Sheet Metal Flat Pattern for Assembly Usage

[gilsdorf_e]

Our production wants to implement multiple manufacturing strategies, so the order of bend and weld operations might change depending on the actual production line used. There are use cases, where they would need a flat pattern with weld studs on it, either as 3D model or drawing.

I'm aware of the model state functionality with "unfold" which will allow placement of a flat part into an assembly.

Most of our current models are iParts (either standard or custom), which prohibits the use of model states.

While you could think of using model states instead of standard iParts (though some have hundreds of members), this approach won't work for custom iParts, where the number of members is indefinite, which could not be handled by model states. The big advantage of custom iParts is, that they still relate to the factory, in case they need to be updated to a central design change.

So how about adding the same functionality for assembly placement as for drawing placement?

[Kent_Adoniram]

Up for this, this is actually our headache. There's a bug when we use model state for folded and unfolded. Sometimes when we edit the sheet metal, the unfolded state will become folded, so we redo the unfold command. Which is a headache when it comes to tons of sheet metal.