is this even possible
is this even possible
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I would like to make a fabric bowl by drawing the bowl in Solidworks and then having soldworks cut the part and place it into a 2D drawing. I thought that maybe I could do this with the sheet metal tools but I have been unsuccessful. Is there an add-on that I can buy for solidworks that will let me do this? I know that there are other programs that are capable of this but I like SW and would love it if I could find a way to do it within SW.
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Chris
SolidWorks 06 5.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 01-18-07)
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"fabric bowl"
Do you mean fabricated or a bowl made from a fabric (cloth)?
" ... then having soldworks cut the part"
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Although a bowl-shaped sheet metal part can be created, you will not be able to flatten it. SW cannot handle the sort of plastic deformation calculations involved in creating such a part.
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Thank you for any help,
Ian
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