Expert
The Expert tab is present in the Pleat Options dialog whenever the pleat has an inner or outer support structure. The expert tab may include panels for inner supporting structure parameters (netting or weave), for outer supporting structure parameters (netting or weave), or for both.
Netting (or Weave) Bend Relative Position
At the sharp folds of the pleat, the wires of the supporting structure kink and deform during the pleating process. The Bend Relative Position models the effect of this support structure deformation. The bending relative position value must be between 0 and 1. Observe how the wires of the outer netting structure glide up on the right- and the left-side of the pleat, with increasing values of Bend Relative Position.
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Pleat Top Inward Wire (or Warp) Deformation
The Pleat Top Inward wire (or Warp) Deformation simulates the distortion of the inward or the warp wire at the crest of the pleat during welding (or weaving) in the pleating process. The deformation values can be positive or negative and are entered in the chosen length values.
The effect of the deformation can be observed in the following examples, where the Inward wire (gray) at the top of the pleat runs increasingly vertical with increasing positive values of Pleat Top Inward Wire Deformation or horizontal with increasing negative values of Pleat Top Inward Wire Deformation.
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