how to flatpattern a elbow in sheetmetal

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May 8, 2015
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i want to flat a elbow in sheetmetal to measured it's development length?

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Sheet Metal Design

Best answer by BenLoosli

Sheetmetal only works on sheet types of parts, not tubes.

Your best bet is to appriximate the elbow as a sheetmetal part and flatte that.

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BenLoosli

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Sheetmetal only works on sheet types of parts, not tubes.

Your best bet is to appriximate the elbow as a sheetmetal part and flatte that.

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Dan_Harlan

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Akshay, you need to give us more detail. Is the elbow a rectangular cross section? Circular? If it's not designed for a certain way, then you will have to stretch the material when you form the flat pattern into an elbow. Calculating the allowable stretch is not something Creo can do.