Develop and Export Sheets

Sheet Metal > Sheet development > Export > > Develop and export sheets

This function exports the development of Steel Engineering plates. in the process, one temporarily generated development will be output for the export. You can choose between various sheet development parameters. The orientation will only be unambiguous if it has been previously determined with the Processing direction function.

You can choose between the following formats:

1. Output file

2. Sheet development parameters

3. General parameters

4. Parameters for STEP and ToPS GEO

5. Data

6. Apply/discard value inputs


Output file

In this area you choose the file format for the export.


Sheet development parameters

For the selection of the sheet development parameters the following options are available:

 

Please note:

The development parameters are only applied to Sheet Metal parts. Steel Engineering plates are exported with the unchanged edge colours in such a way that only machining contours extending over the entire plate thickness are output (through holes, the through hole of a countersunk bore, etc.).


General parameters

  • the assignment of the HiCAD elements to specific AUTOCAD layers,
  • the assignment of the HiCAD line types to the AUTOCAD line type,
  • the correspondence between the symbols in HiCAD and the blocks in AUTOCAD, and
  • the setting determining whether a complete DXF file including the HEADER section, TABLES section etc. is to be transferred, or only an ENTITIES section.


Parameters

STEP

If you choose the STEP format instead, you have the following options:

 

ToPS GEO

If you choose ToPS GEO, you can determine via the Export forming edges option, whether processings (forming tools, cross-breaks) are to be considered for export.


Data

The handling of item numbers can be determined in the Configuration Editor at Sheet Metal > Sheet development > Combine item number-wise. If you activate the checkbox here, the development of the sheets with identical item number will only be exported once. The quantity will remain unchanged.


Apply/discard value inputs

 

Please note:

Export (3-D SM)