draw a retangle 100x50mm, use edge flange/miter flange, chose flange position: material inside, flange overall length 17mm, form a box, then flatten and get all dimensions.
then creat new drawing and I use all the dimension of the flat pattern to make a sheetmetal part, and sketch bend lines using the same dimension as given from last drawing, it gives me a error message, say " failed to make the sketch bend "
how it happened? both drawing used same bend allowance, radius, tear relief and meterial thickness, edge flange can make the box, sketched bend can not
Welcome to SolidWorks forums Kevin.
IMO it is not working because tear at the corner is automatically created by edge flange whereas you'll have to create it manually first to use sketched bend.
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