Solidworks Surface flatten
Solidworks Surface flatten
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Howdy all,
Im only new to solid works. been play at school.
I have Drawn a boat (jet sprint boat from newzealand ) and im hoping to try and make as a model.
The file is the lower bow sheet and as you can see its not flat. is there a way to make it flat but retain its outline so i can cut it from aluminum on a flatbed router and weld it up?
I know i wont have the bubble in it but the shape but flat will work pretty well.
Cheers brad
Im only new to solid works. been play at school.
I have Drawn a boat (jet sprint boat from newzealand ) and im hoping to try and make as a model.
The file is the lower bow sheet and as you can see its not flat. is there a way to make it flat but retain its outline so i can cut it from aluminum on a flatbed router and weld it up?
I know i wont have the bubble in it but the shape but flat will work pretty well.
Cheers brad






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One way to try it is with the sheet metal "lofted bend" tool.
I would take the the two long edges (I think they are the keel and chine edges)and do the sheet metal "lofted bend" tool with those two.
I would then lay them on top of each other (in an assembly) to see if they are the same. The loft might not be the shape you are looking for, if it is then you can use that part and the flat pattern that SW will generate.
Complex ones I usually have to export to Rhino or something else to get flat pattern. Actually I do my hull plating in MaxSurf, anyways, good luck.
-Joe
SolidWorks 2009 x64 SP 5.1 on Windows XP x64
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SolidWorks 2009 x64 SP 5.1 on Windows XP x64
8 GB RAM - Nvidia Quadro FX1700
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