Sheet Metal V7 has added some handy sheet metal features. Beads are available to stiffen material and work similar to the Web Network for plastic parts. To create a bead, a 2D sketch is needed. If this sketch is a rectangle, the Bead command will not work, as the program does not automatically apply a proper radius to the corner as one might expect. New options are also available for creating dimples with softened edges and handling closed corners, as seen in Figure 7.
Flanges are now a lot more flexible as partial widths and offsets are now supported.
Flattened sheet metal parts can now be exported in DXF format directly. Drafting An already solid aspect of the software, drafting has been improved. The feature I found to be most helpful was the automatic generation of hole charts. The table it creates not only counts the holes but also provides their coordinates, sizes and tolerances. The properties of counterbore and countersink holes are now shown on the drawing, as opposed to V6 where only simple holes were accounted for.