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    Distinguished Contributor dloganbill
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    Can't flatten Solidworks sheet metal

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    10-29-2012 03:15 PM

    Any ideas why this won't convert to a flat pattern?

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    Re: Can't flatten Solidworks sheet metal

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    10-29-2012 03:37 PM in reply to: dloganbill

    The part was not modeled correctly in SolidWorks.

     

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    Re: Can't flatten Solidworks sheet metal

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    10-29-2012 03:39 PM in reply to: JDMather

    That's what I assumed.  Any thoughts on an easy way to correct it, or should I recreate it from scratch?

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    10-29-2012 03:58 PM in reply to: dloganbill

    Trivial simple part - recreate from scratch (I already did).

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