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evanags - 11/10/2016 9:35:28 AM

Sheet Metal Question No.2

I have created a sheet metal box. I go to unbend and all works except for one flange. So I go to Edit Sheet Metal Bend and try to unbend it. and I get the message ' The two sides of the bend are connected'. I am not sure what it really means and mostly, how to fix it, short of deleteing and starting over. Is there some clue as to how it got this way in the first place? I would like to learn how to fix it and how to avoid this as I don't know what I did as the others unfolded properly.

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david@coastal-mfg.com - 12/9/2016 12:13:48 PM

RE:Sheet Metal Question No.2

I run into that from time-to-time myself. Haven't really figured out the why's.

But, if you go to tools/maintenance and run the simplify before you try unfolding that last flange, I'm like 90% it'll unfold. The other thing to try is to unfold in different sequence.

I typically unfold 1 bend at a time, that way I can monitor what's going on as it happens. If there's an issue, I'll run simplify body everytime from problem onward.

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