there is 1 quite significant mistake in this video, if you follow everything to the letter in this vid, the flat pattern will actually be smaller (parallel lines of the flat pattern), just as @Pintobike commented, and that is because the K-factor value during the conversion to sheet metal (@3:22) is left at 0.5, change it to 1 and you get a sheet metal flat pattern that is true!
@glenthemann If you have complex fish mouth trims on the ends of each tube it can be difficult to dimension the trim properly for fabrication. Doing it this way means you can print it out and paste it to the physical tube.
@cvandy3 an easier way to do this, is to simply download this software called "tubemiter', its available for both mac and windows. just put in the values, OD, ID, and the included angle, and just hit print.
@Pintobike We were having the same problem. We figured out that if you set the K-factor to 1 when you initially turn the tube into a sheet metal part (create the bend), the final dimensions are correct.
Great video. You go through the process well. Have you come across the problem of the 'Auto Balloons' don't call out all the tube members? I did a tube frame with a cut list. I only made one auto balloon and not one for each tube piece. Can't figure out why!
1:23 if i don't know what component the arrow's pointing to, i can't drag its tip to find out what component it is, since i'll be allowed to drag its tip anywhere i want, not only over the right part.
When I flatten the tube, it lays it out, but the width is taken from the innder diameter not the outer one... Example I have a 1" tube diameter. I flatten the tube, but the width is well below 3.14" (around 2.9 or something). HELP!
Thanks for the video, I'm just wondering why would you flatten tubes into sheet metal? Surely anyone building a frame is going to do it from already formed tubing and cut the ends as necessary right? Or is this truly the only way to properly illustrate the curves and bends in the tube?
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there is 1 quite significant mistake in this video, if you follow everything to the letter in this vid, the flat pattern will actually be smaller (parallel lines of the flat pattern), just as @Pintobike commented, and that is because the K-factor value during the conversion to sheet metal (@3:22) is left at 0.5, change it to 1 and you get a sheet metal flat pattern that is true!
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@glenthemann If you have complex fish mouth trims on the ends of each tube it can be difficult to dimension the trim properly for fabrication. Doing it this way means you can print it out and paste it to the physical tube.
@cvandy3 an easier way to do this, is to simply download this software called "tubemiter', its available for both mac and windows. just put in the values, OD, ID, and the included angle, and just hit print.
@Pintobike
We were having the same problem. We figured out that if you set the K-factor to 1 when you initially turn the tube into a sheet metal part (create the bend), the final dimensions are correct.
@cvandy3
Huge thumbs up for this - completely fixed my problem as well
why when i click on cut list table its be nothing..it just appear head of table only but the list of part dont show??why?
Great video. You go through the process well. Have you come across the problem of the 'Auto Balloons' don't call out all the tube members? I did a tube frame with a cut list. I only made one auto balloon and not one for each tube piece. Can't figure out why!
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1:23 if i don't know what component the arrow's pointing to, i can't drag its tip to find out what component it is, since i'll be allowed to drag its tip anywhere i want, not only over the right part.
There's a option to point on faces or edges if you click on the annotations or the arrows.
I cant get the weldments cut list to work, I do exactly what the video shows but only get the top row of the table and no part numbers
When I flatten the tube, it lays it out, but the width is taken from the innder diameter not the outer one...
Example I have a 1" tube diameter. I flatten the tube, but the width is well below 3.14" (around 2.9 or something). HELP!
Thanks for the video, I'm just wondering why would you flatten tubes into sheet metal? Surely anyone building a frame is going to do it from already formed tubing and cut the ends as necessary right? Or is this truly the only way to properly illustrate the curves and bends in the tube?
You can cut tubes with tube laser, so in case you want to make a program for laser cuting, you need to make a flat pattern.
iam getting split feature failed i dont know wt to do
me too..u solved your this problem yet? if yes can u share it? tq