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Editing Sweep Features
As with all sketched features, sweep features can be edited by modifying the
profile, the path, or the feature itself.
Try modifying the sweep features you just created.
Creating Bend Features
The bend feature is for bending flat or cylindrical parts.
To create a bend feature, you sketch a single line segment on your part and
create an open profile to define the tangency location where the part transi-
tions from its current shape to the final bent shape.
To bend an entire flat part, sketch the open profile to extend over the entire
part. To bend only a portion of a flat part, sketch the open profile over only
the portion you want to bend.
By choosing options and entering values in the Bend dialog box, you design
a theoretical cylinder tangent to the open profile, about which the part
bends. The bend feature is placed automatically in one operation.
In the next exercise, you create a bend feature on a portion of a flat part.
Make the BEND_1 part visible. Then activate it and use
ZOOM to position the
part on your screen.