DesignSpark Mechanical Online Help

Working with sheet metal

You can use DS Mechanical to create sheet metal designs and components.

DS Mechanical recognizes a component as sheet metal if it consists of only planar, cylindrical, and conical faces, and when faces are offsets of the same size.

Sheet metal parts are displayed in azure (blue) by default. Unfolded parts are displayed in purple, as shown in the image below.

Unfolded parts have the following default layers:

• DimensionAnnotation on a drawing showing measurement of an edge or face. Use the Dimension tool to add measurements to your design, drawing sheet, or 3D markup.
• Bend Lines Up
• Bend Lines Down
• Bend DimensionsValues or expressions you enter for precise control during the creation or modification of a design. You can dimension every element, from lines in sketches to faces of solids. See Ordinate dimensions, Progressive dimensions, Ruler dimension.
• Forms