A rolled steel part - NX6 2

[jerry1423]

Is there a way to create a solid model, starting with a flat pattern, of a part that gets rolled into a cylinder segment?
I really can't figure out an easy way to do it, some of the cut-outs are a bit funky, so simply extruding the cut-outs thru the steel cylinder doesn't work.
We have NX6 "Sheet Metal", but not "Forming/Flattening" or "Aerospace Sheet Metal"

 

[teookie]

This might not work but, you could try modeling the finished product and then flattening it into a flat pattern. There is a feature for this in the sheet metal application.

 

[cowski]

Perhaps something like this would work?

 

[JohnRBaker]

I took cowski's model, edited it so that the sheet metal software could handle it (I created a 'seam' which is exaggerated for effect), converted it to sheet metal and then flattened it (see attached model).

John R. Baker, P.E.
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To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[jerry1423]

Thanks for all the help.
NX should consider adding something for rolled parts - They have what they need already in there, and they just need to arrange it so it is seemless going from a flat pattern to the finished rolled part.

 

[JohnRBaker]

Perhaps, but in the manufacturing world there is no such thing a 'seamless' part which can be unrolled.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA

http://www.siemens.com/plm

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To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[jerry1423]

You are right.
In our case we are welding cylinder segments together.