Bend on edge

This command creates bends on square edges of a part of sheet metal.

Creation stages / Use:

Click the icon or select Sheet Metal > Bend on Edge... from the drop-down menu.

Select the mode for managing the inner bend radius:

- Identical: the same inner bend radius is applied to all bends.
- Different: the inner bend radius is managed independently on each bend.

		Bends can be defined by different ways: The indicated radius corresponds to the inner bending radius.
		Manual: The radius has to be entered.
		Thickness: The radius is synchronised with the thickness of the sheet metal.
		Unfolding rules: The radius of bend to use is search in the table defined in the unfolding rules associated to the part. According to the thickness of the sheet metal to consider, TopSolid uses the first favorite bending radius found in the list of available radii.

Enter the value of the inner bend radius (radii).
Select the edges.
Validate the bends creation with .

Only the edges with a relevant edge on the opposite face of the sheet can be selected.

Available Options:

The All bends option rapidly selects all the square edges of the parts. This mode est associative, if a modification after the creation of bends on edges generates a square edge on the part, a bend will automatically be created on this edge.

By default, the bend is calculated up to the neighboring faces, the Limit to extremities option makes a bend only on the length of the edge selected.

The Delimit bends option allows to isolate faces of the bend from those of connected faces for example to be able to use the covering.


Without Delimit bends option	With Delimit bends option

This option can be activated by editing the command or by using the Delimiting of Bend command.