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Sketch from Sheetmetal Pattern
steve_maietta
Member Posts: 54 PRO
Generating a sketch from sheetmetal flat pattern. So I could easily add tabs, flaps etc.
Either using the "project" tool or a one click convert would be nice and useful.
Otherwise it's not apparently possible without putting the pattern into an assembly and then generating a sketch from that. Which works but kinda clunky and ends up giving many doubled sketch entities.
thanks
~Steve
Either using the "project" tool or a one click convert would be nice and useful.
Otherwise it's not apparently possible without putting the pattern into an assembly and then generating a sketch from that. Which works but kinda clunky and ends up giving many doubled sketch entities.
thanks
~Steve
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I went ahead in the project and was trying to force it on a project that was almost finished. . It ended up being alot easier to start again and add them in the beginning. So I do not need this anymore
BUT - it still seems like a good basic functionality. One click to turn a sheetmetal pattern into a sketch. Select the plane, select the origin, boom new sketch disassociated from the orignal pattern.
Thanks for looking at the request LOU!
~Steve
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/f832c9927ab7e920371aaa66/w/d8333d7d92fedf3d7bf6acb6/e/52b1a5348cc916b24d92b3e9
Heres a simple box. I could add tabs on the model using a sketch and the tab tool. But I think it would be useful to be able to have the pattern "exportable" as a sketch. Somehow to turn the pattern into a sketch I realized that I approached the project with the wrong sequence originally, but still this ability may be useful.
I tried adding in the flat area but I believe interference was happening.. something was keeping them from building successfully..
~Steve