flattening out a solid radius

[cfrydawg]

I will try this weekend seems easy hahhaha

[cfrydawg]

Hey i get it pretty far in inventor but im really not that great at inventor.

I was wondering if you could do a vedio of you converting this and put it on youtube?

I dont know if thats too much to ask you guys have allways been such great help on this sight. Its good to know there are people like this in the world still.

Here is my 2 files I want to flatten in auto cad format

oh and inventor kept giving me errors when trying to flatten about my sheetmetal only has one side really weird. still learing that program its very hard. not like any other program i use.

[cfrydawg]

here it is in a ipt file as well

[kencaz]

Inventor would be much simpler... Here is a quick video on it...

[JD Mather]

...oh and inventor kept giving me errors when trying to flatten about my sheetmetal only has one side really weird.

You should attach file that returns error so that someone can tell you where you went wrong.
In my experience beginners pick up Inventor much more quickly than AutoCAD. (so how is it harder?)
In my experience some people have great difficulty in learning any new CAD program if they are already proficient in one.

[cfrydawg]

Not sure how to awnser that i picked up autocad so easy and i was using a program called mastercam before that. its the only software i have had a problem on.

[scj]

Here is an AutoCAD-solution of your problem.
(please notice, that the circular holes become polygons in the unrolling process)
Regards
Jochen

[cfrydawg]

Thanks soooo much. im trying to do the other side now. when i try to unfold it does not let me highlight anything? did you have this problem?