Sheet metal part out of loft .. ?
Can i make a sheet metal part out of my loft ? or is there an other tool for it ??
hope somebody can help me :)
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So as we speak , the sheet metal parts are on the laser :) , it was a small struggle ...
For those how want to know.
On the side of the loft i have made a 3d sketch ( convert entities ) open a new part paste , Sketch with surface fill.
Flatten surface on the flatten surface a new sketch.
Copy to new file paste, convert to sheet metal, sketched bend voor bending the part, same as for the other side of the loft and tata ... :)
when i have to do it again, for now it wil take me half a hour to take out the dxf out of the loft.
Ill think job well done !!
I still hope that there is simple way to do it, For those how comment thanks for thinking !!
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You can't convert non-planar faces into sheet metal using the "Convert to Sheet Metal" feature.
Dear Alex, all corners are curved ... there is no way to put curved corners on a press brake. I think you can only weld this.
As Stef has pointed out, to make a real world sheetmetal fabrication of this, you need to model it as 3 separate panels and produce the completed item by making an assembly. The bottom panel is made from a flat sheet that will be curved by passing it through a sheet metal rolling machine, so this would be modeled using sheetmetal tools so a flat pattern can easily be created, the other 2 panels can be sheetmetal or ordinary part files.
I have always found it best to model items that will go together as per the real world item.
