Trim curved sheet metal to conical surface

[JJarbeau]

Hello 

I am drawing a fan wheel. The fan blade is curved intersects the shroud, consisting of two cones. I do not know how to trim the blade to the cones. I tried to "split" the blade at the cones and then "delete face" but then the "Go to flat pattern" section on the ribbon is missing. If I suppress the "delete face" feature the "Go to flat pattern" re-appears.

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Best regards

[CCarreiras · Accepted solution]

Hi!

If you delete the faces, you will open the solid and you get only a surface, so... no solid, no sheet metal... no flat pattern.

Instead split faces, split the solid: use the cone surface as "Split tool" and select the direction that you want to remove material.

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