I have a part here whichj I made by thickening the surface body. I am trying to create a flat pattern and Inventor keeps giving me a wrong pattern. Any suggessions would be highly appreciated.
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I get to this point in the flatten and it stops without any error. I think if a person creates the cone portion first, does the thicken and convert to Sheet-Metal and then does a Counture Flange for each of the lip treatments it should work.
Just tried doing that. After I create the sketch and try to do the contour flange, I cannot select the edge where I want the flange to start from. Since it is a pseudo edge instead of an actual edge, I am assuming it cannot be selected for a flange.
Then do it as a lofted flange with straight sections .1 long on each side. If anyone thinks that .1 will make a difference in the part as made, ask the guy on the shop floor and listen to him laugh.
Like has been said many times before if you want a sheet metal part, do it in sheet metal. Yes I know it is easy to do it as a solid but converting it does not work.
Does anyone else get a crash by selecting a certain face (see attached), before creating the flat pattern?
Finally the flat pattern works great after adding a contor flange to the rolled conical section and offsetting it from the face to get the notch. I was just making it more complicated by making in surface model and then converting it to sheet metal.
You beat me to it (see my attached model). You may want to stick with the surface loft + thicken because a bend line does not appear when a lofted flange produces a conic section. But I agree that the contour flange with offset is correct.
Edit: It's also worth mentioning that you don't have to start with a standard part to loft surface and thicken, then convert to sheet metal part. This can be done even if you create a new part from your sheet metal template. I prefer to avoid workflows that include converting between standard and sheet metal parts.