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Flat view for surface.

OdinOdin Member Posts: 3

Hello!

How can I get a flat view from a non-flat, non-cylindrical surface?

I am planning to make a pattern (.dwg) and then roll this tube out of the material.


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  • NeilCookeNeilCooke Moderator, Onshape Employees Posts: 5,307
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    Model it how it is manufactured in the picture :)

    https://cad.onshape.com/documents/4568b85540f412a1f22da289

    Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEAI
  • matthew_stacymatthew_stacy Member Posts: 475 PRO

    🙏 Bravo @NeilCooke . Very nicely done. I'll have to squirrel a few of those tricks away for future use.

  • OdinOdin Member Posts: 3

    Many thanks! Nick

    This is what I need!

    A few days ago, I did the same operations (removing a narrow strip in a solid) but I could not convert the solid to sheet material.

    I try to repeat, but for some reason the two edges after the loft operation do not match the diagonals.

    And I can't understand why there are so many points in a circle on a sketch with a circle and rounding?

    Why in your project on "sketch 2" all triangle constrain? i don't see equal constrains


  • NeilCookeNeilCooke Moderator, Onshape Employees Posts: 5,307

    I'm not sure I understand the question - sheet metal parts cannot have twisted faces, so the sketches are "faceted" to make the loft have flat faces only.

    Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEAI
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