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Flattening a cylindrical area of a part ina print

Flattening a cylindrical area of a part ina print

Flattening a cylindrical area of a part ina print

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I work with plumbing replacement stems and valves. I have a part that has the usual stem, threads but then has a cage that holds the piston for a certain type of stem which in turn has a hole pattern around the cage. I was wondering if anyone knew how to show this cylinder flattened in a print so that I am able to show the instances where the hole pattern are skipped?
 

RE: Flattening a cylindrical area of a part ina print

1) Create a zero offset surface from the surface with the hole pattern
2) Delete the main body from the Solid Bodies folder ... this will create a Body-Delete feature in the Feature manager
3) Thicken the surface to say .001"
4) Create a axial slit along the thickened surface
5) Select one of the slit edges & Use the Insert Bends tool to create a Sheet Metal body
6) Use the Flatten tool to show the flattened state

RE: Flattening a cylindrical area of a part ina print

Thanks for this procedure CBL.  I've fiddled with this a dozen ways without getting it to work out right for me.  Had a friend who wanted a flat pattern to layout the cut for two pipes intersecting at an angle and never got it right.  Now I can!

-Kirby

Kirby Wilkerson

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