Trouble creating flat pattern from a 3d part

Trouble creating flat pattern from a 3d part

cargogroupfurn1
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Trouble creating flat pattern from a 3d part

cargogroupfurn1
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I am trying to extract a flat pattern from the coil I did for a grease groove in a spring pin. To create the groove I used the coil command but had to do it in 6 seperate coil commands due to the design of the geometry.

 

Can someone please assist in telling me how I can extract the flat pattern of the coil?

 

Thanks in adavance! 

 

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JDMather
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I don't think the part is manufacturable as designed.  (see intersection of Coil 3 and 4)

 

Many of your sketches are unconstrained (starting with Sketch1)?

 

If I were trying to create a flat pattern representation for some reason 

I would Derive Component as Surface Body and then Thicken desired surfaces (you will need to come up with a connection scheme to avoid disjointed bodies) Rip and Flat Pattern.


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mcgyvr
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out of curiosity..

What do you need a flat pattern for?

 



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cargogroupfurn1
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Mfg uses it for programming. 

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JDMather
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I wouldn't mark that as the solution until you have actually accomplished the techniques I (very briefly) described.

 

If it were my part - I would start over on the Sweep path for the oil groove as I believe that it can be improved and simplified.

The Derive Component would require some advanced tricks as well.


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