Hi everyone,
I am finding it surprisingly difficult to model an adjustable "zigzag" plate similar to the attached picture, and would greatly appreaciate some suggestions. Before covering my efforts, here are the fairly simple requirements for the part:
If you care, this is what I have attempted (unsusscesfully) so far:
The most relevant similar example I could find was this issue, but the nature of the zigzag plate has made it difficult to make rectangular patterns viable for me thus far. Looking forward to your thoughts and suggestions!
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Something like this?
Niels van der Veer
Inventor professional user & 3DS Max enthusiast
Vault professional user/manager
The Netherlands
@-niels- wrote:
Something like this?
Broke on my first test?
Niels van der Veer
Inventor professional user & 3DS Max enthusiast
Vault professional user/manager
The Netherlands
Hi Niels,
Thank you very much. I think that might actually work. I did not think about sketching the radius to ensure that the face would be perpendicular to the next.
I will attempt to create the part and return with feedback.
Best regards
Ok, retry... this should work better.
Niels van der Veer
Inventor professional user & 3DS Max enthusiast
Vault professional user/manager
The Netherlands
Thanks Niels,
Sketching the radius works out nicely, and the contour flange works well with rectangular pattern.
I see I'm a little late to the party, but here's my model, very similar to Niels' version, although I didn't actually use any Sheet Metal tools (except Flat Pattern).
Sam B
Inventor Professional 2018.2.1
Windows 7 SP1
Hmm. I've tried a Studio animation.
But this silly error message (see video) was a show-stopper
Walter Holzwarth
@WHolzwarth wrote:
Hmm. I've tried a Studio animation.
But this silly error message (see video) was a show-stopper
Delete the Flat Pattern.
I didn't try this, but what if you
Delete the Flat Pattern
and
Environments>Convert to Standard Part?
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