Reverse Design Tutorial
Reverse Design
This tutorial will step you through the process of creating a part using the Reverse Design interface.
To begin, click the New Part icon at the top of the page or click File --> New --> Tube. Doing so will open up the New Design menu. The New Design menu will also automatically open when Bend-Tech starts up.
In the New Design menu, click the Reverse Design option in the Create New Part section.
This will open a new Reverse Design interface window. In this new window, a die and material must be selected before the part can be designed. In the Die & Material tab, click the drop down menu under Select Material and choose a material from the list. Click the drop down menu below Select Die and choose a die from the list.
Note: If a default die and material have already been set up, they will already be selected. In that case proceed to the next step.
Once a proper die and material have been selected, the part design panel will be available to edit. First, the number of bends needs to be chosen. Click the drop down menu below Number of Bends and select 3 from the list.
Make sure the box next to Refresh on Keystroke is checked. While this option is enabled, the part display and results table will update automatically as the coordinates are being entered.
In the coordinate fields, enter the values shown below.
Note: These coordinates may not be valid if the Reverse Design - Length settings have been set to anything other than Incremental. To adjust the design settings for Reverse designs, see the Design Settings tab within Options menu. To access the options menu, click Tools --> Options --> Design Settings. Select the Incremental option below Reverse Design - Length.
Once all the coordinates have been entered, the screen should look similar to the image below. The part is now complete. The results table for the complete part is shown in the top right corner.
