Is there to rotate a sheet metal forming tool during the insert process or after it's inserted? The only way I know is to created another form and rotate it 90 degrees.
Any help is appreciated.
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18 years ago
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18 years ago
Hi there BB -
You can rotate a forming tool upon insertion.
When you insert it, you go into sketch mode automatically.
You can rotate the tool then. I usually have to constrain the point on the reference guide sketch zero and then I rotate the guide sketch as needed.
If you have inserted a form tool and want to change it, you can edit the guide sketch. It will act like a standard palette feature.
Rotating the feature in the forming tool model is another option, but you should be able to rotate the guide sketch to any angle.
Good luck -
Later,
SMA
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18 years ago
Maybe I'm dumb here... when I rotote the guide sketch the form tool does not rotate.
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18 years ago
Make sure you use the "modify sketch" function NOT the "Rotate or Copy entities" function.
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The rotate or copy entities seems to work but it just rotates the sketch tbe actual forming tool doesn't rotate with this feature --- It had me stumped until I asked my VAR.
Regards
John Layne