bending square tubing

[freddie]

i have a 4x4x.25 wall tube that i am trying to bend 30 deg. i made my relief cut but i can't get it to bend. any help would be helpful.
jeremy

[Anonymous]

It won't bend in the sense that you can start with a straight tube and then
bend it. You'll need to model the tube as bent.

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"freddie" wrote in message
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> have a 4x4x.25 wall tube that i am trying to bend 30 deg. i made my relief
cut but i can't get it to bend. any help would be helpful. jeremy

[Anonymous]

I hope I'm right, as far as I can see what you are trying to do, I would
suggest this:

Why not create a new sketch on the surface of the tube, then create an axis
at the piont where you would lik it to bend an revolve the sketch for 30 deg
around that axis.

Greetings Johnny


"Sean Dotson" wrote in message
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> It won't bend in the sense that you can start with a straight tube and
then
> bend it. You'll need to model the tube as bent.
>
> --
> Sean Dotson, PE
> http://www.sdotson.com
> Check the Inventor FAQ for most common questions
> www.sdotson.com/faq.html
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> "freddie" wrote in message
> news:f166507.-1@WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > have a 4x4x.25 wall tube that i am trying to bend 30 deg. i made my
relief
> cut but i can't get it to bend. any help would be helpful. jeremy
>
>

[Anonymous]

You might also try creating a sweep along a 3D path using a profile sketch
of your duct.
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"FonZ" wrote in message
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> I hope I'm right, as far as I can see what you are trying to do, I would
> suggest this:
>
> Why not create a new sketch on the surface of the tube, then create an
axis
> at the piont where you would lik it to bend an revolve the sketch for 30
deg
> around that axis.
>
> Greetings Johnny
>
>
> "Sean Dotson" wrote in message
> news:C9CF368F494362B59440A75962B37915@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > It won't bend in the sense that you can start with a straight tube and
> then
> > bend it. You'll need to model the tube as bent.
> >
> > --
> > Sean Dotson, PE
> > http://www.sdotson.com
> > Check the Inventor FAQ for most common questions
> > www.sdotson.com/faq.html
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > "freddie" wrote in message
> > news:f166507.-1@WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > have a 4x4x.25 wall tube that i am trying to bend 30 deg. i made my
> relief
> > cut but i can't get it to bend. any help would be helpful. jeremy
> >
> >
>
>

[Anonymous]

A simple model in INV CF.

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Laurence,

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"Sean Dotson" wrote in message
news:C9CF368F494362B59440A75962B37915@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> It won't bend in the sense that you can start with a straight tube and
then
> bend it. You'll need to model the tube as bent.
>
> --
> Sean Dotson, PE
> http://www.sdotson.com
> Check the Inventor FAQ for most common questions
> www.sdotson.com/faq.html
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> "freddie" wrote in message
> news:f166507.-1@WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > have a 4x4x.25 wall tube that i am trying to bend 30 deg. i made my
relief
> cut but i can't get it to bend. any help would be helpful. jeremy
>
>