Wrapping surface around angled cylinder

[sales23]

Hi,

Could anyone help me wrap a surface around an angled cylinder please?

I've tried projecting sketches from various angles but just can't seem to get the projections to work correctly. I end up with eclipses rather than a natural curve on the surface.

The imagine should explain what I'm trying to do better than I can.

The sketch is the direction the surface needs to come off at. I know It's not in the correct position, just for guidance.

Thanks in advance!!

Chris

[g-andresen]

Hi,

 are you looking for something like this?

günther

[sales23]

Hi, thanks for the reply.

I need the surface to hit the bar vertically like in my picture, then, wrap around the angled bar ( 90 degree wrap) and come of horizontally.

Hope this makes sense?

[TrippyLighting]

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@sales23 wrote:
Hi, thanks for the reply.

I need the surface to hit the bar vertically like in my picture, then, wrap around the angled bar ( 90 degree wrap) and come of horizontally.

Hope this makes sense?

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That would be a 180 degree wrap 😉

The very first thing I'd start with is clean, fully defined (constrained and dimensioned) sketches.

[sales23]

Yes, 180 degrees, sorry, was thinking about the surface coming off the cylinder.

As for fully defined sketches, not really necessary for a simple bar. Even if it was fully defined, it still wouldn't solve the wrap. The sketch coming off horizontally is only there to show what I'm trying to achieve, not for making the surface from, so no need to define that.

Cheers

[TrippyLighting]

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@sales23 wrote:
As for fully defined sketches, not really necessary for a simple bar. 

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That might be OK, but not at your level!

Once you know hat you can get away with, maybe. 

[sales23]

Point noted!!

That looks like what I'm trying to achieve. Nice work!

I haven't got access to fusion until the morning, so can't open the file unfortunately. If you have time, would you mind explaining how you did it? Appreciate it if you don't.

Thanks

[TrippyLighting · Accepted solution]

Here is another one which is more accurate and simpler to model with the sheet metal tools.

With "more accurate" I mean, if you unwrap it, the sheet will be a rectangle. That's not the case with the more convoluted method. If you go through the timeline and edit the steps you'll see how it was constructed.

If you still have questions, I'll create a screen cast.

[Warmingup1953 · Accepted solution]

Emboss? EDIT: I have added my rough go file.

[sales23]

That's brilliant, I'll have a look at it in the morning.

The more accurate, the better, as I need to design around the horizontal surface. So appreciate pointing it out and the extra model. Bonus if it's simpler too!

Thanks

[sales23]

That's interesting, thanks for posting! Would you mind sharing the file for it so I can see the work flow?

Thanks

[jhackney1972 · Accepted solution]

Here is my version using the Coil command and Surfaces.  It is a bit timeline intensive as I did not look for short-cuts.  Model is attached.

[Warmingup1953]

Added  to my first reply.

[sales23]

Thank you for helping @Warmingup1953 @jhackney1972 . Unfortunately, when the surfaces are unwrapped, the shape is slightly deformed. Appreciate your time though as if it was only for aesthetics, both of your suggestions would work.

I've used your sheet metal technique @TrippyLighting and it works great!! Very easy to understand and execute. Like you said, it's accurate when unwrapped too, so confident to design around it. Thank you for your time and solution!!

[TrippyLighting]

You're welcome! I've taken the liberty to click the accept solution button in my post 😉

I've done the same with @jhackney1972 and @Warmingup1953 posts. They present different and valuable techniques.

[sales23]

Cheers for doing the accept solution for everyone, as you say, they all have merits! Thanks again!!