How to flattern curved surface to machine
Once flattened and cut out of sheet metal (I assume), how do you want to get the part into the spherical shape?
@hugo_gomesRVA54 wrote:
There's a base structure made of wood. This element will be cutted from a 3mm polycarbonate sheet and fixed to the structure.
Right, and after cutting out the shape, the polycarbonate sheet is flat. What method are you going to use to shape it into the spherical form?
Are you going to heat it?
The shape is non-developable so there are no native tools in Fusion to flatten it.
A workflow using Autodesk Mesh mixer exists. That involves exporting the shape as a mesh, flatten it in Meshmixer and then creating a .svg from that , which describes the perimeter of the shape. That .svg can then be re-imported into Fusions, or perhaps sent directly to the laser cutter (preferably after checking that this is still to scale).
However, when flattening a non-developable object, stretching and/or compression must happen. You might be able to flatten it in CAD< but the resulting geometry might not match what you are trying to achieve with your manufacturing method. Some manual adjustments to the flattened =geometry might be necessary.
@TheCADWhisperer wrote:
@TrippyLighting wrote:then creating a .svg from that , which describes the perimeter of the shape. That .svg can then be re-imported into Fusion...
Is there an advantage to creating a.svg rather than merely exporting the *.stl of the Unwrap in Meshmixer and importing that back into Fusion?
I have no idea!
I only know these workflows exist, and I know you have a YouTube tutorial explaining the workflow.
Given your question, I think it is safe to assume that it doesn't contain any .svg conversion and there isn't an advantage to it.
