how to flatpattern a elbow in sheetmetal

[adeshmukh]

i want to flat a elbow in sheetmetal to measured it's development length?

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[BenLoosli · Accepted solution]

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.

[Dan_Harlan]

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.

[adeshmukh]

it's circular section.

Also I have to show bending lines in part as well as in drafting

[ClintWalton]

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