Believe it or not I have still not found a way to make use of Solidworks at all when it comes to duct work and transitions. I have given up on the elbow and now I can't even seem to get a simple offset round duct to work. I am pretty sure Solidworks was not the right software for our company...
in sheetmetal to make a 90degree turn in ductwork you need to piece different segments of rolled steel together to make a 90degree turn
see link for an example.
http://www.indelco.com/c-2345-pvc-fabricated-3-piece-90-elbow--soc.aspx
Joe Rings CSWA
I would love to be able to do this in Solidworks. I am sure it could do it just haven't had the time. we currently use Sigmanest Develop to do these flat layouts for us and they work pretty well. Anyone else ever done a mitered elbow in Solidworks sheetmetal?
Joe Rings CSWA
Thanks, but SIgmanest wants to charge an additional $2950.00 to be able to directly import s/w files. I am trying to get around the 3k they want. I think that is a bit steep!!
I am new to sheetmetal in S/W 2006. We have a high def. Plasma cutter and use Sigmanest to put our parts into the plasma computer. In order for us to do this I have to convert my S/W drawing flatlayout to a .dwg. I have been doing this manually or with S/W task-scheduler. Has anyone made a...