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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Enclosure part</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Multibend Bracket</b> feature will allow you to create a straight brake sheet metal part that wraps around another part or an enclosure. When you use the <b class="uiTerm">Multibend Bracket</b> feature, you have to define a base plane and any number of bends. You can define the base plane and the bends by selecting a face, plane, point, edge, curve, datum plane, or datum axis.
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      <p class="para_topic">The following steps will take you through the process of constructing a lid for this box using the <b class="uiTerm">Multibend Bracket</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">You must define the base plane first. The base plane is defined by selecting two edges and putting in an offset, the value of the bend radius.&nbsp;The figure below shows the edges selected.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Define the bends.&nbsp;Use the thickness faces of the flanges to define the bend plane. &nbsp;All of the bends will be a child of the base plane. You must re&ndash;select the base plane before defining the bend. There will not be an offset applied to the bend. The figure below shows the face selected for the first bend.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Continue around the part and define the other three bends by selecting the thickness faces of the other three flanges, but remember to select the base plane node before creating each of the three bends.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Create the curves that will create an extrusion. &nbsp;Before you select the <b class="uiTerm">Sketch</b> button it is recommended that you hide the solid used to define the base plane and bends. The figure below shows the part with the model hidden and after selecting the <b class="uiTerm">Sketch</b> button.
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            <p class="para_item">The blue lines represent the bend center and tangent lines. &nbsp;Using the <b class="uiTerm">Sketcher</b> tools, construct the outline for the solid body. The figures below illustrate how to construct one of the corners of the <b class="uiTerm">Sketch</b>. The construction of the curves through the three Intersection points allows the <b class="uiTerm">Sheet Metal Bends</b>, when created, to have a common edge.&nbsp;A common edge is needed to make the creation of <b class="uiTerm">Corner</b> possible.
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            <p class="para_item">The figure below shows the completed sketch.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">After the construction of the outline curves, simply exit the <b class="uiTerm">Sketcher</b>. The curves will extrude and the <b class="uiTerm">Sheet Metal Bend</b> construction occurs. The figure below shows the completed lid after existing the <b class="uiTerm">Sketcher</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Now create <b class="uiTerm">Corners</b> &ndash; <b class="uiTerm">Simple Miter</b> on the four corners of the multibend bracket. If you did not define a common edge, as described above, the corner will fail to construct.
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            <p class="para_item">In NX , Sheet Metal <b class="uiTerm">Bends</b> are created <b class="uiTerm">Formed</b>, which means that you can edit the <b class="uiTerm">Multibend Bracket</b> while the <b class="uiTerm">Bracket</b> is in the <b class="uiTerm">Formed</b> state.
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      <p class="para_topic">See  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('sheetmetaldes/multibnd_tips.html');return(false);">Multibend brackets tips and techniques</a> for more recommendations on using <b class="uiTerm">Multibend Bracket</b>.
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