Face Unfold will unfold selected faces of a solid body according to the bend allowance.
Procedures
- On the ribbon, click STS tab > Unfolding panel > Face Unfold.
- Select the faces to unfold (blue face) on the solid body.
- Select a bend face (yellow face) as the Axis Entities.
- Toggle the unfold direction with the Flip button.
- Toggle whether to keep the original faces with the Keep Original Faces button.
- Enter the bend angle, K-Factor/Bend Allowance, Bend Radius and Thickness.
- Click to unfold the bend.
Note:
- If there is no inner radius in the bend, the Bend Radius should be 0mm.
- A bend can be unfolded partially by adjusting the Bend Angle.
- The Axis Entities can be a bend face or an edge arc.