Tube hole pattern template printout

[final_fronti]

Dear Members,

My name is JR and I am new to this forum. I have been using Fusion 360 for a few months and I must say that it is a great tool for hobby and open source projects (I used to work with Freecad). 

I am currently working on developing a small VTOL plane. I use an 80 mm PVC tube as basis for the fuselage. In this PVC tube I need to drill holes, so I can mount some brackets to it. I designed all mounting holes in a 3D model I made from the PVC pipe.

I would like to print the hole pattern on paper, so I can glue it to the outside of the PCVC tube. In this way, I can easily drill the holes on the correct locations, however, I am not sure if making such a drawing is possible?

Is this possible? If yes, can you please give me some advice to get me going. 

Thanks,

JR

[jhackney1972 · Accepted solution]

Take a look at the video to explain the process.  As I mentioned in the video, you may have to adjust the tangent plane and/or the sketch split to keep the sheet metal gap away from your holes.  The size holes is up to you, the smaller the better for drill lineup.  I used 10mm holes just for demo. 

Let me know if you have any questions.

[jhackney1972]

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[Theoforus]

Just stopping by. Learned a lot from your video. I guess if you added some cross center geometry to the holes in the drawing it would be easier to get the drilling dead center with a pilot hole first. 

I am just amazed by you helpful guys at this forum. So helpful and patient with us newbies. Have a nice day. 

[final_fronti]

Dear John,

Thanks for your reply and accompanying video, it really helped my to be able to continue with my project.

Thanks,

JR