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Flat pattern a pipe curve: Is it possible?

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David1974
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Flat pattern a pipe curve: Is it possible?

Hi,
I want to flat pattern a pipe curve with 22,5º. I've made an open sketch and revolved it 22,5º. I converted it to sheet metal, add the correct thickness, selected the interior face, but i can't flat pattern the model.
What am i doing wrong? I will need to do a lot of these flat patterns, and i really don't know how to solve this issue, and i do a lot of round to square and cone flat patterns, i know the steps to take. In this case i'm lost.
Can someone help me please?
I'm using IV10 Professional - Build 272 - SP3a

Thanks in advance.

David
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pcunningham1
in reply to: David1974

Generally, Inventor versions prior to version 2010 will not generate flat patterns that require material deformation.



How will you fabricate this 'pipe curve' ?



-Paul Cunningham
Paul Cunningham
IV2008
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johnteng00
in reply to: David1974

Are you sure you want to bend a flat sheet metal into the shape you have shown? It may be feasible if you split the "pipe" into two pieces, then you can bend them, and weld the two pieces together. If it is a closed pipe, it may be a different procedure, and you can put sand into the pipe and bend the pipe into the shape you want. Maybe your company has better manufacturing facilities. solid3dtech.com does provide tool to unfold developable/nondevelopable surface, you can try it.
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Anonymous
in reply to: David1974


This is a sheet-metal shape in IV2010 that flattens
using the new "Rolled" feature.


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style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
Are
you sure you want to bend a flat sheet metal into the shape you have shown? It
may be feasible if you split the "pipe" into two pieces, then you can bend
them, and weld the two pieces together. If it is a closed pipe, it may be a
different procedure, and you can put sand into the pipe and bend the pipe into
the shape you want. Maybe your company has better manufacturing facilities.
solid3dtech.com does provide tool to unfold developable/nondevelopable
surface, you can try it.
Message 5 of 6
johnteng00
in reply to: David1974

we talked about the different problems, I can image how Inventor "unroll" the part you have shown: they just simplify the curved fillet surfaces. You can just extract the curved fillet surface alone and ask inventor to unroll. See what happens.
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Anonymous
in reply to: David1974


The curved section is just that, a rolled section.
Requires a profile to extrude/roll and a work axis.


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Space Explorer USB, release: 3.7.12 driver 6.7.11 firmware
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AVG 8.5


style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
we
talked about the different problems, I can image how Inventor "unroll" the
part you have shown: they just simplify the curved fillet surfaces. You can
just extract the curved fillet surface alone and ask inventor to unroll. See
what happens.

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