Edit bend order in iPart factory

  1. Create a sheet metal part that you expect to use as an iPart factory.
  2. In the sheet metal part, create the Flat Pattern representation.
  3. On the ribbon, click Manage tab Author panel Create iPart .
  4. Create individual iPart rows representing the various members of your iPart factory.
  5. Once you have added all of the member rows, click OK to save the factory table.
  6. On the ribbon, click Tools tab Options panel Customize .
  7. On the Customize dialog box, select the Toolbars tab and select iPart/iAssembly from the list of Toolbars.
  8. On the Customize dialog box, click Show to display the iPart/iAssembly toolbar.
  9. Click Close to dismiss the Customize dialog box.
  10. In the part browser, click to expand the table folder. The default iPart member is marked with a check mark.
  11. On the iPart/iAssembly toolbar, under the Edit Factory Scope drop-down, click Edit Member Scope.
  12. Activate the iPart member for which a unique bend order is to be applied.
  13. In the flat pattern of the iPart member, apply the unique bend order sequence and click Finish Bend Order to save the bend order sequence.
  14. Repeat the above two steps for each member of the factory that require a unique bend order sequence.
Note: This procedure adds a column to the iPart table called: FlatPatternBendOrder. The cells in this column cannot be edited. For members which have their bend order defined using Factory Scope, the cell is named Default. For members in which bend order has been defined using Member Scope the cell is named by prefixing the part number with the string: “BendOrder_”.