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6. Should you wish to change the angle of a flange, use the smFlangeRotate command. Pick a face on the<br />

flange to be re-bent, as follows:<br />

: smFlangeRotate<br />

Select a flange face to rotate: (Pick a face -- not an edge! -- and then move the mouse to<br />

show the new angle)<br />

Changing the angle of flanges<br />

TIP You can use any of BricsCAD’s direct modeling and 3D constraints commands to edit sheet metal parts. In<br />

addition, you can control parts with user-defined parameters, such as material thickness and bend radius.<br />

7. Designs are unfolded with the smUnfold command. The command is like the flatten command of other<br />

sheet metal programs. This command performs two jobs: it generates a 2D drawing of the sheet metal part,<br />

and then optionally exports the drawing in DXF format for use with CAM (computer-aided manufacturing)<br />

systems of sheet metal parts.<br />

Start the command from the Quad cursor:<br />

Accessing the smUnfold command<br />

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