Need Help! Cannot Flatten a Curved Plywood Part!
@jakeQH7X4 wrote:Okay, I have figured this one out. I unwrapped the top and bottom face, alligned them as necessary then lofted the sketches to eachother using guiderails. I believe this is the solution!
That's not a good solution...
This is a better solution:
(File attached, just add the chamfer If you want... anyway, I don't believe that part with no chamfer could make any difference for the final result, i would cut it with no chamfer. since is such a tiny angle....)
Note: unrap method is not accurate comparing with sheet metal unfold
Analyzing the part... this is not a chamfer, since it will vary across the part.
Question one:
Do you have a cut machine that cut variable chamfers across the same part's edge?!!
I believe not.
Again, I suggest cutting the part first like a normal sheet metal piece, and later you have to do some additional work (if needed) to mount the part with others.
I select the representative face (upper) and add the Thickness you need: 12mm
In this case, the (what we have been calling chamfer, but isn't, is a variable surface) will disappear.
From there we can flat the part, so the software will calculate the flat Pattern.
Next, we can continue the work, add chamfers, etc.
Hi!
The flat you need is the file:
Intersct_Final_Result_Flat_Pattern.ipt
This part is the intersection between:
- the file based on the flat pattern (based on top, the bigger side)
- the file based on theflat pattern (based on the bottom, smaller side)
These two files were placed in an assembly and the final part was created in the assembly context, mixing both in the final result using references from both files.
May be too complex to understand, but the result is solid.
This is not a traditional Flat pattern case, since the sides are not a pure chamfer, and sometimes the software cannot solve the flat pattern. Sometimes we have to do more work to achieve the final result. This is a workaround, but the result will be good enough to produce part correctly.
