Bead Tool

Use the Bead tool in the Create ribbon group on the Sheet Metal tab to create a bead on a face of a sheet metal part.

You can create a bead using a line, spline, arc, tangent curve chain, layout curve, imprinted edge, or other curve on a face. The curve must be completely on the face and must not self-intersect. The curve can extend from an edge of the face or it can extend from edge to edge to create a full bead.

A dotted line previews the bead. If the preview extends beyond the edge of the face, or if the curve is too tight, the bead will not be created. Faces which have beads can be moved with the Move tool.

The bead unfolds in the same way as a form unfolds.

Select Bead in the Highlight group on the Sheet Metal tab to highlight all the beads in your sheet metal design.

To relocate beads on a face, select the Move tool.