The Cutting Profile options are used to setup the CUSTOMTOOLS Cutting Profile feature.
The Cutting Profile options are located in the CUSTOMTOOLS Profile Options.
Select the desired CUSTOMTOOLS product from the CUSTOMTOOLS Products box to display the further and the product specific instructions to find the Cutting Profile options.
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| New created sheet name | Defines the name for the drawing sheet created by the Cutting Profile feature. A new drawing sheet created using the Cutting Profile feature appears into the drawing with the name defined in the New created sheet name box. |
| Note template to use | Select a note template to insert notes based on, to the drawing views generated by the Cutting Profile feature. You can maintain your note templates in the Note Templates options available in the CUSTOMTOOLS Database Options. |
Setup the paper sheet size settings to be used on the drawing sheet created by the Cutting Profile feature. You can use the standard paper sheet sizes or, you can customize the paper sheet size by the Width and Height values.
| Width (mm) | Defines the width for the user defined paper size in millimeters. |
| Height (mm) | Defines the height for the user defined paper size in millimeters. |
Additional Options For Sheet Metal Parts in the CUSTOMTOOLS Cutting Profile options determines whether to show the bend lines in the output sheets created to the SOLIDWORKS drawing by the CUSTOMTOOLS Cutting Profile feature. With the Additional options, you can also define the note added in association to the bend lines shown in the drawing sheet created and determine whether to keep only the silhouette edges in the plates' special features.
| Show only silhouette edges |
Select the Show only silhouette edges option to keep only the silhouette lines of the cut features in a plate the drawing sheet is being created from by using the Cutting Profile command.
The Show only silhouette edges option is useful especially with the plates that have countersunk holes or holes that have other special features like chamfers or fillets. With plates having the special holes the Show only silhouette edges option makes the Cutting Profile feature to keep only edges of the actual holes in the drawing sheet generated and the outer bounds of the special features are excluded. |
| Show bend lines | The Show bend lines option determines whether or not to show the bend lines in the drawing sheet created by the Cutting Profile. Select this option to show the bend lines and if you do not want to show the bend lines, clear selection of this option. |
| Show bend notes | The Show bend notes option determines whether or not to notes associated to the bend lines in the drawing sheet created by the Cutting Profile. Select this option and define the note format in the Bend line format box to add customized notes associated to the bend lines. Clear selection of the Show bend notes option if you do not want to add notes associated to the bend lines. |
| Bend note format |
Use the Bend note format box to define format for the note added in association to the bend lines shown in the SOLIDWORKS drawing sheet created by the Cutting Profile.
To apply changes of the Bend note format to your existing drawing sheets, execute the CUSTOMTOOLS Cutting Profile command against the desired drawings again and select the Overwrite option when prompted for an action to perform against the existing drawing sheet created by the CUSTOMTOOLS Cutting Profile. Click the > button associated to the Bend line format box to add pre-defined attributes to the note: |
| Orientation, if part is not sheet metal | In the Orientation, if part is not sheet metal box, you can select the view orientation of the SOLIDWORKS non-sheet metal part document to be used on the drawing sheet created by using the Cutting Profile feature. |
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NOTE: The Orientation, if part is not sheet metal option is required. Saving changes in the Cutting Profile Options is not possible if nothing is selected in the Orientation, if part is not sheet metal box. |
| Bend Direction | Add direction of a bend to the bend note. |
| Supplementary Angle | Add supplementary angle of a bend to the bend note. |
| Complementary Angle | Add complementary angle of a bend to the bend note. |
| Bend Radius | Add radius of a bend to the bend note. |
| Bend Order | Add the bending order number of a bend to the bend note. |
| Bend Allowance | Add bend allowance length of a bend to the bend note. |
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By definition, the bend allowance is the arc length of the bend as measured along the neutral axis of the material. |
Using the When Run As a Task options, you can determine how the Cutting Profile feature is executed in association with the CUSTOMTOOLS Batch Operations. If the Cutting Profile feature is being executed against the drawings on the CUSTOMTOOLS batch operation, a new sheet with a name defined in the New created sheet name box is added to the drawings.
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NOTE: Only the SOLIDWORKS drawings referenced by the SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal parts are processed by the Cutting Profile feature on the batch operations. |
| Save drawing after sheet is added | Determines whether or not the SOLIDWORKS drawings are saved during the batch operations. Select this option to save changes to the SOLIDWORKS drawings when the Cutting Profile feature is executed as a task against the drawings during the CUSTOMTOOLS batch operation. |
| Print profile to select by default | Choose a CUSTOMTOOLS Batch Print Profile which you want to be selected automatically when the Create Cutting Profile Sheet task is selected in the Tasks tab in the Batch Operation dialog box. |
| File conversion rule to select by default | Choose a CUSTOMTOOLS File Conversion rule which you want to be selected automatically when the Create Cutting Profile Sheet task is selected in the Tasks tab in the Batch Operation dialog box. |