Bend being split when exporting DXF.

ramma

Hi, I'm trying to finish up a sheet metal project but running into an issue where when exporting the DXF file a bend is getting interpreted as 2 despite being shown as 1. The bend is split by an extrude that removes an area between two sides while adding reliefs, saving some weight, but most importantly, allowing some screw holes to sit closer to the edge between the bends. Onshape sees it as one bend, as it is since it's all the same flange, but I'm not sure how to keep that as a single bend when exporting to DXF for laser cutting (sendcutsend or ponoko both seeing it as 2 bends). Any ideas or better solutions?

Here's a simplified example document showing the issue. I named the sketch that causes the issue as such, and roughly placed screw holes to show what I'm trying to achieve with the gap between the bends.  - https://cad.onshape.com/documents/6ebc6ce54a54ac7ca55b6f37/w/9f1041fecde7676bd8156f3c/e/4bd686fb4443577911b26ef5?renderMode=0&rightPanel=sheetMetalPanel&uiState=6512b8a7fb3f4b602b543b35

bryan_lagrange

See if this helps, I did a little clean up.

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/e8049d43b13548c4f544b66e/w/1ce78fccf00297ad34705dd5/e/d9f06dd54bd7926e42adfed6

ramma

I really appreciate the reply!
That does solve a minor issue. Being that the area between the bends was also showing a bend when wouldn't actually be impacted by the bending process used, so it's really helpful to know there's a way to prevent that now.

Unfortunately though, when exporting the bends are still being treated as separate bends despite still showing as 1 bend in onshape. Here's a photo of what I mean in the sendcutsend order interface -


Their support articles do say bends on a common axis like that are possible. They just need to be joined across the gap to be seen as a single bend.