Bend radii and thicknesses are measured from the model and maintained making this one of the easiest ways to convert any design to a sheet metal part and get a flat pattern even if you don t have any flat faces at all.
Cpmvert cylinder to sheet metal.
Outside diameter thickness x 3 1416 length of plate required inside diameter thickness x 3.
Under sheet metal parameters.
Insert bends is great for an imported model that didn t start out as sheet metal but has a constant thickness.
To develop the blank flat length for a cylinder rolled from sheet or plate is quite simple.
Outside diameter thickness x 3 1416 length of plate required inside diameter thickness x 3 1416 length of plate required.
Click convert to sheet metal 3.
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Pick the a face that will be fixed plane of the flattened sheet.
Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius.
Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature.
Essentially you should calculate the centerline arc.
Essentially you should calculate the centerline arc.
Here we have a solid body that i would like to convert into a sheet metal box then get the flat pattern to make it.
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Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part.
When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature.