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Developable surfaces ?

CapGuy — Sun, 22 Apr 2018 15:33:51 GMT

Hello,

Is there any developable surface tool within Fusion 360 ? I did not found any stuff about this, and I need to do a funnel from a simple sheet of plastic or similar.

Say, remember when you was a little child at school, and you draw a circle on a sheet of paper, then just two lines to put off a quarter of it, the scissors and... Magic, when you roll line 1 on line 2, what a beautiful cone ! 😄

A short sample of what I try to do :

How can I make those kind of things within Fusion 360 ?

Thank you very much for your time,

Guy

Re: Developable surfaces ?

davebYYPCU — Sun, 22 Apr 2018 17:12:59 GMT

It's called Sheet Metal - have to follow a few rules, but does it in reverse as you are asking, make the model, then develope the Flat Pattern.

Might help...

Re: Developable surfaces ?

laughingcreek — Sun, 22 Apr 2018 18:14:13 GMT

There is no tool that is specifically for making develop-able surfaces. A big gaping hole in Fusions capabilities. IF you create a develop-able surface, then sheet metal will flatten it for you.