Reverse Design

Bend-Tech 7x Wiki :: Reverse Design

The purpose the Reverse Design interface is to have a way to re-create a part by entering in a part's lengths, rotation amounts, and angles of the parts bends or by entering the information from a setup sheet.

The Reverse Design interface has a more customizable length and rotation settings. Go to the Part Details tab, Part Settings button, and then the Design Input tab or see the Tools menu, Options, Design Settings, and Reverse Design - Length and Rotation sections to set the defaults for Reverse Design.

Selection

To create a Sketch 3D Part:

1.) Go to the File menu, select New, then select Tube. In the Create New menu, click on the Sketch 3D option.

2.) Click the New Part icon and select the Sketch 3D option in theCreate New menu.

...OR

3.) Select the Sketch 3D option from the task menu that appears when the software starts up or when all designs are closed.

Design

Once 'Reverse Design' has been selected, a new Reverse Design part design window will open. If a default die and material have not been set, a die and material must be chosen before designing the part. If necessary, choose a material and die in the Die and Material tab. Once a die and material are selected, the Reverse Design part design section will appear.

The number of bends can be chosen from the Number of Bends drop down menu by clicking it and selecting a bend amount. Up to 50 bends can be added to a part. To the right of the design coordinates, a list of every bend will be shown along with the end length.

To change the starting angle of the part, enter a value in the Start Angle field.

Check the box next to 'Refresh on Keystroke' to have the 3D part display and results table updated immediately when changes are made in the part design section. Check the box next to 'Verification Points' to have blue points displayed on the part's starting point, the center of each bend, and on the end point in the 3D part display. Check the box next to 'Display Dimensions' to display the part dimensions on the part in the 3D part display.

To manually refresh the 3D part display and results table, click the 'Refresh Part' button.

To add a custom centerline radius, click the 'Add Custom CLR' button. Enter a value and click 'OK'. Doing this will add the entered value to the die drop down menus as 'Custom - (Entered Value)'. This will basically act as a die with only the CLR value.

Below all these options, the length, rotation, and angle values can be entered for each part's bend and the end length. To add a length, rotation, angle, or end value, just enter a number into any of the fields. Each bend will have a 'Die' drop down menu. Different dies can be selected for each bend by either clicking any of the 'Die' drop down menus and selecting a die/Custom CLR or by using the Detailed Die List. A bend must be selected before viewing the die list. To select a bend, click in any of the bend's LRA fields. Click the 'Detailed Die List' button to view the full die list. Once the die list is open, a die can be selected and added to the chosen bend. Click on a die to select and click the 'Select' button to apply it to the bend.