Trying to Convert to sheet Metal Successfully 2

[Magicblack]

Hi all,

I have been trying to convert this product into sheet metal successfully but have not achieved my goal yet. Solidworks converts it to sheet metal but I cannot preview the flat pattern as it says there a parts within your model which cannot be unbent.

Can any one help.

Iges attached.

 

[Magicblack]

Thanks for all the help so far, but once i adjust my revolve cut to what I need it to be it can not flatten. One way i will try is to have two files, one of the solid and then other flat where i will have to manually add the pattern/sketch lines. So basically I will achieve what I want but not as automatic as Solidworks would make it. Tricky but can be done.

Attached is the end result and the product in use.

 

[applejack2]

from what I've seen, solidworks doesn't like tricky cuts intersecting with sheet metal bends. In more industrial application, I try to keep a straight section 3x material thickness on each side of the bend.

neat application though, I would have never guessed that's how the part would be used.

 

[Enginerd9]

... in one of the screen shots, it looked like the "unbent" version of the part actually created an overlap. The center piece cut and formed out was larger than the actual hole it would have been cut and formed from... hence, the problem. Not physically possible.

So, it seems like SolidWorks is smart enough to catch something that isn't physically possible, rather than just being inept and creating a flat pattern which can't be manufactured in real life.

Try adjusting your center cut / form so that the material moved takes up the same or less footprint as the hole it was removed from.

Maybe someone else already caught this oversight... if so, sorry for being a troll!

Thanks!