diff --git a/ExportDXF/Forms/MainForm.cs b/ExportDXF/Forms/MainForm.cs
index fbc8b07..5c1de51 100644
--- a/ExportDXF/Forms/MainForm.cs
+++ b/ExportDXF/Forms/MainForm.cs
@@ -506,12 +506,12 @@ namespace ExportDXF.Forms
                 var drawingModel = templateDrawing as ModelDoc2;
                 drawingModel.ViewZoomtofit2();
 
-                if (HasSupressedBends(view))
+                if (ViewHelper.HasSupressedBends(view))
                 {
                     Print("A bend is suppressed, please check flat pattern!", Color.Red);
                 }
 
-                if (HideModelSketches(view))
+                if (ViewHelper.HideModelSketches(view))
                 {
                     // delete the current view that has sketches shown
                     drawingModel.SelectByName(0, view.Name);
@@ -547,31 +547,6 @@ namespace ExportDXF.Forms
             }
         }
 
-        private bool HasSupressedBends(IView view)
-        {
-            var model = view.ReferencedDocument;
-            var refConfig = view.ReferencedConfiguration;
-            model.ShowConfiguration(refConfig);
-
-            var flatPattern = model.GetFeatureByTypeName("FlatPattern");
-
-            if (flatPattern.IsSuppressed())
-            {
-                return true;
-            }
-
-            var bends = flatPattern.GetAllSubFeaturesByTypeName("UiBend");
-
-            foreach (var bend in bends)
-            {
-                var isSuppressed = bend.IsSuppressed();
-                if (isSuppressed)
-                    return true;
-            }
-
-            return false;
-        }
-
         private string UserSelectFolder()
         {
             string path = null;
diff --git a/ExportDXF/ViewHelper.cs b/ExportDXF/ViewHelper.cs
index 9c4623a..61b2a41 100644
--- a/ExportDXF/ViewHelper.cs
+++ b/ExportDXF/ViewHelper.cs
@@ -298,5 +298,30 @@ namespace ExportDXF
 
             return modelChanged;
         }
+
+        public static bool HasSupressedBends(IView view)
+        {
+            var model = view.ReferencedDocument;
+            var refConfig = view.ReferencedConfiguration;
+            model.ShowConfiguration(refConfig);
+
+            var flatPattern = model.GetFeatureByTypeName("FlatPattern");
+
+            if (flatPattern.IsSuppressed())
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            var bends = flatPattern.GetAllSubFeaturesByTypeName("UiBend");
+
+            foreach (var bend in bends)
+            {
+                var isSuppressed = bend.IsSuppressed();
+                if (isSuppressed)
+                    return true;
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        }
     }
 }
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