factor k development sheet.

[re_solidworks]

hi, I just wanted to make you understand that it is not enough to choose thickness, quarry and punch, to determine a k, also serve the type of material and the fold angle.
think that the fold angle is much more decisive than the thickness of the material!
as these variables are many, the combinations are endless, so you will never automate your steps on the program, without entering the k.
However, you can standardize a k for similar bends, so as to limit the number and insert them into a table.

The gauge table actually serves exactly that. Usually a table is made for each material and for each thickness several k factors must be assigned according to the fold angle.
I do not know how the cad behaves in case the fold angle is derived from the surrounding geometry and therefore with a non-integer value and in the range of 2 known values.