When doing a flat pattern in lofted bend sheet metal part how do you get just one bend line for the bends. for instance we are doing a gutter system that has a 1/8" drop in the center every foot. The gutter is 36" wide with sides and a lip on both sides. see attached file
Thank you
What I mean is instead of having the double bend in the center with 2 bend lines having one bend line coming up. When the bend notes come up it says
bend 5.5° sharp instead of 11° radius 3/16". it is a piece when bent has one bend in the center not 2 as it shows in drawing when making a flat pattern.
the other bends also come up with different bend lines and notes depending on how you set it up in the properties in the loft bend settings.
The drawing I get from your part file gives me a single bend line in the center with a callout of: Down 1.00° Sharp. Odd...
I just encountered this, do not create the part as a sheet metal loft...create it as a lofted boss and then convert to sheet metal.
Any questions let me know!
Not 100% sure what you're asking for here. Your part, and it's flat pattern look correct. The double line you see is because there are two bends close together to allow for the compound angle.