Modeling Round to Rectangular Duct Adapter
Modeling Round to Rectangular Duct Adapter
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Can anyone help explain how to create a sheetmetal adapter that goes from rectangular duct to round? i'm using SE12 and have tried unsuccessfully to do it using lofted and swept protrusions in part module. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Robert
Robert





RE: Modeling Round to Rectangular Duct Adapter
The tricky part is usually in getting the vertex mapping and any guide curves correct. How is your model failing?
RE: Modeling Round to Rectangular Duct Adapter
Thanks for the reply. I managed to fake a part using a revolved cutout on a rectangular protrusion. The reason I faked it was the diameter of the round end was larger than one of the sides of the rectangle. The relvoved cutout couldn't deal with that. So i widened the rectangle and faked my dimensions. Of course the drafting didn't look quite right, but I got a drawing out to a vendor who's not that fussy.
After seeing your suggestions, I went back and was able to do it easily...lofting the 2 profiles. I'm not sure where I was going wrong originally. The pressure of a quick deadline was causing brain cramps, no doubt. Thanks again for your help.
Robert
RE: Modeling Round to Rectangular Duct Adapter
this can be done it took me awhile to get it to not fail on me but by trial and error...and only doing 1/2 at a time was able to do it. one thing i have noticed and really love about se sheet metal is if you can do in se they can do it on the floor w/ some convinceing from time to time. and if you can get se to do they can't do it on the floor.
RE: Modeling Round to Rectangular Duct Adapter
Regards
Grimm