Get dimension on a bent part

[jeff]

In X5, I have a chain of a part that I need to "un-bend" or un-roll and get a dimension of how long a piece of stock I would need to make the part.

How can I do this?

 

[#Rekd™]

Analyze chain?

[Guest MTB Technical Services]

Select the chain then use Analyze | Contour

 

The total length will be at the end of the report.

[jeff]

Select the chain then use Analyze | Contour

 

The total length will be at the end of the report.

 

Thanks! 

That did the trick.

[Robert Ouellette]

do a google search for bend allowance. that will explain it for you. but basically what you want is the length of the part long the middle of the thickness of the material. if you look at the length of the part along the inside and outside edges of the part you will see that they are not the same. so you need to offset the inside or outside of the part by half the thickness of your material. that will be the length of your blank before bending. there is a formula you will find online that will calculate it based on bend radius and the length of each leg of the bend. have fun. it is easy once you figure it out.

[Guest MTB Technical Services]

do a google search for bend allowance. that will explain it for you. but basically what you want is the length of the part long the middle of the thickness of the material. if you look at the length of the part along the inside and outside edges of the part you will see that they are not the same. so you need to offset the inside or outside of the part by half the thickness of your material. that will be the length of your blank before bending. there is a formula you will find online that will calculate it based on bend radius and the length of each leg of the bend. have fun. it is easy once you figure it out.

 

 

It's called the Neutral Fibre and K-Factor.

 

SPACECLAIM is very good at unfolding a dumb solid based on the proper K-Factor.