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Can I show an alternate condition of a part?

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Anonymous
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Can I show an alternate condition of a part?

Below is a view of a grill screen that will be bent into this restrained
shape when it is welded into its weld assembly. However, to do the initial
bending of the material it will just be bent straight (without the final
curvature). If I dimension it in the restrained condition, all of the
angles and distances between centers are a little different than they would
be in the unbent condition.
My question then is this. Do I really have to build another model of the
screen in its folded but unrestrained state in order to document it properly
in a drawing? Or is there a way that I am not aware of to do this in the
same model so I do not need to maintain two different files for the same
part?







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Thom
Buhler/Versatile Inc.
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Anonymous
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"Thom Rock" wrote
> Below is a view of a grill screen that will be bent into this restrained
> shape when it is welded into its weld assembly. However, to do the
initial
> bending of the material it will just be bent straight (without the final
> curvature). If I dimension it in the restrained condition, all of the
> angles and distances between centers are a little different than they
would
> be in the unbent condition.
> My question then is this. Do I really have to build another model of the
> screen in its folded but unrestrained state in order to document it
properly
> in a drawing? Or is there a way that I am not aware of to do this in the
> same model so I do not need to maintain two different files for the same
> part?

I don't thik so.
You would have to dimension the lenght of the arc and the lines, and then
dont dimension the radius and the angle betwen the lines.
But i Dont think that you can dimension the lenght of the arc in a sketch.

Brian

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