Bend-Tech SE

Designer: Reverse Engineering

This designer allows for entry of past bending instructions and will create a Bend-Tech XYZ or LRA part model. This designer is also useful from LRA prints that are designed with the incorrect radii sizes.

Manufacturability Checking

Set restrictions for the tooling library to check for manufacturing limitations. If the part design is flagged and found to be outside the limitations then a warning button is displayed in bright red. The warning will show the problem area on the part. In the case of not having enough material at the ends, the user can select the warning field and the needed amount of material is automatically added.

Unit Conversion

Convert your tubing designs from millimeters to inches or from inches to millimeters.

Pricing Utility

Assign cost to material and hourly rates of bending & cutting times. Amortize setup time over quantity of parts needed.

1D Nesting

Find Optimized yield from current stock lengths for quantities and part lengths needed for a specific job.

Multiple Dies for Single Part

Define a part with size definitions for each individual bend.

Large Radius Bending

Create parts with large radii. Typically manufactured with a ring roll or section roller. Often used in the railing and boating industries.

Designer: Assembly Design

For customers that do not have a CAD system we have provided an interface to build an assembly. Straight parts can be added with the created bent parts to make a complete assembly.

Cutting Wrappers

Create cutting wrappers (printed paper showing the cut profile that is wrapped around the tube). The wrappers include calibration rotation and location lines for proper alignment. Bend-Tech can also provide hole saw cutting location instructions.

Designer: Panel

This feature requires Bend-Tech SM module.

• Create/wrap panels between tubes in assembly.
• Create radius or notches to follow the tubing.
• Add holes and edit plates in Bend-Tech SM.

Centerline Adjustment

Design your part, and then adjust your parts in Inside/Outside/Center lines with click of a button.

Part Dimensioning

Dimension top, side, and front view of the part or assembly. Works great as a tool for shops to properly put together the parts in an assembly.

Spring Back Calculator

The Spring Back Calculator has an area to enter the angles of spring back experienced after bending which allows the software to automatically make the necessary adjustments. The "Results" and setup sheet have an additional column which includes the spring back angles.

Designer: Sketch 3D

• Click-and-sketch part creation in 3D.
• Adjustable grid-snapping.
• Sketch then adjust dimensions.
• Easy switching between XYZ planes.

Designer: Harpoon

• Click-and-drag part creation.
• Add/remove bends on-the-fly.
• Intuitive drag-then-type design.

Designer: Custom Part 3D

The Custom 3D Part interface allows you to enter the definitions of your part in a sequence following the center line of the material. Directional terms are easy to understand for creation of the part. These terms are; left, right, front, back, ceiling, and floor. The bend angles and rotations are automatically calculated.

Bending Simulation

Simulation helps the fabricator visualize the bending process before running the part through the machine. This helps to confirm the manufacturability of the part and the bend order. (*Does NOT check for collision.)

Bend Order Manipulation

Bend from either end, flip the part between any of the bends, or do a custom sequencing. Verify your sequence using the Bending Simulation.

Designer: Custom Part

Create a part by starting at one end and entering the distance between bends, rotations between bends, and the angle for each bend. The length values can be apex or tangent values.

Designer: Sketch 2D

• Click-and-sketch part creation.
• Adjustable grid-snapping.
• Sketch then adjust dimensions.
• Simple, easy-to-use 2D design.

Designer: Templates

Choose from dozens of predefined templates. The templates are easy to use and in seconds you will have your design completed and be ready to start bending.

Designer: Custom Part 2D

Create a part by starting at one end and then entering in the distance between bends and the angle at each bend. The length values can be apex or tangent values. Custom Part 2D allows bends to reverse direction (180 degree rotation).

Material Library

The Material Library includes material shape, (round, square, or rectangle), size, wall thickness, color, and weight.

Die Library

Define your dies within the software. Definition includes CLR, Calibrated CLR (stretch factor), and Bend Location Offset.

Bend Calculation Output

Software will provide cut length, bend locations, bend angles, and rotations for every parts you have designed. Each bend location is based from the end of the tube.

Post Bending Cutoff

Cutoff allows extra material to be added at the end of the tube for cutting after bending. The cut length and bend locations are automatically adjusted for cutoff values.