Wraping a sheet around a solid - Am I pushing it???
Wraping a sheet around a solid - Am I pushing it???
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I suspect that I may be asking too much, but here goes ...
Does anyone know how to wrap a sheet around a solid object?
The sheet naturally has underlying geometric curves so the ability to wrap the basic curves would be acceptable.
I have however tried the 'wrap/unwrap curves' feature but this only works on uniform cylinders or cones.
Also for information the solid has been created from an extrude with a 'soft blend'.
If it helps then have a look at the image attached - orange is the sheet - green is the solid.
It seems an obvious thing to want to do (if you have a flexible pcb or sticker or rubber membrane for instance) but I suspect the underlying code is far from straight-forward.
Anyone with a good solution to this will be hailed an NX hero in my books!!!
Cheers,
Jon
Does anyone know how to wrap a sheet around a solid object?
The sheet naturally has underlying geometric curves so the ability to wrap the basic curves would be acceptable.
I have however tried the 'wrap/unwrap curves' feature but this only works on uniform cylinders or cones.
Also for information the solid has been created from an extrude with a 'soft blend'.
If it helps then have a look at the image attached - orange is the sheet - green is the solid.
It seems an obvious thing to want to do (if you have a flexible pcb or sticker or rubber membrane for instance) but I suspect the underlying code is far from straight-forward.
Anyone with a good solution to this will be hailed an NX hero in my books!!!
Cheers,
Jon





RE: Wraping a sheet around a solid - Am I pushing it???
I am certain that someone else will have a better answer for you.
RE: Wraping a sheet around a solid - Am I pushing it???
RE: Wraping a sheet around a solid - Am I pushing it???
RE: Wraping a sheet around a solid - Am I pushing it???
Also I can live with a certain amount of wrinkling.
Thanks for the leads ... I'll post again with results!
Cheers,
RE: Wraping a sheet around a solid - Am I pushing it???
There are modules within the advance sheet metal flat patterning that use extra licenses to unwrap complex surfaces in order to create flat patterns. Maybe looking into that and/or tacking the problem in the reverse might be something that you could look into.
Best Regards
Hudson
www.jamb.com.au
Nil Desperandum illegitimi non carborundum
RE: Wraping a sheet around a solid - Am I pushing it???
I did wonder about doing it in reverse as you could model the curved sheet and flatten it back. This drawing dimensions were not rounded to any reasonable numbers.
Maybe I shouldn't be so worried about this as I could just set all dimensions in the drawing to round to 1 or 2 decimal places and be done with it!!
RE: Wraping a sheet around a solid - Am I pushing it???
Best regards,
Michäël.
NX4.0.4.2 MP10 / TCE 9.1.3.8_build_0711 / NX6.0.2.8 / NX7.0.0.9
Belgium
RE: Wraping a sheet around a solid - Am I pushing it???
I'd warn you that you need a quite specialised sheet metal forming/flattening license to get this to work.
However as for dimensioning flat patterns on a drawing I never bother. I simply offer the manufacturer a DXF file to cut it out to.
Best Regards
Hudson
www.jamb.com.au
Nil Desperandum illegitimi non carborundum