Cpmvert Cylinder To Sheet Metal

To develop the blank flat length for a cylinder rolled from sheet or plate is quite simple.

Cpmvert cylinder to sheet metal.

Converting solid bodies to sheet metal. Essentially you should calculate the centerline arc. Let s start with the rules of sheet metal. As a test try to insert an axis on the cylindrical face.

Originally both a four cylinder the h2 and a v8 the h1 were available. 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. If you cannot insert an axis then the model is not an exact cylinder and cannot be unfolded. I have a rectangular piece of steel 25 692 l 1 600 h 048 t that i want to bend fully to create a cylinder.

Which means regardless where the model geometry originates you can convert it to sheet metal add sheet metal features and generate the flat pattern. Autodesk inventor allows for converting models to sheet metal. Outside diameter thickness x 3 1416 length of plate required inside diameter thickness x 3. Rule 1 you must have a consistent thickness.

Pick the a face that will be fixed plane of the flattened sheet. I would be very grateful for any advice or alternative methods that i could use. However sheet metal parts created with the lofted bends feature avoid. If you don t have the sheet metal tab open right click in the area where the 1 arrow points then click sheet metal.

I understand that there are other simple ways of creating cylinders but the reason i started like this was because it s easier for me to put holes into a flat surface rather than a curved one. I figure this should be an easy thing to do in solidworks but i have little experience with the sheet metal portion and cannot figure it out. Thanks for your time dan. I want to effectively roll the sheet up.