Adding material to flat pattern..issue....help..
Adding material to flat pattern..issue....help..
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I am having a problem. I draw a half cone by the way of 2 half circles on 2 parrallel planes. I use lofted bends to create a half cone (and flat pattern automatically). For this type of construction my shop likes extra material on EACH side of the flat pattern.
I add material to the right side (positive from origin). No issues. I can export flat pattern as DXF and all is well.
As soon as i add anything to the left left side (negative from origin) my flat pattern exports as a 2D warped, unusable geometry.
I have tried many things to add extra material to the left side and the flat pattern keeps coming our screwed up...any ideas to get this to work...
I add material to the right side (positive from origin). No issues. I can export flat pattern as DXF and all is well.
As soon as i add anything to the left left side (negative from origin) my flat pattern exports as a 2D warped, unusable geometry.
I have tried many things to add extra material to the left side and the flat pattern keeps coming our screwed up...any ideas to get this to work...






RE: Adding material to flat pattern..issue....help..
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RE: Adding material to flat pattern..issue....help..
RE: Adding material to flat pattern..issue....help..
Add xtra metal.
Supress/unpress this feature as needed.
RE: Adding material to flat pattern..issue....help..
RE: Adding material to flat pattern..issue....help..
RE: Adding material to flat pattern..issue....help..
RE: Adding material to flat pattern..issue....help..
RE: Adding material to flat pattern..issue....help..
Try adding the material in the flat pattern itself. Put the extrude feature after the flat pattern in the feature tree.
you can suppress these features in the default config. With the same technique you can add cuts & tabs to you final flat pattern without creating problems in the main model.
RE: Adding material to flat pattern..issue....help..
This is exactly what i did. It does not cause any issue in the main model. It is only when i export to dxf that i have a problem. I really want to use this feature as its intended. It works great other than exporting a side view when i add material to the left side.
RE: Adding material to flat pattern..issue....help..
RE: Adding material to flat pattern..issue....help..
RE: Adding material to flat pattern..issue....help..
RE: Adding material to flat pattern..issue....help..
RE: Adding material to flat pattern..issue....help..
RE: Adding material to flat pattern..issue....help..
Also, I've noticed it with mates too. Kind of frustrating.