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Possible to roll a flat wall

bfairhurst

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I am on wildfire 4 and not a lot of sheetmetal experience. I have a part 5 in lg x 2 in wide x .12 in thick.
I created this as a extruded wall, the part is flat now. I would like to put a radius to it in the 5 in lenght direction
of approx 40 in radius. Is this possible as a secondary operation? I know I could have created this extruded wall
as a curve from the begining but because of the features I added they have to be added in the flat condition.
Is it possible to create the part curved then flatten it, add features, the unflatten it? thanks.
 
You can insert a round on an edge in the flat and then add a bend to your part. The round will follow along around the new bend.You should be able to add features in a flat part and then bend it or in a formed part and lay it flat. It should work both ways.
 

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