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Old 09-16-2011, 06:03 AM
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Making objects Flexible.

Hello,

I'm drawing a fuelltank for a truck in cocreate. these things are fasten by a standard bracket that we buy from our suplier. they didnt have a 3d drawing of it. so i decided to draw the thing myself to complete my model.

Now the manufacturer of the brackets use a aluminium strip that's tensioned around the fuelltank. so i need to make a strip flexible so i can bend it around the gasstank. i thought i could do this with psychics on, but that didnt work, because the strip would just stop when it hits a side of the tank.

Is it possible to bend it around a tank? i also try'd the sheet metal function and used the tanks silhouette to bend it around the tank. but i couldnt figure it out right.

Thanks in advance!

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Old 09-20-2011, 10:59 AM
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Re: Making objects Flexible.

Modeling doesn't do bending in the sense you describe - that would require FEA software that was then able to export the formed shape out for re-import into Modeling. Your next two best options are probably to use sheet metal functionality to bend your way around the fuel tank or to setup a workplane in a cross-section orientation, and draw in your profile and extrude the strip.
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Old 09-20-2011, 01:21 PM
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Re: Making objects Flexible.

If you have another CAD system, you could wrap the strip around the gas tank and then import the aluminum strap back into CoCreate. I've done that before.
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