I have a sheetmetal part converted from a 3d part via a shell that i want to unfold along a bend, but it's telling me there is no bend.

Anonymous — Sat, 24 Oct 2020 02:26:54 GMT

So I'm making a bicycle frame to be made from laser cut sheet metal, and I need to convert the sides into a foldable sheet metal, but when I convert the part it tells me that there is no bend in the part, when there clearly is a bend.... I tried getting around this by copying the faces and then making a sheet metal part that is a face, a section to replace the bend that fusion 360 is not detecting as a bend, but it's a bit messy and the part I get at the end of it isn't the part that I need, since it doesn't fit perfectly and I need a perfect fit because I can't afford to get a second cut made because I am genuinely too poor to be able to afford any mistakes.

Is there a way to convert a 3d part to a sheet metal and input some manual bends that will be IDENTICAL to the bends that I already have in. The part is bent more than 180 degrees, so initially I had trouble getting the bend down correctly, and ended up making 2 bends, but when the parts are assembled they are distorted very strangely and I don't know why they're so misaligned, and they are not misaligned in any normal sense as they appear to be fundamentally distorted when I attempt to make an assembly of the two. As in part that seem perfectly straight and symmetrical when placed in an assembly together seem to be totally warped.

The obvious way to get around the problem is to make 2 shells from a solid which I have done, and the longer upper ring seems to be perfectly fine, and can be unfolded, but the sides of the frame do not convert successfully to an un-foldable part and I don't see why this should be the case.

It's saying the sheet metal is not connected to any folds.

Re: I have a sheetmetal part converted from a 3d part via a shell that i want to unfold along a bend, but it's telling me there is no bend.

Anonymous — Sat, 24 Oct 2020 03:40:29 GMT

Found the issue but no solution other than starting over.

Re: I have a sheetmetal part converted from a 3d part via a shell that i want to unfold along a bend, but it's telling me there is no bend.

g-andresen — Sat, 24 Oct 2020 09:36:21 GMT

Hi,

without seeing the sheet metal part with the desired additional bends, indications are not possible.
Please share the design.

Günther

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I have a sheetmetal part converted from a 3d part via a shell that i want to unfold along a bend, but it's telling me there is no bend.

Re: I have a sheetmetal part converted from a 3d part via a shell that i want to unfold along a bend, but it's telling me there is no bend.

Re: I have a sheetmetal part converted from a 3d part via a shell that i want to unfold along a bend, but it's telling me there is no bend.