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Bent Pins (round)

Bent Pins (round)

Bent Pins (round)

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I am a new user of solid edge.  The method we currently use to create a model of a bent (round) pin is to first create a sheet metal part with the material thickness set to the diameter of the pin and then to add rounded corners to make the model look like a round pin.  This allows us to create a flat pattern for manufacturing purposes.

Is there an easier way to create a bent pin?  I need to be able to model it bent and then un-bend it for the draft.

RE: Bent Pins (round)

Unfortunately, if you need to flatten the pin, that is the only way to do it.  You can model the bent pin as a part using a swept protrusion but then you can't flatten it.  We have been trying to figure out a better way here for formed wire grids but no luck.

RE: Bent Pins (round)

If you have Xpresroute module, you could create the pin like you would a wire or pipe.  You could then use the bend table command to extract the information about the flat pattern.  This is from the help files:

Outputting Bend Information
The Bend Table command allows you to create an ASCII text file that contains information about how to manufacture the tube. You can output the tubes as a select set or output them all at once. The information consists of columns of data such as feed length, rotation angle, bend radius, and bend angle.

Mark

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