Rolled Plate

[bjur]

How do you create a rolled plate where the whole plate is curved?  I need to create a pipe out of two rolled plates.  I know there is a command called "Folded Beam" but I can't seam to get Advance Steel to show the unfolded shape.  Is this possible?  How would I show / detail the unfolded shape of a rolled plate like this where the whole plate is curved?

[DumitruBerteanu · Accepted solution]

To create the required rolled section you can use the folded beam object, or a twisted folded plate (beeing a folded plate this object will not be 100% curved, as it will be generated by a series of small streight sheets of plates). The unfold for those objects can be then generated with a Development drawing style, avaliable in "Drawing Style Manager", under the Single Part drawing style category. This style will present an unfolded view of the object (which can be a folded beam, a folded plate or an unwindable streight beam), and a side view of the unfolded shape. In model the unfolded representation can only be shown for folded plates with the command "Check unfolding".