Can solidworks be used to designed rolled sections
Can solidworks be used to designed rolled sections
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I have been using solidworks for various types of general design , and have found it to be a very useful design package , I am no black belt so I would like to know if anyone has used solidworks for the design of rolled sections for example rolled cones silos circular guards , the parts can be made but the problem is to create a flat pattern of the part , as it is not a sheet metal part I can not find a method to achieve this any help would be great .






RE: Can solidworks be used to designed rolled sections
Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 05
AutoCAD 05
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
FAQ559-1100
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RE: Can solidworks be used to designed rolled sections
Rob Rodriguez CSWP
President: Northern
Vermont SolidWorks User Group
www.robrodriguez.com (updated 1/30/06)
SW 2006 SP 3.0
RE: Can solidworks be used to designed rolled sections
- draw vertical centerline
- draw either vertical line parallel to center for a cylinder or an angled line for a cone
- do a revolved thin feature, but don't go 360 deg, go somewhat less, like 359 deg, leaving a little gap
- under the sheetmetal tools, select Insert Bends, and select one of the edges of the gap as the Fixed Face
- now it is a flattenable cone or cylinder
Does this do it?
RE: Can solidworks be used to designed rolled sections
Helpful SW websites FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions FAQ559-1091
RE: Can solidworks be used to designed rolled sections
Do a search in SW Help for "lofted bend" for examples. Or go to Design Library > Parts > Sheet Metal > Lofted Bends and open a part to see how it was created.
Flores
SW06 SP3.0
RE: Can solidworks be used to designed rolled sections
Feel free to use the commands, starting with the suggestions above, and change the material properties to anything you'd like.
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RE: Can solidworks be used to designed rolled sections
There is one caveat with using the lofted bend command -
because this is a type of plastic deformation, SWx does not calculate the stretch of the material. Adjusting the k-factor will make no difference what-so-ever in the size of the flat.
Most of the time it is "close enough", but we have had problems with two different parts (one lofted and one not) which need a clean weld between them. They will not match up.
RE: Can solidworks be used to designed rolled sections
Best Regards,
Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
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