I am looking for something like sheetmetal but instead of bends I need cuts

bill_brandt

I am looking to use the 3d nature of the sheet metal tool to create patterns for ACM (Aluminum Composite Material) in which the backside of the bend is routed out and then the panel is bent. This is essentially two 45 deg cuts coming together to form a 90 deg angle (or whatever angle I need). Once I design the 3d shape I want to flatten it and then call out which side/edge is routed. Sheetmetal is great but there are no radius's in my parts and so dimensions of nested parts with flanges are wrong using Sheetmetal. 

john_mcclary

are you talking about doing this?

bill_brandt

That looks like it might work. How did you do that?

bill_brandt

Can you please explain how you accomplished that?

martin_kopplow

Looks like he used Sheet Metal and then just deleted the bend radius and inner faces and then added the faces that represent the routed groove, probably by extruding a V-shape.

john_mcclary

Correct, it is simple enough that someone other than me may be able to make a featurescript for it