OpenBridge Modeler

3D Bent Plates

Apart from the different forms of flat plates, you can also create three dimensionally edged or bent plates. These represent a single 3D component part which can be depicted in 2D as flat plate with the corresponding bending edges via unfolding. 

Bent plate: 1) plate segments, 2) front view , 3) Unfolded view, 4) bending edges

Generation of Bent Plates

To generate a bent plate, you first have to insert a flat plate using the Plates/Polyplates dialog. This plate determines the alignment of the bent plate. Back in the Plates/Polyplates dialog, click (Bend) to open the Bent Plates dialog which is used to add bent plate segments.