https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-support-forum/sheet-metal-tool-quot-create-flat-pattern-quot-doesn-t-flatten/m-p/13032388#M10708 <P>Can tell you why it's not working, found the fix.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="ctwdb.PNG" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1411441i94DAB88CFE815222/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="ctwdb.PNG" alt="ctwdb.PNG" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Mirror command is joining across the mirror plane the big end faces, and not joining the small end faces.&nbsp; (Super small alignment error)</P><P>Maybe the separate sketches used for the side and small end bends, don't know.</P><P>Could even come down to patterned blue sketch articles that are not fully constrained (horizontal / vertical) to get the angle error in message 2.&nbsp; Means the bend lines at short end <STRONG>are not square to</STRONG> the mirror plane.</P><P>Yup.&nbsp; Talked myself into it.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="ctwdb1.PNG" style="width: 937px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1411443i0BD0C49CE01A6F2F/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="ctwdb1.PNG" alt="ctwdb1.PNG" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Might help...</P> Fri, 20 Sep 2024 04:05:57 GMT davebYYPCU 2024-09-20T04:05:57Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-support-forum/sheet-metal-tool-quot-create-flat-pattern-quot-doesn-t-flatten/m-p/13032075#M10706 <P>I cant figure out what I'm doing wrong. "Sled Base" 'Body 1'&nbsp; folds flat pre-"mirror" command, but after "mirror" command, one end doesn't fold down.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I have combined the mirrored bodies into one body, yet still the solution evades me.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Any help is appreciated!</P> Thu, 19 Sep 2024 22:27:30 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-support-forum/sheet-metal-tool-quot-create-flat-pattern-quot-doesn-t-flatten/m-p/13032075#M10706 jaydenDSK7A 2024-09-19T22:27:30Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-support-forum/sheet-metal-tool-quot-create-flat-pattern-quot-doesn-t-flatten/m-p/13032257#M10707 <P>Just a quick look<span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="nonplanar.PNG" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1411421i473B6E914A1616A7/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="nonplanar.PNG" alt="nonplanar.PNG" /></span></P> Fri, 20 Sep 2024 01:21:45 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-support-forum/sheet-metal-tool-quot-create-flat-pattern-quot-doesn-t-flatten/m-p/13032257#M10707 Warmingup1953 2024-09-20T01:21:45Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-support-forum/sheet-metal-tool-quot-create-flat-pattern-quot-doesn-t-flatten/m-p/13032388#M10708 <P>Can tell you why it's not working, found the fix.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="ctwdb.PNG" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1411441i94DAB88CFE815222/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="ctwdb.PNG" alt="ctwdb.PNG" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Mirror command is joining across the mirror plane the big end faces, and not joining the small end faces.&nbsp; (Super small alignment error)</P><P>Maybe the separate sketches used for the side and small end bends, don't know.</P><P>Could even come down to patterned blue sketch articles that are not fully constrained (horizontal / vertical) to get the angle error in message 2.&nbsp; Means the bend lines at short end <STRONG>are not square to</STRONG> the mirror plane.</P><P>Yup.&nbsp; Talked myself into it.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="ctwdb1.PNG" style="width: 937px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1411443i0BD0C49CE01A6F2F/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="ctwdb1.PNG" alt="ctwdb1.PNG" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Might help...</P> Fri, 20 Sep 2024 04:05:57 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-support-forum/sheet-metal-tool-quot-create-flat-pattern-quot-doesn-t-flatten/m-p/13032388#M10708 davebYYPCU 2024-09-20T04:05:57Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-support-forum/sheet-metal-tool-quot-create-flat-pattern-quot-doesn-t-flatten/m-p/13036658#M10709 Thank you!! This helped me to fix it. I constrained (perpendicular) the blue sketch line you have highlighted to the purple line and it all sorted itself out.<BR /><BR />Much appreciated. Sun, 22 Sep 2024 16:09:26 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-support-forum/sheet-metal-tool-quot-create-flat-pattern-quot-doesn-t-flatten/m-p/13036658#M10709 jaydenDSK7A 2024-09-22T16:09:26Z