Unbending a cone?

[MichailS]

Hello

I wish to model a cone in sheet metal, and unbend it. I find no way to do so since unbending seems to suggest I have to have at least one flat region?

Any pointers as to how I should go by and do this?

Wildfire 3

Thanks a lot in advance!

/M

 

[ankarl]

Create a rip, that will give youa flat region to unfold against.


Is it a straight cone? Unbend doesnt like areas where you need to stretch or shrink the metal to shape it


regards
/Anders

 

[MichailS]

Hi

It never dawned on me that I could use surfaces that were perpendicular to the unbent surface. This worked, thanks!

 

[Orion07]

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I have an addition to this problem. I have a partial cone (see pic) which I've projected curves onto its surface. I would like to then unbend the cone with the projected curves displayed on the new flat surface. Is this possible? I've tried unsuccessfully.

The cone was created by using a boundary blend. Then, I added a thickness and used sheetmetal to unbend it. I'm using WF 3.0.