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(OP)
Greetings!

I don't have a huge amount of experience with SolidWorks, so the answer to this may be simple.

I'm attempting to convert an imported AutoCAD model (the top half of a .125 thick, aluminum kiosk). However, there's one radius that it just won't let me select (highlighted in red in the attached screenshot). It gives me the error:

"The edge/face selected for a bend is not on the same side as the fixed face."

Any help would be most appreciated! I've also attached the SolidWorks file.

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(OP)
Hmm, I'll give that a go, thanks!

RE: Unfold error

(OP)
Ah, yes, that does seem to recognize things nicely (beyond that one bit that I forgot to delete before exporting from AutoCAD).

After recognizing all the features, how would I go about unfolding it? It seems that after you do that you can no longer carry out sheet metal functions.

Ack, I feel like an idiot :p

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(OP)
I'm thinking that maybe the issue with that area is that it's bent in the opposite direction to the rest of the bends...perhaps?

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(OP)
Huh, I must not have been running the feature recognition properly, because it came a lot closer this time!

Two issues:

a - Why does it invert the curves on that middle opening, turning them into bulges?
b - It doesn't seem to want to unfold the side panels

Thanks so much for your help thus far, I appreciate it!

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a - Why does it invert the curves on that middle opening, turning them into bulges?
I don't know. I missed that it had done that. I just used the auto function. The manual recognition may give better results.
Could be a glitch, so maybe submit to your VAR.

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b - It doesn't seem to want to unfold the side panels
The side panels are separate bodies (expand the FM Cut List folder), and are already flat.

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(OP)
Thanks for your help, Cor!

For posterity, I solved the problem of the inverted hole curves by turning off the "Recognize holes as wizard holes" option.

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