Bend Part Data

Advanced Face Modeling Package

General

The dialog box is related to the function

  • Part | Deformation | Bend Part.
  • Import | | Deformation | Bend Part.
  • Bend a Part

Dialog Box Options

Bend Angle, Value
Defines the value of the bend angle.
Bend Radius, Value
Defines the value of the bend radius.
Formula
Define the formula of the bend radius and bend angle, if you want to control the rotation using a dimension table.
Side
The program marks the side to be bent by default with arrows.
Click the Side button when you want to change the side to be bent.
Bending has three options:
  • The left side bends from the bending line.
  • The right side bends from the bending line.
  • Both sides bend. That is, the bend line is in the middle of the bend.

Direction
The program marks the default bending direction with arrows.
  • The default direction is out of the face.
Click the Direction button when you want to change the bending direction.

Reference Face and Rotation Axis
The reference face is a plane (face), within which the material does not stretch or shrink during bending.
  • The material stretches on one side of the face and shrinks on the other.
The selected rotation axis is automatically projected to the reference face.
Bend Region
You can limit the bending area. Select the faces/lines (bending area) of the object that you wish the bending function to move. Select the lines from the side of the bend.
If you have set the bend to occur on both sides, the bending area has no effect.
  • The planar surface (1) has been selected.
  • The rotation axis (2) has been selected.
  • The bend angle of 90 ° and the bend radius (10) has been entered.
  • The result is shown in the figure A.
  • Two lines (3 and 4) has been selected to specify the bend region.
  • The result is shown in the figure B.
Add
Add a line or reference plane that controls the bend or element that controls the bend region to the list.
  • Select Add.
    • Note that the program uses only one line as the rotation axis and one plane as the reference plane, so adding other lines or planes as a reference plane or rotation axis does not make sense.
  • Click the line or planar surface.
  • Select Confirm (Confirm = V key, middle mouse button or the context-sensitive function OK)
Change
Replace the selected reference plane or the rotation axis that controls the bend or the element that controls the bend region with another corresponding element.
  • Select the element to be changed.
  • Select Change.
  • Click the replacing element.
Delete
Remove the element that controls the bend. However, a reference plane or rotation axis is needed.
  • Select the element to be removed.
  • Select Delete or press the Delete key.
Apply
Preview by clicking the Apply button in the dialog box. This will show you how the model would look if you confirmed the feature data by clicking OK.
  • If necessary, you can still edit the feature data.