Sheet metal helical curve with flanges

[KennyG]

It works fine for us because we have a strict rule that all sheet metal parts have to be .psm, until someone doesn’t abide by the rule…

Do you remember what meta-data you used to find sheet metal in .par files?

Jaylin, once a PAR becomes sheet metal, it will have all the sheet metal bend variables exposed as Custom Properties which can be searched on:
Material Thickness
Bend Radius
Relief Depth/Length
Neutral Factor

Also, undocumented but works… Files are identical and file types determine the environment. You can change the PAR file extension to PSM to make SE open it in the Sheet Metal environment by default if it is in fact now a sheet metal file just for sanities sake. You can always switch back and forth using the Switch To command.

[Jaylin_Hochstetler]

edit: see Kenny’s response below, it’s much better and doesn’t require API.

I had to look it up.

https://docs.plm.automation.siemens.com/docs/se/2020/api/webframe.html#SolidEdgeConstants~DocumentTypeConstants.html

and this example can be found in the navigation tree: Programmer’s Guide > Solid Edge > Determining Document Type

https://docs.plm.automation.siemens.com/docs/se/2020/api/DeterminingDocumentType.html

Interesting. That’s what I use to make sure the file they have open is the correct type. I didn’t realize that will recognize a Sheet Metal .par file.