Sheet Cut Properties

Sheet-Metal Design

General

  • The dialog box is related to the Cut Sheet function.
  • Cut a Sheet

Dialog Box Options

Gap
Defines the width of the gap created in cutting.
Formula
Defines gap's or position's variable.
  • Enter a variable label to control the gap width or position using a dimension table.
Start, Middle, End
Select Start
  • The cut gap starts at the selected position.
  • In the above left image, the 2mm gap starts at 10mm from the beginning of the line.
Select Middle
  • The center of the cut gap is at the selected position.
  • In the above middle image, the center of the 2mm gap is 10mm from the beginning of the line.
Select End
  • The cut gap ends at the selected position.
  • In the above right image, the 2mm gap ends at 10 mm from the beginning of the line.
Relative Position
Select Position and define a relative position to the cut with a slide control or formula.
Click a position
Click a position in the model by selecting .
  • Select the cutting point.
    • You can click a point, when you cut a cylindrical or conical surface.
    • You can click a point or surface when you cut a planar surface.
    • If you click the cut point from the surface, you can use the offset function of the auxiliary menu to enter the distance of the cut point from the surface.
    • You can constrain the cut location to the selected surface if you select the "lock" in the auxiliary menu.
  • Finish selecting the position with the Confirm function. (Confirm = V key, middle mouse button or the context-sensitive OK.
Exact position: From start, from end
Select From start to enter the gap position numerically from the the start point of the line.
Select From end to enter the gap position numerically from the end point of the line.
The software illustrates the beginning and the end of an edge line with the numbers 1 and 2.

Type the position as a distance (in millimeters) to the planar surface and as an angle (in degrees) to the cylindrical or conical surface
Set another cut position separately
For a planar face, you can set another cut position separately on the other edge line. Then the cut is created in a specific direction.
  • Select the check box Set another cut position separately and define the other cutting point’s position.

Select the check box Set another cut position separately and define the other cutting point’s position.
Elements
A list of the surface and edge line, or two edge lines that model the feature.
  • You can edit the list also with the context-sensitive menu.
Add
The option is inactive, as you can cut a sheet from only one surface.
Change
Change the cut to another surface, if necessary.
  • Select the surface from the list.
  • Select Change.
  • Click the replacing corner surface.
Delete
The option is inactive, as you can cut a sheet from only one surface.
  • To delete the feature, select Sheet cut in the feature tree and then press the Delete key, or select the context-sensitive function Delete.
Apply
You can see what the part would look like if you accepted the values and options you entered.
  • You can change the values and options.