How to construct a tin slide.

hobie_smith

Hello,

how do I create a sheet metal part like in the picture.

In the picture you can see a children's slide.

I would like to create a goods slide from sheet metal.

The slide with a height difference of 250mm and rotated 90 degrees.

The sides are welded to it.

How do I construct this in sheet metal?

S1mon

Do you mean bent sheet metal, or formed (stamped? rolled?) sheet metal? When you say the sides are welded - where exactly are the part breaks?

dirk_van_der_vaart

To me this look's like something you want to 3D print, maybe in sections.
Or Vacuumforming is also possible

MBartlett21

@john_mcclary is the expert on that I think

john_mcclary

You can't twist  sheet metal parts in Onshape, so you will need to use something like 'exact flat' to get a formed sheetmetal flat pattern. 

Or you can create many bends. Like a staircase. 
Unfortunately, I can't show you how to model it efficiently since our spiral chute's 3d model is what my boss is most protective of, since many hours have been spent refining the model to a speed and accuracy that gives us a competitive advantage when quoting/desiging/building custom geometry in seconds rather than weeks. (Onshape rocks) 

dirk_van_der_vaart

Maybe use Frame's to construct this,
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/6f6d6d247bcc29d1b7e3eae9/w/15894121377cdf3b213f874d/e/4a04836c46288cc938e7bd7c