A cut removes material from a sheet metal face.
You sketch a profile on a sheet metal face, and then cut through (or partially through) one or more faces. You can use iFeatures to create a library of punch shapes for sheet metal parts. You can use cut features with the iFeature, Mirror, and Pattern commands.
You can specify a distance for a cut, or it can terminate on a face or work plane. In an assembly, the terminating face or work plane can be on another part. You can express the specified distance as a percentage of the material thickness.
You apply a cut on a sketch of a profile that represents the shape of the material you want to remove. If there is only one profile in the sketch, it is automatically highlighted after you click Cut.
Note: If your sketched profile overlaps a bend, the Cut command removes material based on the extents and direction defined.
- Cut Normal. Projects the selected profiles (sketch, and so on) onto the surface and then cuts perpendicular to the faces that the projection intersects.
- Cut Across Bend. Removes material by wrapping the profile across faces and one or more sheet metal bends. Cut Across Bend creates a through or partial-depth cut that wraps around the bend. You can select and extract a cut across a bend to a punch iFeature. Then you can use the punch iFeature. Cut Across Bend applies the cut to the faces and bends located under the sketch while the part is in a flattened state. The cut depth is through the material.