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Bending sheet metal to another solid model's surface
sylvain_cornelus
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Is there a way to take a flat sheet and bend it to another solid's exterior? For example I want to take this perforated sheet
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/fc20c79c2ce629e9a81f72c6/w/6e6a1ffe611f1d32ba4fda08/e/43cd466761b9ecf9ba359686 and form it to a speaker grill.
Similarly, sy I have a curved part with holes extrude out of it at certain locations like this. Is there a way to 'flatten' this part and get the dimensions where the holes would need to be drilled before bending? https://cad.onshape.com/documents/d1a93efee5e3dbea1dab654d
I want to avoid remaking a bunch of parts from scratch by measuring all the segment lengths..
A link to a tutorial or another thread on the subject is appreciated. I've looked at the sheet metal tutorials and they don't seem to address either of these concepts.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/fc20c79c2ce629e9a81f72c6/w/6e6a1ffe611f1d32ba4fda08/e/43cd466761b9ecf9ba359686 and form it to a speaker grill.
Similarly, sy I have a curved part with holes extrude out of it at certain locations like this. Is there a way to 'flatten' this part and get the dimensions where the holes would need to be drilled before bending? https://cad.onshape.com/documents/d1a93efee5e3dbea1dab654d
I want to avoid remaking a bunch of parts from scratch by measuring all the segment lengths..
A link to a tutorial or another thread on the subject is appreciated. I've looked at the sheet metal tutorials and they don't seem to address either of these concepts.
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You would likely draw the final result, and have the feature script add a fill pattern of holes and return a stocksize of the initial blank...
Part 2: You can use the "Thicken" option while create a new sheet-metal model.