Flat pattern of curved edge

[Anonymous]

I'm currently working on an infinity pool edge and need to create a flat pattern of this lip so I can have my CNC machine cut the appropriate piece out. I can create a Flat pattern of "Body 4" easily but can't find a way to get one of "body 5".... any suggestions?

[TheCADWhisperer · Accepted solution]

Sketches are not fully defined?

(Blue geometry should keep you up at nights.)

Separate sheet metal should be as Components.

Back in a bit...

 

Do you want the vertical height here or the aligned length?

[Anonymous]

the curve needs to be 2 9/16 from the chord over an 8ft long curve.... if that makes sense. its a curved pool edge so the vertical piece will be bolted to the edge and water will flow over the angle edge

[Anonymous]

bump for any help! Really not sure why this doesn't just work but need to get things sorted so I can order materials for this job... Thanks!

[Anonymous]

updated file, everything is now constrained and happy. still can't convert to sheet metal and get a flat pattern...

[TheCADWhisperer]

Uhm, the solution was Attached to the original response yesterday.

If you need to change any of the dimensions - simply double click on the dimension.

[Anonymous]

sorry! didn't realize what you had done there but I get it now... sorta.  I looked through the timeline and get how you did everything expect the "cylindrical" and "conical" commands, I can't find those in the software at all??  

also, sorry for my lack of correct terminology here, CAD is definitely not my forte

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@Anonymous wrote:

I looked through the timeline and get how you did everything expect the "cylindrical" and "conical" commands, I can't find those in the software at all??  

There is no "cylindrical" and "conical" command.

I simply renamed those components to facilitate communication.

[Anonymous]

ok, so are those just flanges?

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@Anonymous wrote:

ok, so are those just flanges?

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It's all recorded in the Timeline - step-by-step.

Like baking a cake from a recipe.

[Anonymous]

I understand the timeline and mostly how to use it but what I don't get is how you went from a 2 dimension sweep to a 3d component. when I click on that action in the timeline all it does is highlight the component but doesn't give me any info about what happened at that step??

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@Anonymous wrote:

I understand the timeline… …when I click on that action in the timeline all it does is highlight the component…

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Right click Edit.

[Anonymous]

tried that, edit isn't an option...??

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@Anonymous wrote:

I understand the timeline and mostly how to use it ....

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Uhmm, the Timeline is at the bottom of the screen.

Have you gone through the Learning and Documentation tutorials?

 

[Anonymous]

sorry, yes. It doesn't matter where I left click, I get the same menu:

[TheCADWhisperer]

Right!

[davebYYPCU]

For that particular icon, (Create Component) Likely there is no edit feature function.

Step along to the create offset and Thicken for the menu items to populate....

Might help.....

[Anonymous]

maybe that's what I'm missing, what do you mean by "create offset"? I don't see that in the timeline at all. sorry for all this back and forth, I have 5 of these pieces to design to fit the full length of this pool edge and they all have different dimensions so I need to know how to do this start to finish

[davebYYPCU]

My mistake, not Offset,

but Surface Extrude -> Create SM Component (activate) -> Thicken, as New Body, Convert to SM and

Sweep -> Create SM Component (activate) -> Thicken as New Body, convert to SM. 

Create Flat Patterns.

I use Create Offset a lot and misread the icons.

Might help....

[Anonymous]

so this still doesn't make sense. per your timeline which I can follow until the sheet metal:

Create sketch, create offset plane, create sketch, extrude vertical curved face, sweep angled face, magically make sheet metal???