Originally both a four cylinder the h2 and a v8 the h1 were available.
Cpmvert cylinder to sheet metal.
Essentially you should calculate the centerline arc.
Let s start with the rules of sheet metal.
Outside diameter thickness x 3 1416 length of plate required inside diameter thickness x 3.
If you cannot insert an axis then the model is not an exact cylinder and cannot be unfolded.
If you don t have the sheet metal tab open right click in the area where the 1 arrow points then click sheet metal.
I have a rectangular piece of steel 25 692 l 1 600 h 048 t that i want to bend fully to create a cylinder.
Here we have a solid body that i would like to convert into a sheet metal box then get the flat pattern to make it.
Pick the a face that will be fixed plane of the flattened sheet.
However sheet metal parts created with the lofted bends feature avoid.
I want to effectively roll the sheet up.
Rule 1 you must have a consistent thickness.
I figure this should be an easy thing to do in solidworks but i have little experience with the sheet metal portion and cannot figure it out.
As a test try to insert an axis on the cylindrical face.
Thanks for your time dan.
I understand that there are other simple ways of creating cylinders but the reason i started like this was because it s easier for me to put holes into a flat surface rather than a curved one.
Converting solid bodies to sheet metal.
I would be very grateful for any advice or alternative methods that i could use.
If you can insert an axis the model is an exact cylinder.
Autodesk inventor allows for converting models to sheet metal.
The extremely compact normally aspirated h1 v8 used two of the suzuki heads displaced 3 0l and went for 45 000.