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'''<h3>Welcome to the Official Bend-Tech Wiki</h3>'''
 
'''<h3>Welcome to the Official Bend-Tech Wiki</h3>'''
  
Use the links below for detailed information on all aspects of the Bend-Tech software product.
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Use the links below for detailed information on all aspects of the Bend-Tech software products.
 
 
  
 
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|[[File:Wiki_Help_Info1.png|link=https://youtu.be/Vw7UNV_seQg Wiki Guide Help Video|40px]] '''[https://youtu.be/Vw7UNV_seQg Wiki Guide Help Video]''' ||  
!colspan="4" style="background-color: #BF4F51; font-size:170%; text-align: center;" | Product Information and Documentation
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[[File:Comp_Requirements.png|link=Basic Computer Requirements/Information]] '''[[Basic Computer Requirements/Information]]'''
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|[[File:installationicon.png|40px|link=Installation]] '''[[Installation]]''' || [[File:taskmenu.png|link=taskmenu|40px]] '''[[Task Menu]]'''||[[File:menubaricon.png|40px|link=Main Menu Bar]] '''[[Main Menu Bar]]''' || [[File:setting.png|40px|link=Options]] '''[[Options]]'''
 
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|[[File:import.png|40px|link=Import]] '''[[Import]]''' || [[File:break_part.png|40px|link=Break Part]] '''[[Break Part]]''' || [[File:offset.png|40px|link=Offset Part]] '''[[Offset Part]]''' || [[File:nesting_icon.png|40px|link=Nesting]] '''[[Nesting]]'''
 
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|[[File:calibrationicon.png|40px|link=Calibration]] '''[[Calibration]]''' || [[File:tempicon.png|link=Template|40px]] '''[[Template]]''' || [[File:die_lib.png|40px|link=Die Library]] '''[[Die Library]]''' || [[File:tube_lib.png|40px|link=Tube/Pipe Library]] '''[[Tube/Pipe Library]]'''
 
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|[[File:plate_lib.png|40px|link=Plate/Sheet Library]] '''[[Plate/Sheet Library]] || [[File:springback_lib.png|40px|link=SpringBack Library]] '''[[SpringBack Library]]''' || [[File:machine_lib.png|40px|link=Machine Library]] '''[[Machine Library]]''' || [[File:j_bend_lib.png|40px|link=J-Bend Library]] '''[[J-Bend Library]]'''
 
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|[[File:customicon.png|link=Custom Part|40px]] '''[[Custom Part]]''' || [[File:custom3dicon.png|link=Custom 3D Part|40px]] '''[[Custom 3D Part]]''' ||[[File:sketch2Dicon.png|link=Sketch 2D|40px]] '''[[Sketch 2D]]''' || [[File:sketch3Dicon.png|link=Sketch 3D|40px]] '''[[Sketch 3D]]'''
 
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|[[File:straightparticon.png|40px|link=Straight Part]] '''[[Straight Part]]'''|| |[[File:reverseicon.png|link=Reverse Design|40px]] '''[[Reverse Design]]''' || [[File:singleparticon.png|40px|link=Single Part -Interface/General Functions]] '''[[Single Part -Interface/General Functions|Single Part Interface]]''' || [[File:xyzicon.png|link=XYZ Part|40px]] '''[[XYZ Part]]'''
 
 
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|[[File:assemblyicon.png|link=Assembly|40px]] '''[[Assembly]]''' || [[File:stairwizardicon.png|40px|link=Stair Wizard]] '''[[Stair Wizard]]''' || [[File:plateicon1.png|link=Plate|40px]] '''[[Plate|Sheet Metal Module]]''' || [[File:headericon1.png|40px|link=Header Design]] '''[[Header Design|Header Design Module]]'''
 
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|[[File:lricon.png|40px|link=Large Radius Module]] '''[[Large Radius Module]]''' || [[File:hricon.png|40px|link=Handrail Module]] '''[[Handrail Module]]'''
 
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!colspan="4" style="background-color: #808080; font-size:160%; text-align: center;" | Tutorials
 
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||[[File:assemblytuticon.PNG|40px|link=Assembly Tutorial]] '''[[Assembly Tutorial]]''' || [[File:platetuticon.png|40px|link=Plate Tutorial|Sheet Metal Tutorial]] '''[[Plate Tutorial|Sheet Metal Tutorial]]''' || [[File:headertuticon.png|40px|link=Header Design Tutorial]] '''[[Header Design Tutorial]]''' || [[File:handrailtuticon.png|40px|link=Handrail Tutorial]] '''[[Handrail Tutorial]]'''
 
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|[[File:cutting_tutorial.png|40px|link=Cutting Tutorial]] '''[[Cutting Tutorial]]''' || [[File:cutting_tutorial_adv.png|40px|link=Cutting Tutorial (Advanced)]] '''[[Cutting Tutorial (Advanced)|Cutting Tutorial II]]''' || [[File:dimensionstuticon.png|40px|link=Dimensions Tutorial]] '''[[Dimensions Tutorial]]''' || [[File:handrailtutIIicon.png|40px|link=Handrail Tutorial II]] '''[[Handrail Tutorial II]]'''
 
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|[[File:solidworkstuticon.png|40px|link=SolidWorks Import Tutorial]] '''[[SolidWorks Import Tutorial]]''' || [[File:solidworkstutadvicon.png|40px|link=SolidWorks Import Tutorial II]] '''[[SolidWorks Import Tutorial II]]''' || [[File:xyztuticon.png|40px|link=XYZ Part Tutorial]] '''[[XYZ Part Tutorial|XYZ Part]]'''
 
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|[[File:templateicon.png|40px|link=Template Tutorial]] '''[[Template Tutorial|Template]]''' || [[File:custicon.png|40px|link=Custom Part Tutorial]] '''[[Custom Part Tutorial|Custom Part]]''' || [[File:cust3dicon.png|40px|link=Custom 3D Tutorial]] '''[[Custom 3D Tutorial|Custom 3D]]'''
 
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|[[File:harpoonicon.png|40px|link=Harpoon 3D Tutorial]] '''[[Harpoon 3D Tutorial|Harpoon 3D]]''' || [[File:reversetuticon.png|40px|link=Reverse Design Tutorial]] '''[[Reverse Design Tutorial|Reverse Design]]''' || [[File:bendordericon.png|40px|link=Bend Order Tutorial]] '''[[Bend Order Tutorial|Bend Order]]'''
 
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!colspan="4" style="background-color: #BF4F51; font-size:160%; text-align: center;" | Video Tutorials
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!colspan="4" style="background-color: #E0A366; font-size:170%; text-align: center;" | Training Class Walkthroughs
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|[[File:assemblytuticon.PNG|40px|link=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU3Vhn4IaXU]] '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU3Vhn4IaXU Assembly Tutorial]''' || [[File:platetuticon.png|40px|link=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3p267MxePg]] '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3p267MxePg Plate Tutorial|Sheet Metal Tutorial]'''  
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| ||[[File:QS_training_class1.png|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w7Ozo9u0Jk|40px]] '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w7Ozo9u0Jk Training Class I]''' || [[File:QS_training_class2.png|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YUxAIxSHXQ]] '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YUxAIxSHXQ Training Class II]''' || [[File:QS_training_class3_SE_advanced.png|link=http://www.bend-tech.com/files/7x_training_class_3.pdf]] '''[http://www.bend-tech.com/files/7x_training_class_3.pdf Training Class III (PDF Only)]'''
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!colspan="4" style="background-color: #5882FA; font-size:170%; text-align: center;" | Bend-Tech 7x CAD Main Wiki
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!colspan="4" style="background-color: #808080; font-size:160%; text-align: center;" | Help Articles
 
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|[[File:Bend-Tech_CAD_Articles.png|link=Bend-Tech Articles]] || [[File:BT_Product_EZ2.png|link=EZ Guide]] || |[[File:BT_Product_EZ_3D2.png|link=EZ-3D Guide]] || |[[File:BT_Product_PRO2.png|link=PRO Guide]] || [[File:BT_Product_SE2.png|link=SE Guide]] || |[[File:BT_Product_IND4.png|link=Industrial / Dragon Guide]] || [[File:YouTube_Link_Icon1.png|link=Bend-Tech YouTube Videos]]
!colspan="3" style="background-color: #DBD7D2; text-align: left;" | General
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*[[Finding and Opening Old Part Files]]
 
*[[Importing Old Data Libraries]]
 
*[[Bend-Tech SW Module Installation]]
 
 
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!colspan="3" style="background-color: #DBD7D2; text-align: left;" | Assembly
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!colspan="4" style="background-color: #f46200; font-size:170%; text-align: center;" | Bend-Tech Dragon - A Series Main Wiki
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|[[File:Bend-Tech_Dragon_A150_Image1.png|center|link=Bend-Tech Dragon - A150 Series]]
*[[Creating PickPoints using Angle & Plane]]
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|[[File:wiki_a250_button_main.png|center|link=Bend-Tech Dragon - A250 Series]]
*[[My Bent Part Doesn't Follow my PickPoints]]
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|[[File:Bend-Tech_Dragon_A400_Image1.png|center|link=Bend-Tech Dragon - A400 Series]]
*[[PickPoints - Single]]
 
*[[PickPoints - 2 Points]]
 
*[[PickPoints - Plane]]
 
*[[PickPoints - Arc]]
 
*[[Remove PickPoint]]
 
*[[Create a Bent Part]]
 
*[[Using Tangent for Bent Part]]
 
*[[Paste Part]]
 
*[[Creating a Straight Part]]
 
*[[Creating a Horizontal, Vertical, or Linear Dimension]]
 
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*[[Creating an Angle Dimension]]
 
*[[Changing the Text of a Dimension]]
 
*[[Moving a Dimension]]
 
*[[Removing or Deleting a Dimension]]
 
*[[Dimensioning - Setting/Changing Defaults]]
 
*[[Dimensioning - Removing a View]]
 
*[[Dimensioning - Views are Overlapping]]
 
*[[Creating a bmp, jpg, gif, etc...]]
 
*[[Settings]]
 
*[[Projection]]
 
*[[Paste Part is Attached to the Wrong End]]
 
*[[Mirror a Part]]
 
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*[[Loading a Part into Assembly]]
 
*[[Changing the Color of a Part]]
 
*[[Changing the Material or Die of a Part]]
 
*[[Changing the Current Material & Die]]
 
*[[Changing a "Part" Name]]
 
*[[Changing a "Master" Part Name]]
 
*[[Deleting or Removing a Part]]
 
*[[Moving a Part]]
 
*[[Moving a Feature]]
 
*[[Important Issues to Know About Assembly]]
 
*[[Finding the Cut Length and Bending info. for a Part]]
 
 
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!colspan="4" style="background-color: #c0c0c0; font-size:170%; text-align: center;" | Base Product Information Videos
!colspan="4" style="background-color: #DBD7D2; text-align: left;" | Assembly Cutting
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|[[File:BT_Product_EZ1a.png|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vESYne3oFw|40px]] '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vESYne3oFw EZ]'''
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|[[File:BT_Product_EZ_3D1.png|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOqCLGgt6os|40px]] '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOqCLGgt6os EZ-3D]'''
*[[Finding the Length to cut all the Straight Parts]] 
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|[[File:BT_Product_PRO1.png|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2e7MVpVjgo|40px]] '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2e7MVpVjgo PRO]'''
*[[Cutting a Tube to Multiple Tubes]]
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|[[File:BT_Product_SE1.png|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSV7jymGzeY|40px]] '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSV7jymGzeY SE]'''
*[[Cutting the End of a Part]] 
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|[[File:BT_Product_IND2.png|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_eQCEvd5MQ|40px]] '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_eQCEvd5MQ Industrial]''' || [[File:BT_Product1_DragonA400.png|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rJ0KFi9qu8]] '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rJ0KFi9qu8 Dragon - A150 Series]''' || [[File:BT_Product1_Dragon.png|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz1IlPLV4jo]] '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz1IlPLV4jo Dragon - A400 Series]'''
*[[Hole Saw/Mill vs. Plasma/Grinder]] 
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*[[Cutting a Tube to a Tangent of a Bend]]
 
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*[[Cutting the End of a Straight Tube]]
 
*[[Line Up the Templates]]
 
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!colspan="4" style="background-color: #DBD7D2; text-align: left;" | Results
 
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*[[Dimension Location]]
 
*[[Rotation]]
 
*[[Decimal & Fraction]]
 
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*[[How to Mark and Run the Material through the Die]]
 
*[[Using an Angle Level]]
 
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*[[Bend Angle & Spring Angle]]
 
*[[Dial Level use for Rotation]]
 
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!colspan="4" style="background-color: #DBD7D2; text-align: left;" | Material & Tooling
 
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*[[Die Edge]]
 
*[[What does the * (Asterisk) Mean in a Formula]]
 
*[[Changing the Radius for only 1 Bend]]
 
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*[[Using Spring Charts]]
 
*[[My Software only came with 1 Tool and 1 Material]]
 
*[[I have 2 Different Materials I use the Same Die For]]
 
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*[[Where do I find the Menu to add Material/Tooling?]]
 
*[[Start using Assembly without Calibrating my Die?]]
 
*[[My Material or Tooling Library won't Update]]
 
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!colspan="4" style="background-color: #DBD7D2; text-align: left;" | Templates
 
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*[[The Template Entry Boxes are Black]]
 
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*[[Railing Templates]]
 
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*[[My Part isn't coming out with the Dimensions I entered]]
 
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*[[Must have some Straight Lengths at Both Ends]]
 
*[[How do I have a 180 degree Bend?]]
 
*[[What is Apex?]]
 
*[[Custom Part uses the Center Line!]]
 
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*[[Make a 3D Part in Custom Part]]
 
*[[Start Angle?]]
 
*[[I know the Straight Leg Lengths, Angles, and Rotations]]
 
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*[[How can the Material Bend the Other Direction?]]
 
*[[Apex vs. Tangent]]
 
*[[New Rise & Run Feature]]
 
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! colspan="3" style="background-color: #DBD7D2; text-align: left;" | Custom 3D
 
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*[[Making a 180 Degree Bend in Custom 3D]]
 
*[[I know the Bend Angle and Length]]
 
*[[How to Make a Stinger]]
 
*[[Example 1 (90 Degree Bends)]]
 
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*[[Example 2 (Under 90 Degree Bends)]]
 
*[[Example 3 (Over 90 Degree Bends)]]
 
*[[Example 4 (90 Degree Bends, Move in 2 Directions)]]
 
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*[[Example 5 (Under 90 Degree bends, Move in 3 Directions)]]
 
*[[Rules of Custom 3D]]
 
*[[Understanding the "Tri-Star"]]
 
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!colspan="3" style="background-color: #DBD7D2; text-align: left;" | XYZ
 
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*[[Creating a Double-Beveled Hoop Using Mirroring]]
 
*[[Using the Mirror Function]]
 
*[[Finding Values with only the Bend Angle and Length]]
 
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*[[Making a 180 Degree Bend in XYZ]]
 
*[[XYZ Example 1 (90 Degree Bends)]]
 
*[[XYZ Example 2 (Under 90 Degree Bend)]]
 
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*[[XYZ Example 3 (Over 90 Degree Bends)]]
 
*[[XYZ Example 4 (90 Degree Bends, Move in 2 Directions)]]
 
*[[XYZ Example 5 (Under 90 Degree Bends, Move in 3 Directions)]]
 
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!colspan="3" style="background-color: #DBD7D2; text-align: left;" | Calibration
 
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*[[What is Bend Location Offset?]]
 
*[[What is Calibrated CLR?]]
 
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*[[What is CLR?]]
 
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*[[Calibration - What Should I Use; Book or Button?]]
 
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!colspan="3" style="background-color: #DBD7D2; text-align: left;" | Simulation
 
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*[[Bend Order Simulation]]
 
*[[Transitions]]
 
*[[The Simulation Viewer Buttons]]
 
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*[[Import|Importing Files]]
 
*[[Importing a DXF File]]
 
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*[[Exporting a DXF File]]
 
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*[[STEP and IGES Import - Part Definition|Importing a STEP or IGES File]]
 
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*[[Copy and Paste Flanges]]
 
*[[Creating a Flat DXF File From a Bent Part]]
 
 
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Latest revision as of 08:37, 16 February 2021

Welcome to the Official Bend-Tech Wiki

Use the links below for detailed information on all aspects of the Bend-Tech software products.

link=https://youtu.be/Vw7UNV_seQg Wiki Guide Help Video Wiki Guide Help Video

Comp Requirements.png Basic Computer Requirements/Information

Training Class Walkthroughs
QS training class1.png Training Class I QS training class2.png Training Class II QS training class3 SE advanced.png Training Class III (PDF Only)
Bend-Tech 7x CAD Main Wiki
Bend-Tech CAD Articles.png BT Product EZ2.png BT Product EZ 3D2.png BT Product PRO2.png BT Product SE2.png BT Product IND4.png YouTube Link Icon1.png
Bend-Tech Dragon - A Series Main Wiki
Bend-Tech Dragon A150 Image1.png
Wiki a250 button main.png
Bend-Tech Dragon A400 Image1.png
Base Product Information Videos
BT Product EZ1a.png EZ BT Product EZ 3D1.png EZ-3D BT Product PRO1.png PRO BT Product SE1.png SE
BT Product IND2.png Industrial BT Product1 DragonA400.png Dragon - A150 Series BT Product1 Dragon.png Dragon - A400 Series