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help with flat solid

help with flat solid

help with flat solid

(OP)
I'd like to generate a "unrolled" or "flat" 3D body of the attached part. Converting to sheetmetal and then generating a flat solid is not giving the desired results (edges that should be beveled are square and I'm not confident it is calculating the profile correctly).

Anyone know how to get what I'm after?

RE: help with flat solid

What version of NX is this file?

RE: help with flat solid

(OP)
Yes it is NX8.

RE: help with flat solid

I can do in in NX 8.5 by doing a Sheet Metal Clean-up, which will remove the chamfers, then flatten it, and then add the chamfers back in offseeting one of them so that it matches the original. I've attached the NX 8.5 result.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

RE: help with flat solid

(OP)
Any chance you could do it in NX 8? I can't open the 8.5 file.

I found the clean up tool and tried to follow your method, but I'm not sure how you added the chamfers back in.

RE: help with flat solid

I couldn't get it to work in NX 8.0, only NX 8.5 or newer versions. Sorry.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

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