Modifying bend note information

[eRallyMan]

It’s nice that SW adds features like bend notes. But what I don’t like is that you don’t have the control for what information to appears in the note. For example if you don’t need the bend radius to be called out, there is no way of getting rid of it unless you double click on the note and manually delete that text. Well here’s the way to get rid of that.

First exit Solidworks. Next go under C:\Program Files\SolidWorks\lang\english (or the directory Solidworks resides at) and double click on the text file bendnoteformat.txt. Under the text file you should see the following info:

**************************************************************************************************
* (c)2004 Solidworks Corp.
* Sheetmetal Bend Note Format Definition File
* Created: September 18, 2004
**
* Description:
**
**
**************************************************************************************************
** DISPLAY TYPE 1 **
<bend-direction> <bend-angle> <bend-radius>
<bend-direction-up>=UP
<bend-direction-down>=DOWN
<bend-radius-zero>=SHARP




If you don’t want the radius to show in your drawing (like me) then delete "<bend-radius>" under the heading "DISPLAY TYPE 1" and save the file. From now on, that information will not be added to the bend note.

 

[Regg]

Additional help can be found in SolidWorks help under Sheet Metal Bend Line Notes.