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!colspan="4" style="background-color: #BF4F51; font-size:160%; text-align: center;" | Video Tutorials
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|[[File:assemblytuticon.PNG|40px|link=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU3Vhn4IaXU]] '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU3Vhn4IaXU Assembly Tutorial]''' || [[File:platetuticon.png|40px|link=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3p267MxePg]] '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3p267MxePg Plate Tutorial]'''
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!colspan="4" style="background-color: #808080; font-size:160%; text-align: center;" | Help Articles
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!colspan="3" style="background-color: #DBD7D2; text-align: left;" | General
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*[[Finding and Opening Old Part Files]]
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*[[Importing Old Data Libraries]]
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*[[Bend-Tech SW Module Installation]]
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!colspan="3" style="background-color: #DBD7D2; text-align: left;" | Assembly
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*[[Creating PickPoints using Angle & Plane]]
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*[[My Bent Part Doesn't Follow my PickPoints]]
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*[[PickPoints - Single]]
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*[[PickPoints - 2 Points]]
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*[[PickPoints - Plane]]
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*[[PickPoints - Arc]]
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*[[Remove PickPoint]]
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*[[Create a Bent Part]]
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*[[Using Tangent for Bent Part]]
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*[[Paste Part]]
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*[[Creating a Straight Part]]
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*[[Creating a Horizontal, Vertical, or Linear Dimension]]
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*[[Creating an Angle Dimension]]
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*[[Changing the Text of a Dimension]]
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*[[Moving a Dimension]]
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*[[Removing or Deleting a Dimension]]
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*[[Dimensioning - Setting/Changing Defaults]]
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*[[Dimensioning - Removing a View]]
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*[[Dimensioning - Views are Overlapping]]
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*[[Creating a bmp, jpg, gif, etc...]]
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*[[Settings]]
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*[[Projection]]
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*[[Paste Part is Attached to the Wrong End]]
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*[[Mirror a Part]]
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*[[Loading a Part into Assembly]]
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*[[Changing the Color of a Part]]
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*[[Changing the Material or Die of a Part]]
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*[[Changing the Current Material & Die]]
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*[[Changing a "Part" Name]]
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*[[Changing a "Master" Part Name]]
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*[[Deleting or Removing a Part]]
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*[[Moving a Part]]
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*[[Moving a Feature]]
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*[[Important Issues to Know About Assembly]]
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*[[Finding the Cut Length and Bending info. for a Part]]
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!colspan="4" style="background-color: #DBD7D2; text-align: left;" | Assembly Cutting
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*[[Finding the Length to cut all the Straight Parts]] 
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*[[Cutting a Tube to Multiple Tubes]]
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*[[Cutting the End of a Part]] 
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*[[Hole Saw/Mill vs. Plasma/Grinder]] 
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*[[Cutting a Tube to a Tangent of a Bend]]
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*[[Cutting the End of a Straight Tube]]
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*[[Line Up the Templates]]
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!colspan="4" style="background-color: #DBD7D2; text-align: left;" | Results
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*[[Dimension Location]]
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*[[Rotation]]
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*[[Decimal & Fraction]]
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*[[How to Mark and Run the Material through the Die]]
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*[[Using an Angle Level]]
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*[[Bend Angle & Spring Angle]]
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*[[Dial Level use for Rotation]]
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!colspan="4" style="background-color: #DBD7D2; text-align: left;" | Material & Tooling
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*[[Die Edge]]
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*[[What does the * (Asterisk) Mean in a Formula]]
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*[[Changing the Radius for only 1 Bend]]
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*[[Using Spring Charts]]
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*[[My Software only came with 1 Tool and 1 Material]]
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*[[I have 2 Different Materials I use the Same Die For]]
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*[[Where do I find the Menu to add Material/Tooling?]]
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*[[Start using Assembly without Calibrating my Die?]]
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*[[My Material or Tooling Library won't Update]]
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!colspan="4" style="background-color: #DBD7D2; text-align: left;" | Templates
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*[[The Template Entry Boxes are Black]]
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*[[Railing Templates]]
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*[[My Part isn't coming out with the Dimensions I entered]]
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*[[Must have some Straight Lengths at Both Ends]]
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*[[How do I have a 180 degree Bend?]]
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*[[What is Apex?]]
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*[[Custom Part uses the Center Line!]]
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*[[Make a 3D Part in Custom Part]]
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*[[Start Angle?]]
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*[[I know the Straight Leg Lengths, Angles, and Rotations]]
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*[[How can the Material Bend the Other Direction?]]
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*[[Apex vs. Tangent]]
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*[[New Rise & Run Feature]]
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! colspan="3" style="background-color: #DBD7D2; text-align: left;" | Custom 3D
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*[[Making a 180 Degree Bend in Custom 3D]]
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*[[I know the Bend Angle and Length]]
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*[[How to Make a Stinger]]
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*[[Example 1 (90 Degree Bends)]]
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*[[Example 2 (Under 90 Degree Bends)]]
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*[[Example 3 (Over 90 Degree Bends)]]
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*[[Example 4 (90 Degree Bends, Move in 2 Directions)]]
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*[[Example 5 (Under 90 Degree bends, Move in 3 Directions)]]
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*[[Rules of Custom 3D]]
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*[[Understanding the "Tri-Star"]]
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!colspan="3" style="background-color: #DBD7D2; text-align: left;" | XYZ
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*[[Creating a Double-Beveled Hoop Using Mirroring]]
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*[[Using the Mirror Function]]
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*[[Finding Values with only the Bend Angle and Length]]
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*[[Making a 180 Degree Bend in XYZ]]
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*[[XYZ Example 1 (90 Degree Bends)]]
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*[[XYZ Example 2 (Under 90 Degree Bend)]]
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*[[XYZ Example 3 (Over 90 Degree Bends)]]
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*[[XYZ Example 4 (90 Degree Bends, Move in 2 Directions)]]
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*[[XYZ Example 5 (Under 90 Degree Bends, Move in 3 Directions)]]
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*[[What is Bend Location Offset?]]
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*[[What is Calibrated CLR?]]
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*[[What is CLR?]]
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*[[Calibration - What Should I Use; Book or Button?]]
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*[[Bend Order Simulation]]
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*[[Transitions]]
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*[[The Simulation Viewer Buttons]]
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!colspan="3" style="background-color: #DBD7D2; text-align: left;" | Import
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*[[Import|Importing Files]]
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*[[Importing a DXF File]]
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*[[Exporting a DXF File]]
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*[[STEP and IGES Import - Part Definition|Importing a STEP or IGES File]]
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*[[Copy and Paste Flanges]]
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*[[Creating a Flat DXF File From a Bent Part]]
 
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Revision as of 14:06, 3 June 2014

Welcome to the Official Bend-Tech Wiki

Use the links below for detailed information on all aspects of the Bend-Tech software product.


Product Information and Documentation
Installationicon.png Installation Die lib.png Die Library Tube lib.png Tube/Pipe Library Plate lib.png Plate/Sheet Library
Springback lib.png SpringBack Library Machine lib.png Machine Library J bend lib.png J-Bend Library Menubaricon.png Main Menu Bar
Calibrationicon.png Calibration Singleparticon.png Single Part -
Interface/General Functions
Xyzicon.png XYZ Part Tempicon.png Template
Customicon.png Custom Part Custom3dicon.pngCustom 3D Part Sketch3Dicon.png Sketch 3D Sketch2Dicon.png Sketch 2D
Straightparticon.png Straight Part Reverseicon.png Reverse Design Assemblyicon.png Assembly Plateicon.png Plate
Headericon.png Header Design


Tutorials
Headertuticon.png Header Design Tutorial 40px Single Parts Assemblytuticon.PNG Assembly Tutorial Platetuticon.png Plate Tutorial
40px Cutting Tutorial 40px Cutting Tutorial (Advanced) Solidworkstuticon.png SolidWorks Import Tutorial
Solidworkstuticon.png SolidWorks Import Tutorial II Dimensionstuticon.png Dimensions Tutorial


Video Tutorials
Assemblytuticon.PNG Assembly Tutorial Platetuticon.png Plate Tutorial


Help Articles
General


Assembly


Assembly Cutting


Results


Material & Tooling


Templates


Custom Part


Custom 3D


XYZ


Calibration


Simulation


Import


Sheet Metal/Plate