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Possible to roll a flat wall

  • Thread starter Thread starter bfairhurst
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bfairhurst

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I am on wildfire 4 and not a lot of sheetmetal experience. I have a part 5 in lg x 2 in wide x .12 in thick.
I created this as a extruded wall, the part is flat now. I would like to put a radius to it in the 5 in lenght direction
of approx 40 in radius. Is this possible as a secondary operation? I know I could have created this extruded wall
as a curve from the begining but because of the features I added they have to be added in the flat condition.
Is it possible to create the part curved then flatten it, add features, the unflatten it? thanks.
 
You can just add a bend now or you could have made it pre-bent, unbend and bend back.
 
You can insert a round on an edge in the flat and then add a bend to your part. The round will follow along around the new bend.You should be able to add features in a flat part and then bend it or in a formed part and lay it flat. It should work both ways.
 

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