TY - PAT AB - There is provided a method of preparing a sheet metal material for forming, the method comprising preparing the sheet o metal material to have a desired resistance profile along an axis; heating the sheet metal material to a desired temperature by passing acurrent along the axis; and cutting the sheet metal material to define a blank for forming into a predefined arrangement. There is alsoprovided a method of forming a sheet material. AU - Li,N AU - Mohamed,M AU - Lin,J PY - 2019/// TI - METHOD FOR PREPARING AND FORMING SHEET MATERIAL ER -