Pinwheel Petal

[mkzler]

I am trying to figure out how the create a bend for something like a pinwheel "petal". The flat part is a right triangle with one of the acute corners bent back to the 90 degree corner. I want to bend the part in a form that looks similar to the curve I have sketched in the image below. Any ideas? Thanks. MikeView attachment 4921


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[mstols]

You can do that using the spinal bend.View attachment 4922

 

[mkzler]

Is it possible to use a spinal blend in sheetmetal mode? I want to create this as a sheetmetal part so that I can flatten it at the end.

I actualyly managed to do it by using several different bends with different radii and bend angles. Not sure if this is the best way. I'm curious if anyone has other ideas.

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[mstols]

For sheetmetal I would create the part with an sheetmetal extrude. then unbend the entire part. Create the cut to give you the triangelar shape and then use the bend back feature

 

[mkzler]

Thanks for the tip...that is a much more simple technique that will be easier to control and modify!< id="gwProxy" ="">< ="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" =""><div id="ref"></div>