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How do I unfold STP files like these?

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‎10-06-2014 12:42 AM

How do I unfold STP files like these?

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‎10-06-2014 12:42 AM

I just started using Inventor and I have a problem with unfolding. Customers usually send us STEP files that they want us to unfold and cut out in sheet metal. But sometimes it doesn't want to unfold. How do I unfold and make flat patterns out of files like this? 

I've made the thickness the same but other than that I don't know. Sure I can redraw it in sheet metal but there has to be another way. I can't redraw every single file that they send us. It takes too long. 

F313037 PRT-2003077 D COVER_BRACKET_LEFT.stp
F313038 PRT-2003078 D COVER_BRACKET_RIGHT.stp
F1001264 PRT-2003599 B WIRE_PLATE.stp
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‎10-06-2014 12:42 AM

How do I unfold STP files like these?

I just started using Inventor and I have a problem with unfolding. Customers usually send us STEP files that they want us to unfold and cut out in sheet metal. But sometimes it doesn't want to unfold. How do I unfold and make flat patterns out of files like this? 

I've made the thickness the same but other than that I don't know. Sure I can redraw it in sheet metal but there has to be another way. I can't redraw every single file that they send us. It takes too long. 

F313037 PRT-2003077 D COVER_BRACKET_LEFT.stp
F313038 PRT-2003078 D COVER_BRACKET_RIGHT.stp
F1001264 PRT-2003599 B WIRE_PLATE.stp
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salariua
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‎10-06-2014 01:43 AM

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‎10-06-2014 01:43 AM

I used delete face with heal option to get rid of the punch. Se attached.

 

 Wire plate has no folds.

 

2.jpg

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I used delete face with heal option to get rid of the punch. Se attached.

 

 Wire plate has no folds.

 

2.jpg

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‎10-06-2014 01:48 AM

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‎10-06-2014 01:48 AM
Sorry but I can't open the attachment. I get an error message.
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Sorry but I can't open the attachment. I get an error message.
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‎10-06-2014 01:54 AM

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‎10-06-2014 01:54 AM

I am using 2015.

 

Some images maybe.

 

3.jpg

 

4.jpg

 

5.jpg

 

6.jpg

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I am using 2015.

 

Some images maybe.

 

3.jpg

 

4.jpg

 

5.jpg

 

6.jpg

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‎10-06-2014 02:02 AM

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‎10-06-2014 02:02 AM

Ah, I see what you did there. But since my Inventor skills are at a basic level I'll simplify it. I removed that part just by cutting it away and then replacing it in 3D sketch and then I could fold it out. Hopefully they will send us some sort of tools we can use for pressing the material the way they want it to be. Other than that I don't know how we'll do it. 

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Ah, I see what you did there. But since my Inventor skills are at a basic level I'll simplify it. I removed that part just by cutting it away and then replacing it in 3D sketch and then I could fold it out. Hopefully they will send us some sort of tools we can use for pressing the material the way they want it to be. Other than that I don't know how we'll do it. 

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‎10-06-2014 02:30 AM

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‎10-06-2014 02:30 AM

Even if sometimes it takes longer I would do it this way. Remodeling can add unwanted human errors.

 

 

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Even if sometimes it takes longer I would do it this way. Remodeling can add unwanted human errors.

 

 

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