I have a tank that has an offset cone. ( Large diameter at
top tapering down to small diameter at the bottom but not
concentric). It is composed of plates of steel that need to weld
together to make up the complete cone.
Is there a way to unfold a lofted piece and then rip it into smaller pieces?
I have tried a sheet metal loft and then cut the loft up into smaller pieces but I cannot select an edge on the Flat-Pattern Feature that is generated by a cut. I cannot seem to be able to figure out how a rip feature works on a lofted piece. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Is there a way to unfold a lofted piece and then rip it into smaller pieces?
I have tried a sheet metal loft and then cut the loft up into smaller pieces but I cannot select an edge on the Flat-Pattern Feature that is generated by a cut. I cannot seem to be able to figure out how a rip feature works on a lofted piece. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
There is another way, though. You could use a ... well, it's kind of a mess. Check out the attached assembly.
Its a base part with a couple of surfaces (because in 07 you can't transfer sketches in base parts), and the surfaces are broken into sections representing the loft profiles of the lofted bend. The base part is put into each panel of the flattened shape, and the edges of the surface are used to loft each panel individually. Then the individual panel parts are put back together into an assembly. The good think about this is that the base part drives the shape and layout of the whole thing. There are several bad things about this, but I think it is the only way you can show individual panels formed and flat.