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Solid bodies how to flaten surface for print

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lekoky
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Solid bodies how to flaten surface for print

Hi. I wonder if anyone can show me how to flatten the surface of this body so I can print it out as a paper template which I would fold manually to structure the desired model. Also is there a way how I can scale up and down the finished body for the preferred size in mm? Thank you

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Message 2 of 8
lekoky
in reply to: lekoky

Here is attached the outcome I am hoping to get. 

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JDMather
in reply to: lekoky

You do not have any Bends or Rips in the part?

No thickness either?

 

JDMather_0-1639832923675.png

 


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Message 4 of 8
gmwi
in reply to: lekoky

This is just a section of your Octaball. Once you rotate the solids you can then add bends to where you need/want them.

Message 5 of 8
lekoky
in reply to: JDMather

Thank you. I will look at what you have done. Hopefully, I will be able to follow it from your file. I do not know much about Inventor. I only follow a youtube tutorial to create these shapes, a link below. But it does not give me an option afterwards to proceed with what is for me the final result - paper template. 

Message 6 of 8
lekoky
in reply to: gmwi

Thank you very much. Will open the file later and try to learn from what you have done.

Message 7 of 8
lekoky
in reply to: lekoky

Is there a simple command where I can make this ball bigger or smaller before converting it to the flatten template? Thank you

Message 8 of 8
johnsonshiue
in reply to: lekoky

Hi! You may use Direct Edit -> Bodies -> Scale. Or, derive it to another part and specify the scale on the derived body.

Many thanks!



Johnson Shiue (johnson.shiue@autodesk.com)
Software Test Engineer

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