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DCllc1-Visitor
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April 26, 2018
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Sheet Metal Flatten - New to Creo

  • April 26, 2018
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Hello, 

 

I have managed to get as far as converting the part to sheet metal, but I am having trouble with the 'Flatten' feature so I can add it to my MFR drawing. See attached for reference.

Note: I tried using rounds on the 'step' portion with no difference.  

Thank you for the help. 

 

Best,

DC

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BenLoosli23-Emerald III
23-Emerald III
April 26, 2018

That part is not a viable candidate for the flatten process.

Sheet metal parts that can be flattened are those that are produced on a press brake.

They must also be uniform thickness. You have the smaller tube inside the larger tube and that makes the wall thickness non-uniform.

With a part that small you will not see deformation even in a rolling operation, so construct the flat pattern from extracted edge lengths of the round sections.

 

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DCllc1-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
April 26, 2018

Thank you, BenLoosli

Couple of follow ups-

1. So any part that would need some sort of mandrel create a 360deg, tube like bend would not be able to flatten?

2. Your suggesting to essentially make a separate part that is a 'flattened' version? 

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BenLoosli23-Emerald III
23-Emerald III
April 27, 2018

Yes and yes

 

Not the best way, but it fits within the limitations of the software.

IF PTC allowed multiple solid bodies, then it could be in a single part file.

Another option would be to make a 2D sketch of the flattened model in your same file on a different layer.

 

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