How to show the length of a bent phenomenon in BOM?

How to show the length of a bent phenomenon in BOM?

cjfgns1003
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How to show the length of a bent phenomenon in BOM?

cjfgns1003
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In the BOM, I would like to display the total length of the banding shown in the image below.
Is there a way to display the idw bom using iLogic?
(I want to set it as close to the center of the bend as possible.)

 

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A.Acheson
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Hi @cjfgns1003 

 

Is your part made using sheetmetal template? How are you having this part manufactured? 

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cjfgns1003
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No I didn't create it with a sheet metal template.
It was created with the Extrude command after sketching.
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A.Acheson
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Hi @cjfgns1003 

It would be far easier to get the flatplattern length by using the sheetmetal tool and creating this with the build in tools especially if your going to build this in house which is I assume why you want the total length in the partslist. 

 

This is the code to get the flatpattern length. 

extents_length = SheetMetal.FlatExtentsLength
MessageBox.Show("FlatPattern Length",extents_length)

If you still want to proceed with the other method hopefully another forum member can assist because I believe you will need  a complex code to get edge lengths work with radius etc to get the center length. 

 

 

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