Sheet Metal Bend Line Notes

Flat patterns drawing views can display bend line notes. Sheet metal bend line notes allow:

Editing content. Edit text outside the note parameters.
Modifying default format. Edit <install_dir>\lang\<language>\bendnoteformat.txt
Maintaining associative capabilities. Change the bend angle, bend direction, or bend radius, and the notes update in the drawing.
Positioning notes. Change the display position of bend notes.

Edit Note and Note Position

To add and position sheet metal bend notes:

Click Make Drawing from Part/Assembly (Standard toolbar).
Open a drawing sheet, and in the PropertyManager, under Orientation: Select View orientation. In More views , select Flat pattern. Under Options, clear Auto-start projected view. Under Scale, select Use custom scale to specify a scale. Click on the drawing sheet to place the view. Click .

If the font is too large, block-select the bend notes, and in the PropertyManager, under Text Format, clear Use document font, click Font, and resize.

Select bend notes individually to:

Drag into a legible position
Rotate the note
Add leaders

You cannot individually delete bend notes, but you can right-click the bend note, and select Hide.

Reverse Display

If you click Flip view in the PropertyManager, or edit the flat pattern feature and change the Fixed face to the opposite side, the sheet metal bend line notes for UP or DOWN reverse to accommodate the change.

Modify Content

Sheet metal bend line notes is a text file located in <install>\lang\<language>\bendnoteformat.txt.

Use a text editor.
Values outside the brackets < > are displayed in the drawing. You can modify these values.
Values inside the brackets < > are the parameters that maintain associative capabilities. You can modify these values only if you follow the format within the brackets.

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