Opening an Existing Sheet Metal Part and Entering the Workbench


 Since V5 R14, you can no longer create new sheetmetal parts in the Sheetmetal Design workbench. To create new sheetmetal parts, you must use the Generative Sheetmetal Design workbench. However, you can still use the Sheetmetal Design workbench to edit and modify any existing sheetmetal part previously created within this workbench.
ainfo.gif (980 bytes) The Sheet Metal Design functions are available when you are in the Part environment. Several functions are integrated from the Part Design workbench.

This task shows how to open an existing sheet metal part and enter the Sheet Metal Design workbench.

  1. Open the Wall2.CATPart document from the samples directory.

  2. From the Start menu, choose Mechanical Design -> Generative Sheetmetal Design.

The part is now open in the Sheet Metal Design workbench and ready to use.

You may add the Sheet Metal Design workbench to your Favorites, using the Tools -> Customize item. For more information, refer to the Infrastructure User's Guide.

  1. Expand the specification tree. You can notice that it contains the Wall.1 feature.

The first wall of the Sheet Metal Part is known as the reference wall.