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In solidworks, is there a way to detect if a curved surface can be developed into a flat surface or not?

(Outside of the SHEET METAL command to FOLD and UNFOLD) is there a way to develop or unfold into a flat surface a developable curved surface or the developable curved surface of a solid object? My purpose is to find out the true flat profile of a curved surface.
 

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Gaussian curvature is what you are after.  UG has this. Don't recall seeing it in SW.

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(OP)
Thanks, anyway, guys. I'm into simplifying some common designs with complex curved surfaces, and I wanted to replace these designs with simple curved surfaces that can flatten out--with  plain sheet metal. I saw the feature in a boat hull designing feature and thought Solidworks might have a similar command.
 

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In Solidworks, when you click on the Toolbox, Structural Steel command, the first choices are Ansi inch, BIS, CISC, ISO, DIN and other standards. Is there an add-in to Solidworks that incorporates Australian structural steel standards? Or is there a shortcut way to incorporate the Australian standards to the Toolbox, Structural steel command?

By the way, thanks to the guys who cared to answer my other previous questions. You're a big help.

 

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Australian standards are available as a choice in the 2010 at least for the toolbox but you can add a custom weldments/structural steel library folder (manually). Prog files\SW\Data\ make new folder and create subfolders for "round", "square" etc and make 2D drawings, save as library feature. There is an explanation in a video tutorial on youtube, if I recall right, it's the FSAE frame-cage-chasis...

Further:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeHQRby2Yr0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN_00HcEPls

Hope I'm not missing the point blushing

 

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For creating Gaussian (unfoldable, decal friendly) surfaces, you can use any combination of the following:
  • cylinders
  • cones
  • planes (duh!)
  • any 2D profile extruded without draft
If you connect sections of cylinders and cones, you must do it along a meridian edge (= straight edge parallel to revolution axis).

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