PI SheetMetalWorks specifically addresses the needs of companies involved in the design and manufacture of parametric sheet metal parts and assemblies. It significantly increases the number of ready-to-manufacture products and makes the design process instant, resulting in dramatic time savings between concept and the testing of actual parts. Solids are created and modified quickly solids through an extended, intuitive, and dedicated command set, supporting typical sheet metal operations. SPI SheetMetalWorks allows easy, fast, and accurate modifications (variants). Once the design is complete, an extremely fast, automatic 2D flat is generated from the 3D solid. During the unfolding cal­­­cu­lation the sheet metal part will be automatically analyzed. All bend allowances are calculated. SPI SheetMetalWorks at a glance: Unfolding according to DIN 6935 standards Unfolding of imported files tolerances also allow unfolding if inaccuracies appear Calculation of unfolding depending on table, k-factor, formula, or TruTops standards Additional information for bending programs of Delem and Cybelec GEO Export with all bending line information for TruTops Unfolding considers production radius depending on bending angle per bend Detailed log file with references to solid model Alignment of used design radii and real production radii Unfolding without reliefs at corners and flanges Optional setting of reliefs during the unfolding process Arbitrary corner stamps (square, circle, rhombus, laser edge) available Arbitrary definition of length of polygon edges to enable nibbling Spline or polygon curve representation Customizable colors, line styles, and line weights for contour elements, bending lines, and other parts of flat pattern Unfolding of freeform surfaces (e.g., lofted parts) and other imported surfaces Bending lines and bending zones, bending line table Bend marks Unfolding of freeform surfaces with creation of bend lines for successive bending Unfolding of cylindrical and conical faces with large diameters with an arbitrary number of bends (facets) Unfolding of single faces, even of solids Unfolding in new drawing view, new part sketch, or in selected open document 2D sketch available in SolidWorks without restrictions Update of the unfolding after modification of the model is possible Library of punching tools SPI Component Manager included