Back to: Bend
In this lesson we will cover the overview and options for the bend status panel.
Once a bend solution is generated you can see an overview of it by clicking on the bend status overview in the top of the screen.
This overview is designed to show the status of each bend with any alerts or alarms, and it also doubles as a quick link to see the tool setup for that stage.
Clicking on the bend number will show a different dialog which will give you options to make manual changes to enable some extra options.
Position
By changing this value, you can move the part and the gauges to a new position on the machine, which can also be achieved by clicking directly on part and gauges as well.
Turn Part
This will flip the part and load it into the machine from the opposite direction.
Ungroup
If multiple bends along the same axis with the same bending dimension are grouped to bend at the same time, this option will ungroup them into individual bends.
Coining
This will force Coining the bend opposed to air bending.
Pre-bending
This will add an additional bend where for example one bend will be at 45 degree’s with a second bend at 45 degree’s to achieve the desired angle, radius and sequence to correctly bend the part. The software will attempt to perform this automatically where needed.
Back-gauges link
This will bring up the gauge setup for the current bend.
Advanced
Skip Bend
This will ignore the currently selected bend
Comments
This will allow you to add a comment for that particular bend.
The sequence of bends can also be changed by clicking on the bend number and dragging it to a new location in the sequence.
