, an Edge
Flange 
, and so on), the following occurs:Parts that are originally created as sheet metal have different features
than parts that are created, and then converted to sheet metal. However,
you can add sheet metal-specific features to parts converted to sheet
metal. As soon as you add a sheet metal-specific feature, (a Miter
Flange , an Edge
Flange , and so on), the following occurs:
Flat-Pattern1
is added to the FeatureManager design tree, and suppressed.
Bends for new sheet metal features are stored
under each individual feature instead of under Flatten-Bends1
or Process-Bends1
. Additionally, all pre-existing and new bends are listed
under the Flat-Pattern1 feature.
To flatten the part, unsuppress Flat-Pattern1
rather than suppressing Process-Bends1
.