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Solidworks sheet metal bend lines.
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Hiding the bend lines also hides the sheet metal bend notes.
Sheet metal bend line notes is a text file located in install lang language bendnoteformat txt.
Expand the flat pattern feature right click bend lines and select show or hide.
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Values inside the brackets are the parameters that maintain associative.
Use a text editor.
Use line sketch and connected open end of this sketch and make it close both end.
Click sheetmetal insert bends click flat face as reference when it flatten.
Your simple sheetmetal bend is ready.
The a will add the annotations which include the bend notes.
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Values outside the brackets are displayed in the drawing.
In the featuremanager design tree expand drawing view to show the flat pattern feature.
You can modify these values.
Using design checker to change sheet formats.
This file sets the format of the bend line notes.
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