Surface development

[andrew]

Generate flat pattern of surfaces with compound curvature.

Applicable to any sheet material.

[MuchlisP]

this feature is search by an sheet metal industry,, they want to know when they design a cap of lamp what thickness are best so they don't need to trial and get some error ,,

i ever see it in SW maybe inventor can add this feature to solve the problem in sheet metal industry

thanks

muchlis

Application Engineer

PT Sarana Solusindo Informatika

Indonesia

[stevec781]

Ability to flatten non developable surface/parts and show strain plot

[pcrawley]

Absolutely needed.  Even if the results contain a % error allowance for material behaviour.

[jletcher]

No they just need to finish buying SPI instead of renting a section of it for unfolding..

http://sheetmetalinventor.com/en/202/spi_sheetmetal_inventor_

[andrew]

SPI looks a nice tool for unrolling plate. It does not appear to address shell expansion.

http://www.ssi-corporate.com/product-services/products/hull

[dan_szymanski]

Accepted idea [676]. Thanks!

[scottmoyse]

This has just been added to SolidWorks 2015... just to add a bit more pressure to get it into Inventor. 

[jdchakes]

yes surface development in inventor would be extremely helpfull!!

[jdchakes]

also once plate is developed it would be helpfull to get a plot of strain over the surface to check how easy it would be to develop/ if the plate needs to be subdivided.

[gavbath]

This would be a great enhancement. I wonder if the ExactFlat guys would be keen to be acquired.

[dan_szymanski]

Idea Accepted as [676].  Thanks!

[dan_szymanski]

Idea added to backlog for future consideration [676]. Thanks!

[Aadithya01]

Hey Guys,

It would be good if the flatten surface feature is brought into Inventor . Already our competitors are having it for a long time eg: Solidworks ... 

Please look at the below image 

[dan_szymanski]

Accepted idea [676]. Thanks!

[andrew_faix]

Thanks to everyone that contributed to this conversation so far.  We are having some more detailed-level discussions on this topic under NDA on the Inventor Beta Forums.  If you'd like to participate, please visit: 

https://bit.ly/InventorBeta

[dan_szymanski]

This idea has been implemented within Autodesk Inventor 2020. A new Unwrap command allows you to obtain a flat surface from any set of continuous faces. Unwrap lets you flatten nearly any shape into a surface that can be saved or exported in different formats. Special thanks to everyone who cast a vote for it.

[nrosati]

@dan_szymanski Are there any plans to show the strain plot or be able to see what the calculated strain is for the generated surface?