Access
Ribbon:
Sheet Metal tab
Setup panel
Sheet Metal Defaults
- Sheet Metal Rule
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Drop-down list of all sheet metal rules. List contains all sheet metal rules within the local file if the filter setting in the Style and Standard Editor is set to Local. List contains all sheet metal rules within the style library if the filter setting in the Style and Standard Editor is set to All Styles.
Edit Sheet Metal Rule -
Provides access to the Sheet Metal edit panel in the Style and Standard Editor and allows editing the selections and values which are used to define Material, Thickness, Bend, Corner and Flat Pattern options.
- Use Thickness from Rule
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Check box which enables/disables the Thickness value field.
- Thickness
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Value field which reflects the thickness. When the Use Thickness from Rule check box is checked the field is inactive and reports the thickness specified in the selected Sheet Metal Rule. When the check box is not checked, the field is active and allows you input a thickness value. Fly-out provides ability to obtain thickness value through Measure, Show Dimensions, List Parameters or by selecting from a list of recently entered values.
Note: If the active part is a sheet metal iPart factory and the iPart table was created with Thickness as a column in the table, the Use Thickness from Rule check box is disabled on this dialog box. - Material
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Drop-down list of all materials in the active library. If the desired material is in another library, browse to that library and select the material. If the necessary material library is not included in the project file, we recommend you add it to the project so it is readily accessible.
For more information about adding and editing materials see: Materials and Appearances.
- Unfold Rule
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Drop-down list of all sheet metal unfolding rules. List contains all unfolding rules within the local file if the filter setting in the Style and Standard Editor is set to Local. List drop-down contains all unfolding rules within the style library if the filter setting in the Style and Standard Editor is set to All Styles.
- Edit Unfold Rule
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Provides access to the Sheet Metal Unfold edit panel in the Style and Standard Editor and allows editing the selections and values which are used to define: linear unfolding method vs. bend table-driven bends, KFactor values and bend table tolerance options.
- OK
- Accept all style changes made and close the dialog box.
- Cancel
- Close the dialog box and ignore any changes that were made while the dialog box was open.
- Apply
- Apply any style changes that were made while keeping the dialog box open for further changes.