Sheet Metal Flat Pattern is not working consistently
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Hello,
I have a work flow that HAS worked great where I use Sheet Metal components to design multi piece parts with intersecting curves. I then can make flat patterns from each of the Sheet metal components and cut on the CNC and get great results.
I have spent the last few work days battling some really weird results however where there are issues selecting the sketch line to create the first sheet metal flange also unfolding it when I am able to get it to work. I have also had Fusion freezing for very long periods of time with multiple crashes while working on this which is very unusual for my experience.
As I said above I have done this before and just recently with great success and a almost identical shape.
I thought maybe it was the use of Splines in the initial sketch instead of curves but that seems to only help some of the time. Here is a screen shot of what the unfolded components are coming out like sometimes.
Here is a link to a stripped down version of my working file that shows the strategy I am using as well as the unusable results.
I tried finding another workflow recommended on the autodesk forums for Inventor usere where they export a .stl and use Unfold command in meshmixer but had not success there either.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanyou,
-Marc
