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Contents
Flange Position ..............................................................................................905
Curved edges .................................................................................................906
Miter Flange feature ................................................................................................907
Hem feature ............................................................................................................908
Jog feature ...............................................................................................................910
Fixed Face .....................................................................................................910
Jog Offset ......................................................................................................911
Fix projected length ......................................................................................911
Jog Position ...................................................................................................911
Jog Angle .......................................................................................................911
Sketched Bend feature .............................................................................................911
Closed Corner feature .............................................................................................912
Faces to Extend .............................................................................................912
Faces to Match ..............................................................................................913
Gap ...............................................................................................................913
Overlap/Underlap ratio ..................................................................................913
Open bend region .........................................................................................913
Coplanar faces ...............................................................................................914
Forming Tool feature ..............................................................................................915
Creating forming tools ...................................................................................915
Forming Tool Library ....................................................................................916
Placing a forming tool ....................................................................................917
Special techniques with forming tools ...........................................................917
Lofted Bends feature ................................................................................................920
Unfold and Fold features .........................................................................................921
Making Sheet Metal Parts from Generic Models ................................................................922
Normal cut feature ..................................................................................................923
Rip feature...............................................................................................................924
Sheet Metal feature ..................................................................................................925
Flatten Bends feature ...............................................................................................925
Process Bends feature ..............................................................................................926
No Bends feature .....................................................................................................926
Flat Pattern feature ..................................................................................................926
Convert to Sheet Metal feature ................................................................................927
Using Other Methods ........................................................................................................928
Working with imported geometry ...........................................................................928
Making rolled conical parts .....................................................................................929
Mixing methods ......................................................................................................930
Using Multi-body Techniques with Sheet Metal ................................................................930
Using Insert Part .....................................................................................................931
Using multiple Base Flanges ....................................................................................931
Tutorial: Working with the Insert Bends Method for Sheet Metal Parts .............................932
Tutorial: Using the Base Flange Sheet Metal Method .........................................................935
Summary ..........................................................................................................................940