Sheet Metal Properties
Properties specific to sheet metal parts are calculated and displayed in the Cut-List Properties dialog box.
Some of the properties that are calculated are based on the bounding box, the smallest rectangle in which the flat pattern can fit. You can set a grain direction to determine the smallest rectangle that aligns with the grain direction to fit the flat pattern (see Flat-Pattern PropertyManager).
The bounding box is represented by a sketch when you flatten the sheet metal part and is located in the FeatureManager design tree under Flat-Pattern . You can also create a bounding box for any cut list item in a cut list, independent of the type of solid or sheet metal bodies in the cut list item.
Example of bounding box sketch in a flat pattern:
| Bounding Box Length | Longest side of the bounding box |
| Bounding Box Width | Shortest side of the bounding box |
| Sheet Metal Thickness | |
| Bounding Box Area | Bounding box length x Bounding box width |
| Bounding Box Area-Blank | Area of the flat pattern excluding the through cut-outs |
| Cutting Length-Outer | Outer perimeter of the flat pattern (blank), which is used for calculating the machine’s cutting time |
| Cutting Length-Inner | Sum of the perimeters of internal loops or cut-outs |
| Cut Outs | Closed cut outs (through holes) on the flat pattern, which are used for calculating the machine’s idle time |
| Bends | Number of bends in the part |
| Bend Allowance | Basis of the flat pattern calculation |
| Material | |
| Mass | |
| Description | |
| Bend Radius | |
| Surface Treatment | |
| Weight | Calculates the Mass (mass based on the folded mass) or Flattened-Mass (mass based on the model's flat pattern) |
| Cost-TotalCost | |
| QUANTITY | |
| Sheet Metal Gauge | Displays the gauge number if you use gauge tables
to define the thickness of sheet metal parts. The Evaluated Value for Sheet Metal Gauge is Gauge Number GA. For example, if you use a 3 Gauge in a sheet metal part, the Evaluated Value is 3 GA. |