I am trying to create fabric panels for a structure that my company is developing. I am working on the 'eyelid' door and need to create a lofted flange between two arches that can be unfolded in sheet metal. All of our fabric is cut in 2D so if I can't unfold the geometry it will not be useful to me.
-I created a new assembly and removed all components that are not relevant, leaving just the two arches.
-I created two planes off of the face of each arch. (picture attached)
-I created a sketch on each plane following the desired path of the fabric.
-I created a new sheet metal part and derived the sketches from the assembly I had just created. (picture attached)
-I entered .001" for the material thickness in the sheet metal defaults.
-I then attempted to create a die formed lofted flange between the two sketches. This created a preview of the loft (picture attached) so I assumed everything was working but, when I click ok I get an error and no flange is created.
Do I need to add radii to the sketches? Do I need to change my K factor or bend radius? I've also tried various other material thicknesses and nothing else will even create a preview of the loft.
I will try to attach the sheet metal file below by breaking the link to the base component (since I derived from another assembly and I can't share all of the individual parts)... not sure if this will work.
