Sheet Metal stages

keith_waggoner

I hope I can word this properly, 
Is there a function within sheet metal that shows the model in the stages of the bends?  For example to be able to dimension and visualize the parts starting with the first bend through each stage of the process. 

bryan_lagrange

Not at this time

eric_pesty

You might be able to spoof it using several "move faces" (using the rotate) option to "straighten bends one by one. I know you can adjust a bend angle that way but not sure you can set it to "0" but that would be a manual process

romeograham

Could you set up configurations of the part - and each configuration would have 1 more operation completed than the last? Then you could show each configuration in order (in presentations, drawings, etc) to show the progression of operations.

emagdalenaC2i

Actually Onshape allows you to change the order of the bends, moving them up or down in the bend table.

So I suppose there will be some functionality like this in the roadmap of the new versions

keith_waggoner

Thank you for the replies. Seems like this would be a common function. Doing sheet metal bends requires dimensions and checks throughout the process.
This is one area where Onshape falls short.