Surface development of truncated con

[Anonymous]

Hi, 

How I can make or generate a cone surface or a truncated pyramid? 

I have a pole and I want to find out the dimensions of the steel plate to make that pole. 

[ovidiu_paunescu]

Maybe this can help https://library.vuforia.com/articles/Solution/Cylinder-Targets-Guide

At least for calculating the dimensions of the plate that wraps around to form the truncated cone.

[Judy_S]

Hi, mihaela.maftei, 

I'm Judy from Revit Support, and I see you're looking for way to make a truncated cone in Revit. You can use the Revolve tool to create that shape. The Revit Help page called Create a Revolve will show you how to do this. 

Please let me know if this helps!

Regards,

Judy_S

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I would like to know how to create surface development of truncated con, if I already have truncated con. If it is possible to generate automatically, I'm currently drawing with the Detail Lines, I need to know the dimensions of the steel plate from which the truncated con will be made to send it to the factory.

[ovidiu_paunescu · Accepted solution]

You can manually compute the size of the unfolded sheet by using the instructions in the link i shared above (towards the end of the article).

You can also do it in Inventor

https://youtu.be/N-dX2qd3rCQ