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pressure vessel unfold sheet metal

pressure vessel unfold sheet metal

pressure vessel unfold sheet metal

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I need a add- on program that will run with solidworks that will allow me to make ASME Pressure Vessels tanks..

I want to be able to unfold the the tank to its flat pattern.
the middle section is easy its the top and bottom that I cant do

I've been told by support that the regular sheet metal package wont work Solidworks  
 

RE: pressure vessel unfold sheet metal

The standard sheetmetal package is only capable of generating flats for linear bends.  For more complex forming my understanding is blankworks can perform those operations:
http://www.forming.com/SW.htm

-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Certified SolidWorks Professional
Certified COSMOSWorks Designer Specialist
Certified SolidWorks Advanced Sheet Metal Specialist
 

RE: pressure vessel unfold sheet metal

You can also use LogoPress3 http://www.logopress3.com/en/index.php

A bit more cost effective then BlankWorks as you can buy just the flattening modules.

You can also search the SolidWorks Gold Partners.  Select Sheet Metal in the first drop-down.

http://www.solidworks.com/sw/products/engineering-software-partners.htm

Cheers,

Anna Wood
Core i7 EE965, FirePro V8700, 12 Gb RAM, OCZ Vertex 120 Gb SSD, Dell 3008WFP 30" Monitor
SW2010 SP2.1, Windows 7 x64
http://www.solidmuse.com
http://www.phxswug.com

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