http://www.manusoft.com/archive/articles/Recent content in Articles on ManuSoftHugoen-us1991–2026Mon, 16 Sep 1996 00:00:00 +0000http://www.manusoft.com/archive/articles/sheet-metal-bend-allowance/Mon, 16 Sep 1996 00:00:00 +0000http://www.manusoft.com/archive/articles/sheet-metal-bend-allowance/<p><a name="Sheet_Metal_Bend_Allowance"></a></p> <p>Do you use AutoCAD in a sheet metal manufacturing environment? Do you perform bend allowance calculations for traditional sheet metal flat development? Take a look at Owen&rsquo;s Autodesk University course on the subject (in MS Word &lsquo;95 format): <a href="http://www.manusoft.com/dl/FlatDev.zip">FlatDev.zip</a> (104k). The course provides a system of generic formulas and instructions. You&rsquo;ll also want to download the two associated AutoLISP functions: an AutoCAD based interactive bend allowance calculator (<a href="http://www.manusoft.com/dl/bcal.lsp">BCAL.LSP</a>) and a developed blank size calculator (<a href="http://www.manusoft.com/dl/bdev.lsp">BDEV.LSP</a>), both available on the <a href="http://www.manusoft.com/resources/freebies/">Freebies</a> page.</p>