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Can I flatten a sheet metal funnel?

tom_jelly
tom_jelly Posts: 23 ✭✭
edited February 2017 in Community Support
tried to flatten this both from solid and with the slot with no luck, is this possible in Onshape?

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/6999eada732c97d3c0c65a21/w/6dde8a46a184dbac7e9fd462/e/6a72229f5d6cb1d45d962006

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  • Ben_Misegades
    Ben_Misegades Posts: 133 ✭✭✭
    Not as of yet, no. OS does not currently have the capability to deal with lofted sheet metal and similar shapes. You can make approximations with many small bends, but that's about the extent of it, for now.

    https://cad.onshape.com/documents/19f29b16f119ed4bcfd52944/w/59df6d0a42f996e7e6e1163a/e/3fffebd566b25f748653a54f


  • tom_jelly
    tom_jelly Posts: 23 ✭✭
    I figured that might be the case because presumably the curve is an infinite number of closer together bends, I was unable to reproduce your result.  I used 2 inscribed polygons on parallel planes, lofted a solid and was not able to generate a sheet metal part.   what am I doing wrong?:

    https://cad.onshape.com/documents/dbdf83c59a653cf03abbb5cb/w/3219a463aef22f82069eca74/e/35f1dd239075c19f0d5727a4

  • Ben_Misegades
    Ben_Misegades Posts: 133 ✭✭✭
    Since your link is view-only I am unable to work with what you've got, though I'm not seeing anything wrong with what you've modeled so far.

    What step were you taking to try to create sheet metal from your lofted solid? When you were inserting bends when converting to sheet metal, did you make sure to leave one rip open?
  • tom_jelly
    tom_jelly Posts: 23 ✭✭
    I'm not sure how to change permissions to allow editing, but I'll be glad to if you can tell me how.  In any case, I'm not even able to get as far as selecting joints on the outside of the funnel to do ANYTHING- it just stays red.  I can exclude the top and bottom face of the solid but then can't select any joint to bend OR rip....is it possible there are so many bends that it is timing out or something?  I've got a fast connection...
  • Ben_Misegades
    Ben_Misegades Posts: 133 ✭✭✭
    Hit the share button, click the third tab that says "Public" and then hit the blue "Make Public" button.

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