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Flat pattern does not work

EmreYucel34 — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 13:05:25 GMT

Hello, I was designing with sheet metal, I wanted to open it with flat pattern, but it didn't happen, what could I have done wrong, I have my element tree, what mistake did I make in the screenshot, but I can't open it, can you help me with this issue? Thanks in advance

Re: Flat pattern does not work

James_Willo — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 13:26:59 GMT

Hi, I'm not sure what we're looking at here. Is that an edit-in-place operation?
If not, the reason is because you have too many bodies going on, you can only create a flat pattern of a single body.

Oh, actually I can just about make out the error message. This is the exact reason, you are in multibody, you need to use make component to push that part into a new part as a single body so you can flatten it. You may need to reapply your sheet metal defaults to get it to flatten the new file.

Re: Flat pattern does not work

kacper.suchomski — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:14:45 GMT

You cannot create a flat pattern when:

In multi-body mode
In an assembly environment (editing)

In the first case,create a derived part with one body. A flat pattern is not nesting - it only supports one body.

In the second case, open the part in a separate window.