Cannot create unfolded drawing of a sheet metal part

Cannot create unfolded drawing of a sheet metal part

csongor.varga
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Cannot create unfolded drawing of a sheet metal part

csongor.varga
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I have a drawing with loads on sheet metal parts and I need to create a drawing showing the bend lines.

This is the part I need, as you can see it is a sheet metal part:

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It is also possible to unfold, so I think it is designed correctly:

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When I select new drawing from design, I pick this part. I have seen in videos that it was possible to specify here if I want the folded, or unfolded version, but it is not available here:

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If I go ahead, I can insert the model into the drawing, the representation remains model and is it read only:

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When I press OK, I get the border of the view, but the model disappears, nothing can be seen. Also if I try to add a bend table, Fusion says that the drawing does not contain bend information. It appears as if the model is not added to the drawing:

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I am not sure what I have done wrong. Of steps that I forgot to do.

 

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csongor.varga
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Small correction. The model is there is the view, the box was actually the view of the model. Now I added the tangent lines and also a detailed view:

 

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But it is still not unfolded and the bend table cannot be added (same message as above).

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jeff_strater
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I think I understand the issue you are having.  It is the difference between "Unfold":

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and "create flat pattern":

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Unfold is a temporary modeling operation, in the folded version of the design, to allow you to, say, make a circular cut across a bend in your sheet metal component.  The workflow is:  unfold, do some modeling, then refold.  However, creating a flat pattern is a separate representation of the component, in its fully unfolded state.  It is a mode in the Design workspace, to view the flat pattern.  And, Drawings will let you choose the folded component, or the flat pattern, when making  a drawing view.  If you choose the flat pattern, you should have access to the bend table.

 


Jeff Strater
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csongor.varga
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Thanks @jeff_strater, it all makes sense now. For those who are visual, once I generated the flat pattern, I can see the flat pattern in the hierarchy, and from that point, I could pick the representation in the Create Drawing pop-up.

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And bend table is also added to the drawing.