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    wide radius bends to flat pattern

    Thanks for your responses. It is a flat piece bent into a parabolic curve, not a dish. When I created this in the standard part environment, I used a series of points generated from the mathematical expression I needed to create the curve I wanted and then created a spline through the points...
  2. armsflailing

    wide radius bends to flat pattern

    Hi all: I'm using IV 10 Pro and am trying to model a sheet metal bent into a parabola. I have no problem creating the part as a standard part, but then when I convert it to sheet metal and try to make a flat pattern, it gets all wonky. I am not sure how I might go about this beginning in the...

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