This is not good, unfolding

[Anonymous]

It is taking 10 to 20 minuts to unfold this part what is up with that. Did not do this in 2009. I have over 200 parts I can not take this long to unfold I will never get this done at this rate. Cannot post file to large But this is not good.

64bit xp

16gigs ram

[JDMather]

>Cannot post file to large

Did you roll up the EOP before zipping?

The limit is much larger over here http://www.augi.com

[Anonymous]

No JD I have forgot all about that because I am so pissed. Thanks here you go.

[JDMather]

Flattened very quickly on my machine. But I think I would model that part quite differently - the file size is far too large for that simple part.

[Anonymous]

Has suface on it thats why its big need the cockpit in here as a base. I can redo if wanted but don't want to hard to explain why but if you seen it you may understand. I wonder if my add in of SPI is making it not unfold. It seems to only be a few of them some are unfolding faster but six are not. I will uninstall and try it. If not and I only have a few can you help me unfold them so I can get this done till I figure out why. I will send a picture of this darn thing after I get back from lunch I will leave on unfolding and see if it unfolds.

[mcgyvr]

Also flattened in the blink of an eye on my machine. Turn off/unload your SPI addin and try again.

[Anonymous]

Are you all 64 bit? Unistalled SPI still no luck. Tried on two other machines same issue.

[JDMather]

>Has suface on it thats why its big need the cockpit in here as a base.

I saw that - I think I would only derive that which is needed to define the part. I use Thicken - surface zero for this. You should also look into Multi-body solids in 2010. Very slick.

[Anonymous]

If it helps, my 4-year old 32-bit machine with XP Pro SP3 and hacked el-cheapo ATI 128MB gaming card flattened it in less than 1 second.

[Anonymous]

Yes JD that is what I did the data you see is just a part of the big picture I only exported the surface needed. Here is a pic of the cockpit. this is not easy to make what was fiberglass to a sheet metal cockpit.

[Anonymous]

zoom in view

[Anonymous]

there is an issue but this is what drives me nuts. Ok you all unfolded fast me not a chance. So what I did is what you had to do. I moved end of part up and then back down unfolds in seconds. If I don't do that good luck. So at least it is working still an issue but can work around it so what you all think of my cockpit?

[Anonymous]

Also thank you all even if we did not find the issue you all helped thank a bunch.

[JDMather]

Next time try a Rebuild all rather than pulling EOP up and down. Be sure to post Friday Pic when you get it finished.

And if you haven't already investigated take a look at multi-body technique. I haven't used on a large assebly yet (thinking it might need to be broken down into some derived subs) and would be really interested on how the technique works on larger assemblies. I can tell you it is really great on smaller stuff.

[Anonymous]

Yes started rebuild instead. Done with the brackets thanks. Yes I am playing with it but just have not figured a way to use it for what I do. But the more I dive into it I am sure it will be a handy tool. Love the sketck blocks too. Here is the finished fiberglass pic.

[Anonymous]

And here it is all made up in the shop.