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Rolled Tapered tubes in Sheet Metal

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deedub777

Mechanical
Feb 13, 2012
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Not sure why the thread was closed however, here's my solution to the problem.

- Create the tapered tube using lofted flange with a straight seam
- Create flat solid
- Use synchronous to move the edge (for twisted seam)
- Create flat pattern.

Part attached is NX10.
 
 http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=6978fa21-47d8-4e24-86c7-c4ea4573dcd3&file=TaperedTube.prt
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