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Rotating sheet metal walls

Select one face of the sheet metal wall and rotate it with the MoveA tool used to translate or rotate geometry. handle. If you select the inside of a face to rotate around the inside bend center, or select the outside face to rotate around its outer mold line

A default junction to rotate around is chosen based on which junction causes the smaller portion of the part to rotate. To rotate around the other junction, drag the Move handle anchor (the center ball) to an edge on the other junction.

To rotate a sheet metal wall

1. Click Move in the Edit group on the Design2D or 3D model that contains at least one top-level component. tab.

2. Select a face of the wall you want to rotate.

   The face you select determines the rotation point:

   Select the inner face to rotate around the inside of the bend:

    

   

    

   Select the outer face to rotate around the outside of the bend (the outer mold line):

    

   

    

   When a wall is rotated around the outer mold line, the size of the walls change. This type of rotation is useful because the mold line is a measurable point for inspection.

   If the face is connected to more than one junction, then the junction closest to the point where you click is selected:

    

   

    

3. Select the blue rotation axis and rotate the wall.

   The Move tool will stop when the wall touches another wall.

   The bend will reverse direction if you rotate the wall so its angle is greater than 180°.

Example

Rotating the inside wall so the bend is reversed.

Rotating walls that are split on an edge around a bend junction and then translating tha base face shared by the split walls.