Well finally I think I'll do a simple swipe following the closed profile and I'll have my shape. The only problem is that I won't have developed it.
If you need to unfold it later, you have to go through the sheet metal module
Well finally I think I'll do a simple swipe following the closed profile and I'll have my shape. The only problem is that I won't have developed it in the MEP.
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with an angle like that it's more machining than bending
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Machining parts like that you can close down. It is a profile drawn to length, and then it is matrixed according to the destination of the piece.
After indeed the appearance seems lively but well SW can't do simple bending like inventor so we do what we can...
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And by drawing the 2 parts and using a transition fold it's not possible?
Nothing prevents you from drawing your profile without machining, bending it, and then making the notch in it.
The piece will be foldable and curved.
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Hello
I think you have to go through the Sweep and Sheet Metal functions as Bart says.
Here is an example.
First of all, I created a scan with a thickness dimension compatible with sheet metal work (example 2mm). Then I converted to sheet metal in order to have my sheet metal function and the "Convert-Volume" function. I edited this function and checked the "Override settings" box in order to change the thickness dimension (example 5->25mmm). And finally I carried out the removal of material by sweeping to make the groove.
This allows us to obtain the unfolded.
I made the part in SW2014.
Kind regards
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Without going out of business, just add a curve to the sketch.
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.PL I haven't tried this solution. I'll see.
Bart, you're talking about making a sheet metal piece at the base? in the form of a rectangle following a profile and then making the notch?
Thank you all for your help
Here's what it looks like with my technique.
I took a 20mm thick plate that I bent, then I removed the material swept into it.
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yes Bart, it's a bit like that by bending on the bottom side rather than on the front side... see JMSAVOYAT
... "If you give a man a fish, he will eat one day. If you teach him to fish, he will always eat"...
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The jmsavoyat method works well, but as soon as I make the tapped holes on the part, it doesn't unfold anymore....
in configuration bending plane/ drilling plan
you have to unfold your piece with the "Unfold" function and not "Unfold" do your material removal and have it "fold"
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Correct...
Thank you Bart
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