NX 8.5: Designing a canoe. How to make a flat template from a curved surface?
NX 8.5: Designing a canoe. How to make a flat template from a curved surface?
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I am going to build a canoe from plywood panels and am trying to make the templates for the cut outs.
I have made a model in NX, using studio splines running along all joints between panels. I then used the swept function to make the flat surfaces between all splines. My problem now is that I will need to transform these surfaces to a flat template to use to cut the plywood panels. I've tried to used some of the functions in sheet metal, but were not able to select the surfaces. I then added thickness to the surfaces, but then I got some other error when trying the flat pattern function..
Any tips?
I have made a model in NX, using studio splines running along all joints between panels. I then used the swept function to make the flat surfaces between all splines. My problem now is that I will need to transform these surfaces to a flat template to use to cut the plywood panels. I've tried to used some of the functions in sheet metal, but were not able to select the surfaces. I then added thickness to the surfaces, but then I got some other error when trying the flat pattern function..
Any tips?





RE: NX 8.5: Designing a canoe. How to make a flat template from a curved surface?
Thank you
RE: NX 8.5: Designing a canoe. How to make a flat template from a curved surface?
Khimani Mohiki
Design Engineer - Aston Martin
NX8.5
RE: NX 8.5: Designing a canoe. How to make a flat template from a curved surface?
It took some time to compute the transformation, however it seems like it worked using Metaform
RE: NX 8.5: Designing a canoe. How to make a flat template from a curved surface?
i then opened , in NX9, an partfile from NX6 in which i had used the Flat Pattern feature and noted that the Flat pattern Feature/ function still exists, i can create new Flat Patterns in NX9 in this specific part as long as i don't switch to another application.
Is there some way to re-activate the Flat Pattern feature ? ( enable the switch to modeling and back to update the existing flat pattern)
- It is quite handy in some cases, like the example above.
Regards,
Tomas
RE: NX 8.5: Designing a canoe. How to make a flat template from a curved surface?
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