The parameter allows shifting the bend area and, therefore, the bend line off the baseline. The parameter has a manipulator in the 3D scene.
Depending on the sign of the offset, the bend zone moves in one direction or another from the initial position: with a positive offset - to the bent/glued part, with a negative offset - from it.
Bend without displacement, 1 - bend line, is set by two 3D nodes |
Bend with offset, 1 - bend line, 2 - baseline defined by two 3D nodes, 3 - offset |
The baselines for flange gluing and flange bending (1) match |
Offset flange, baselines for gluing flange (1) and bending (2) do not match |
Shifting the bend line often helps in the cases, when the user is not satisfied with the location of the bend area, or when bending creation is impossible in the current location.
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