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Bending a solid part

Bending a solid part

Bending a solid part

(OP)
I have a model of a louver part and I need this louver to be flexible. I mean the louver lays flat but I also want it to bow in the middle. An example would be if you took a metal 6" ruler and picked it up and then placed your thumbs under the ruler and bowed each end downward, the ruler would bow in the middle. I am not sure how to do this, I have tried Warp and Solid Bend but I was not sucessfull. I have also looked thru some tutorials but no luck.
Thank you

RE: Bending a solid part

If your louver is a simple part, you can design the flexibility into the part by using a 3 point spline.  Lock down the endpoints of the spline and dim the center point of the spline.  This dim will give you the flexing action.

If your louver is a more complex part, check out spinal bend.  It will work real well for bending.  Since spinal bend likes to start from one end of the part, you'll have to be a bit creative when assembling into your assembly to prevent one of the louver ends from moving with different bend values.

RE: Bending a solid part

(OP)
Thank you for the reply. I tried again with the Warp tool and got it to work the way I need.
Thanks......

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