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Press brake option for Contour Flange

Press brake option for Contour Flange

We quite often have circular sheet metal profiles that can only be bent using a press brake. In order to draw these profiles you either have to create two separate sketches then use a lofted flange between the two to get the press brake option for these circular features. The other process is to create using a contour flange then rip the face where you want the press brake option and then replace with a lofted flange. Would be awesome to integrate this option directly into the contour flange feature where you can select a specific bend in the part and change it from a smooth profile to a press brake profile. This would be similar to the corner options when creating a flange on multiple edges.

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gmwi
Advocate

Add the "step brake" option to fold also. Behrn57 is correct about only the loft feature having the step brake option. 95% of all bends with large radius's are produced on press brakes. Please expand the option.

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