Hello Autodeskers,
I'd like to be able to access the Sheet Metal Bend Extents when the part is still in its Folded state within the drawing environment. Here are the reasons why:
When creating the isometric view(s) of a folded sheet metal part, the shop floor needs to see those edges in a different linetype for clarification. Currently, this is possible by setting the Visible Tangent Edge object to a layer that has a linetype other than continuous, no issue there.
Creating a weldment of sheet metal parts, and the resulting isometric view(s) will still display the tangent edge / bend extent edge with that same data. Not too bad, but really not required at this stage.
Now create an isometric view of an assembly, that has different types of components, but still has tangent edges. That view will have every tangent edge in that other color/linetype.
What would be very helpful would be access the Object Defaults [Model/View Objects] and be able to assign them even within another state. Is it possible to have the Sheet Metal Bend Extents object accessible when the model is still folded? That would permit the Style and Standards Editor to be able to assign that to a new layer.
Within the attached PNG file is a quick process of manually selecting all the edges on the right view to have a black, continuous linetype rather than following what the layers have been set to.
Unless I'm missing something very obvious, I do not see a method for having tangent edges from regular parts differ from those of sheet metal parts. If I am, please let me know.
Thanks,
Bryan
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