Mads Refsgaard Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 is there a way to fold out a cylinder like the way you can do it in sheet metal? I have tryed to convert the file to sheet metal, but I had no luck there. hope some one can help, and if you don´t understand my english feel free to comment/ask Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkFlayler Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 You need to have the part able to be opened. Right now you have a full closed cylinder, how would you possibly unfold that? Also I hope this example image is for testing because I am not sure you could actually roll that from metal to well since it appears to be too thick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROBP Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 is there a way to fold out a cylinder like the way you can do it in sheet metal? I have tryed to convert the file to sheet metal, but I had no luck there. hope some one can help, and if you don´t understand my english feel free to comment/ask OD x 3.1416 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza_au Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 OD x 3.1416 O.D -1 x wall thickness x 3.1416 = mean circumference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mads Refsgaard Posted August 19, 2015 Author Share Posted August 19, 2015 so this is just at test (not metal, its plast), and it´s only for showing, (the produktion need it to see something) I know its a cloes cylinder, but I also know I can use a plane to cut the cylinder, so it´s not closed anymore. its after that I´m stuck. I´m able to make an other part where it looks like the cylinder is folded out, but it would make my days easy if I could learn how to do this in sted I´m not sure what you mean about: O.D -1 x wall thickness x 3.1416 = mean circumference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazer Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 If you want to unroll this you have to model it differently. Best way is inside the sheetmetal environment and without a closed profile, you could always convert to sheetmetal and use the rip tool to split it and unfold it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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