https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/rolled-tube-in-sheet-metal/m-p/5541080#M383334 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR />@Anonymous wrote:<BR /><BLOCKQUOTE><HR />@Anonymous wrote:<BR /><BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><HR /></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Enlighten me. Please</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>In the sheet metal enviorment, thickened surfaces and converted solids are tricks to get the rookies close to a proper part</P><HR /></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I suspect that you have a lot to learn about sheet metal.&nbsp; Where are you located?&nbsp; Perhaps you could sign up for my class.</P><HR /></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Work with sheet metal every day all day, I prefer making models that look like they will when they are made by the processes the shop I design for uses.</P><P>Pretty does not do a thing for me.</P><P>You seem to have some industry knowledge and you certainly know Inventor. A lot of the questions on this forum come from students or people doing design excercises, who really cares what they look like as long as they are pretty, manufacturing them is secondary.&nbsp; Some of the convoluted solutions make me shake my head in dismay.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>But I still see no cone solution that does not use a loft</P> Sat, 14 Mar 2015 17:27:10 GMT Anonymous 2015-03-14T17:27:10Z