Defines a sheet metal face by adding depth to a sketch profile.
Access
Ribbon: Sheet Metal tab Create panel Face .
Shape tab
Specifies the sheet metal faces and the bend settings to use when joining two or more faces.
Selects one or more profiles to extrude by the sheet metal thickness.
Single profile Automatically selects profile and previews the sheet metal face.
Multiple profiles Position the cursor over the profile and click to select. To cancel the selection, hold down Ctrl and click profile.
Offset
Changes the direction of the extrusion.
Bend
Bend radius
Displays the default bend radius. On the drop-down list, select other options:
Measure Uses a measuring command to calculate the bend radius value.
Show Dimensions Displays dimension values that you can click to add as the bend radius value.
List Parameters Shows parameters associated with the model that you can click to enter as a parameter name in Radius.
Edges
Selects additional sheet metal face edges to include in the bend.
For a new sheet metal face, you can create a bend to an existing sheet metal face. Select the sheet metal edge for the bend if the profile for the sheet metal face:
Overlaps with multiple existing sheet metal edges.
Does not overlap any sheet metal edges.
The sheet metal faces are trimmed or extended as required to create the bends.
(More)
Single bends are created by default when you use the Face command. Selecting More provides options to define double bends. The options are not available for base features.
Bend Extension
See the Bend Extension reference to review the material on Bend Extension that is common to: Bend, Face, and Contour Flange features.
Unfold Options tab
For information about the Unfold Options tab, see the Sheet Metal default options reference.
Bend tab
For information about the Bend tab, see the Bends dialog box.