Only lines are allowed in the sketch.
Click features extruded boss base set d1 to 0 5in and ok.
You can add more than one line per sketch.