Thanks to everyone for helping out on this. I tried all of your suggestions and they worked to varying degrees. The most disappointing was the "BEND" feature. Everything looked great with that method until I tested the "parametric-ness" by changing the assembly component's blank size, that's...
Ahhh. So, the edge of my flat rectangular blank can NOT be the edge to roll from? I would have to add a line a few thousandths (.002" ?) in from the edge creating a "bend line"? That .002" would not roll, it would be a tiny flat in my cylinder and would not align perfectly with the end being...
Thanks for taking the time to reply. It seems that you both are creating a cylinder from a circular line. That's not what I am after. I have a 50" long X 3" wide X .045" thick piece of sheet metal already modeled. That model needs to have the ends brought together (or very close, eg. 359.999...
Is there a way in NX9 to roll (bend) a thin flat rectangle into a ring? 360 degrees? Even 359.999 degrees? Anything? I have not used the Sheet Metal Package at all. Trying it, but nothing seems to work? Not very intuitive. Help if you can. Thanks.
