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    mhellberg
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    Sheetmetal Loft?

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    11-13-2002 03:19 AM
    Is there a way to create a sheetmetal loft? We need to make features that are essentially contour flanges between two different sections.
    -Thanks much.
    -Matt
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    Re: Sheetmetal Loft?

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    11-13-2002 03:24 AM in reply to: mhellberg
    yes and no

    yes you can make a loft between the two sections
    but the thickness will not be quite the same.  if you draw two sketches --
    both a line - loft between the two and then thicken the thickness will be
    right.  no -- you cannot flatten it.


     

     

    style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
    Is
    there a way to create a sheetmetal loft? We need to make features that are
    essentially contour flanges between two different sections.
    -Thanks much.

    -Matt
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    11-13-2002 05:00 AM in reply to: mhellberg
    You can flatten it with
    href="http://www.spi.de/index_e.htm">SPI Sheetmetal Inventor 5.3     (though the
    version doesn't work with Inventor 6 - new version coming out
    shortly).


    style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">

    yes and no

    yes you can make a loft between the two sections
    but the thickness will not be quite the same.  if you draw two sketches
    -- both a line - loft between the two and then thicken the thickness will be
    right.  no -- you cannot flatten it.


     

     

    style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
    Is
    there a way to create a sheetmetal loft? We need to make features that are
    essentially contour flanges between two different sections.
    -Thanks
    much.
    -Matt
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    11-13-2002 05:27 AM in reply to: mhellberg
    You can also Loft between two or more filled
    sections and then Shell to the desired thickness.  This is the method that
    must be used to unfold "freeform" models in SPI.


    style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">

    yes and no

    yes you can make a loft between the two sections
    but the thickness will not be quite the same.  if you draw two sketches
    -- both a line - loft between the two and then thicken the thickness will be
    right.  no -- you cannot flatten it.


     

     

    style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
    Is
    there a way to create a sheetmetal loft? We need to make features that are
    essentially contour flanges between two different sections.
    -Thanks
    much.
    -Matt
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    mhellberg
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    11-13-2002 05:40 AM in reply to: mhellberg
    Does anybody know if a feature like this is planned in the future? In ProE it was a sheetmetal blend and we used it heavily.
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