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.
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.
.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"...
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"
Correct...
Thank you Bart