Can a flat pattern be created from this model?
Can a flat pattern be created from this model?
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All,
First off my experience with sheet metal modeling is minimal.
I'm trying to create a flat pattern of this model. It doesn't need to be made from one sheet since the intention is to weld the segments.
The model is made with the loft command with multiple profiles.
Can this even be done?
thanks,
sam
Solidworks 2010.
First off my experience with sheet metal modeling is minimal.
I'm trying to create a flat pattern of this model. It doesn't need to be made from one sheet since the intention is to weld the segments.
The model is made with the loft command with multiple profiles.
Can this even be done?
thanks,
sam
Solidworks 2010.






RE: Can a flat pattern be created from this model?
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RE: Can a flat pattern be created from this model?
SWX sheet metal can only bend across a straight line, such as is done with a press brake. With your lofted surfaces you would need a third-party sheet metal package to flatten it.
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RE: Can a flat pattern be created from this model?
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RE: Can a flat pattern be created from this model?
Look like a boat hull.
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RE: Can a flat pattern be created from this model?
Thanks for all the input. Kellnerp sugested I post an igs file so I decided to post that as well. From the comments given I gather that most likely this is not a feature that solidworks can handle as a sheet metal part.
Thanks again.
sam
RE: Can a flat pattern be created from this model?
There is a possibility that sheet metal could unfold parts of it. If you split it into a number of bodies you might try that first. See INSERT/FEATURE/SPLIT.
There isn't a lot of deformation in any section. My method could work. I'll warn you, it is a lot of manual labor. It amounts to doing manual methods that in the past would be done on a drafting board. If you are going to laser/plasma cut and weld the method should be satisfactory.
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