Hello Solidworks sheet metal community, (I've already lost 90% of the forumers...)
Attached is a bent sheet metal (bent to be exact), following intersection on the tube, I have a cutout.
When depilating, how do you obtain the shape as it is resulting from the removal of material? (there should be hidden edges on one side and visible on the other in the unfolded state at the top and bottom faces of the folded sheet)
In the unfolded state it seems that solid considers normal to the sheet metal which I don't want in this case.
This is a normal behavior for cutting via a laser or 2d plasma, if you are working with 3d cutting you can produce with an bias cut on the field of the sheet.
What happens is that on the same 2D autocad plan we put both the outer cutting of the sheet metal and the grinding forecasts so that once bent the sheet metal fits the tube. (see doc at the end)
I understand that SW in its sheet metal function cuts the edges straight as it comes out of oxy but then how to get a unfolded other than with the sheet metal module?
when you unfold your part without the normal material removal and you expand unfolded state then you right-click on unfolded state1 then edit the function look and play with the available options to see what it looks like. I would test your part but I'm under 2017 :-(
Normally you can do a material removal from a plane that would be tangent to the curved part. (as if you were doing a rework milling.)
Can you post your piece, I have the 2019 version that opens everything! I will check if what I offer works at the time of flattening and especially for laser cutting.
In any case, depending on how you bend in the workshop (rolling or stamping) you will have a gap although the material removal is not too close to the edge.
Because beware, what you will get in theory with SW, whatever solution you choose, will not be quite the same if you do your laser flat cutting as if you do it by removing material after bending. But considering that the tube will surely be welded "no problem" and even less if it's just a passage clearance.
I always think in comparison of machining or laser cutting according to the desired precision.
Kind regards
PS: If it's for tube passages on the EPR of Flamanville it's better to be precise (hihihi)
Lynkoa asks me if my question 'Unfolded real after cutting.' can be closed?
I admit that I don't...
Reminder of the facts: The unfolded state shows the correct representation of the cut in the case of a shape passing through all the material but not in the case of the end of the sheet (SW straightens the sheet metal with normal edges at the end).
Does anyone have a solution via sheet metal mode? I tried all the configs by going to the options of the sheet metal module by ticking/unchecking the proposed functions but without success.
@gt22 you propose a solution in surface mode. Can you tell me your answer and how do you get an unfolded fold? If you could send me your .prt file it would be ideal.
