wsimonton
Senior Member
I have created a T-Boiler which is still in the early stages. What I want to do is unwrap the vertical cylinder and create the sheet metal to more correctly illustrate the design and maybe assist in the development of plans for a new boiler. An illustration of the "Pro Forma Boiler" is below.
I took the vertical cylinder I created with thin extrude and "cut" it with a thin extrude which had a offset of 0.001 on each side of the line. No problem. I then attempted to create a Tab on one side of the "Cut" but Alibre although it recognized the Face and I was able to create a drawing on that face with Project to Sketch, Alibre generated a RED error button and would not Extrude the drawing to create the Tab required to convert the cylinder to Sheet Metal. I also attempted to create the tab using the generated drawing "pasted" into a new sketch and extruding that. Again no joy.
I suppose I could reverse the process and in Sheet Metal and start with a Tab an create the cylinder that way but to create a cylinder which is precisely 44 1/4" in diameter (O.D.) is presently at the edge of my skill set. I am sure
there is an easy way to do this but sometimes the epiphany eludes me.
I took the vertical cylinder I created with thin extrude and "cut" it with a thin extrude which had a offset of 0.001 on each side of the line. No problem. I then attempted to create a Tab on one side of the "Cut" but Alibre although it recognized the Face and I was able to create a drawing on that face with Project to Sketch, Alibre generated a RED error button and would not Extrude the drawing to create the Tab required to convert the cylinder to Sheet Metal. I also attempted to create the tab using the generated drawing "pasted" into a new sketch and extruding that. Again no joy.
I suppose I could reverse the process and in Sheet Metal and start with a Tab an create the cylinder that way but to create a cylinder which is precisely 44 1/4" in diameter (O.D.) is presently at the edge of my skill set. I am sure
there is an easy way to do this but sometimes the epiphany eludes me.