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    Make accurate bends with box-and-pan brake on 1st try?

    If you have experience forming sheet metal parts accurately on a box-and-pan brake from Alibre flat patterns, I would like to hear your methodology. Our parts are small (typically < 12”) and made of 5000-series aluminum alloy sheet of 0.040”-0.063” thickness. My goal is to succeed in forming...
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    How to execute a 180° bend with a bending radius that is smaller than half of the sheet thickness?

    Hey there, I'm working on Alibre Design Expert 2018. In the screenshot attached, you can see what I'm trying to achieve. I tried two ways: 1. Direct 180° bending with a bending radius of 0,75mm. -> Error 2. Making two 90° bends with 'bend only' activated, radius 0,75mm -> Error, with the first...
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