I have 2 pieces of round pipe meeting in a V shape, one of them being cut to sit on the other. I need to make a template so the shop guys can put on the pipe for marking the cut, so if i get the section of pipe modelled in 3D, can i then unroll it to procuce the template ?
View 9 RepliesI have these two pipes, one is 4" diameter (running horizontally) and the other is 6" diameter running at a 30degree from horizontal angle. eventually the two hit, and at that intersection I need to make the 4" pipe join to the 6"' pipe, which then continues on its merry way farther down the structure. So I can extrude the two pipes, and I can even make a union and then remove the excess of the 6" pipe, because what I am really looking for is: a cutting diagram for the joint where the remaining 4" pipe hits the 6" section. A cutting diagram for the short piece of a Y joint.
I can make this image appear on my screen, but I am then stumped as to how to unwrap the pipe into a flat section so that I can see the curvature of the cuts required in planar view, for the real pipe that I have on my shop floor.
I am constructing a pipe (made up by sections) in Inventor. The pipe is going to be manufactured by cutting pieces of metal in a flow jet, roll them, and eventually weld them together.
I was wondering if it is possible to "unfold" the pipe sections to the plane, so I easily can see the cutting lines for the flowjet?
Here's something that should be simple, I want to create a template for cutting a square hole 125 mm on a side.
I have gone into Drawing Utilities and set the units to millimeters. I drew a square 125 units on a side.
In paper space, I selected a template that is 11" X 17". I set the scale to 1:1. I thought that that would give me a sheet I could print out ledger size with a 125mm square drawn on it, but no, it is not even close. As near as I can figure, the square is 125" on a side in paper space.
I designed these pipes that intersect each other in AutoCAD but that program doesn't seem to do much else other than drafting.
I want to open a pipe design so i can print it out, paste it on a real pipe and cut the end out. It's pretty much sheet metal development.
Attached is one of the many pipes. I have Autodesk Inventor FUSION 2013. Does that have any such features or do I have to get the Professional version?
When I create a pipe I want the name to include the pipe size. I set the template in the commands to do this but it is not working.
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Is there a way to cut a solid into two pieces using a non-planar cutting plane? I have been tasked with calculating the volume of concrete damage in a chute block. I have a sketch of the damage on the chute block. I created the chute block as a solid and then drew the damaged area extents using plines. This created non-planar plines. Is there a way to get this to work that will allow me to see the volume of the concrete damage? I need an easy way to do this, there are 50 chute blocks all the same size but with varying degrees of damage
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I'm trying to create pipe route using the tube & pipe run. And its not constrained when I try to drag away. I tried grounding the components which is not working either. since the routing opens in 3dsketch its kinda tricky to make it fully constrained.
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Problem is "end with riser" is now an instance parameter of stairs and I can't find where to change the default value.
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know of a way to take a polyline shape (brought in from another program) and save or export it to a dxf at the same time as it being simplified and made "nice" (for want of a better word) so that the cutter doesn't stop every 2mm with the excess vertices?
I've heard of programs like Flexisign which can take a dxf, clean it all up whilst keeping the shape and then export as dxf in a nice polyline. Can You do anything similar with autocad? Seems like one of the front runner programs used for creating geometry for cutting should provide such a service surely?
I have a drawing where I have to cut a door and window into a small room. I have been able to layout the location of both, but when I highlight to erase around the nodes, it just erases only those. I used the extension object snap to layout the location of both. put nodes on the ends, and centers, of both objects.
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i am trying to use autocad to nest parts for cutting on a cnc machine. is there any way to make a 2d part have a projected boundary of say .5 inches larger than the part so another part cannot nest closer than that. after the nesting is done, the boundary would be removed. the parts are different sizes and shapes so the projected boundary would have to enclose the part.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI want to sweep the "cutting tool" through the helix to create a inner thread of my nut. When i set "Align" to "NO" it refuses to sweep. If i set "Align" to "Yes" it works perfectly but the result is of course totally wrong.
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I need to cut some flat veneer using a laser machine, like making a jigsaw puzzle. The laser operator needs a drawing in the .dwg format.I will be drawing a 2d shape using a photograph in the background to copy.
I need to make the shape cut up into sections so I can assign a different bitmap to each section, at least for the design part of it. Since I'm more familiar with Max it'd be easier to do the design work there and export the file.
What I need is to make 2 or more closed spline objects that share adjacent lines so that each section has a surface that can accept an individual bitmap.
I need to cut slots in a circular pattern around a flange ring, but I also need the slots to maintain their orientation so the slots are straight.
What I am atempting is to create a shim that once cut can be slid between 2 flange rings and not have to take the bolts all the way out.
I attached a pic of what I am trying to do. The slot has to stay in that orientation, yet patterned around the circle.