How to do this in Sheetmetal?
How to do this in Sheetmetal?
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Hello All,
I have come to a roadblock using Solidworks sheetmetal. Does anyone know how to make the image below unfold to a flat pattern? I've been to sheetmetaldesign.com and found a couple tutorials that were helpful but are not applicable to this shape. The image to the right shows a bottom view of the part. The sheet thickness is .020". Any help would be appreciated.
I have come to a roadblock using Solidworks sheetmetal. Does anyone know how to make the image below unfold to a flat pattern? I've been to sheetmetaldesign.com and found a couple tutorials that were helpful but are not applicable to this shape. The image to the right shows a bottom view of the part. The sheet thickness is .020". Any help would be appreciated.
Best Regards,
Jon
Challenges are what makes life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
Solidworks 2005 SP3.0






RE: How to do this in Sheetmetal?
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RE: How to do this in Sheetmetal?
You will never be able to do that nozzle in sheetmetal. Compound curved surfaces cannot be flattened. You could roll the base cylinder in sheetmetal and maybe shape or deform the nozzle shape, but to my knowledge once you do that it won't flatten.
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RE: How to do this in Sheetmetal?
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RE: How to do this in Sheetmetal?
What you are trying to do is analsgous to flattening an orange peel...it cannot be done without tearing and/or stretching.
See this for more information:
http://www.eng-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=807
RE: How to do this in Sheetmetal?
Thanks for everyone backing me up on this one. I knew that this could not be done in a sheetmetal formation, but just wanted to check with others in this forum to see if there was something I was missing.
Best Regards,
Jon
Challenges are what makes life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
Solidworks 2005 SP3.0