168 SolidWorks Sheet Metal Tutorial: FOLD; UNFOLD & Flatten; differences; edit in flatten -unfold Video Lecture | SolidWorks: Essential Training (All Commands included) - IT & Software

welcome to the Torah number 108 this
tutorial we will talk about the next
section in this sheet meter commands the
unfold for flatten commands we will see
how to use the unfold unfold commands
and compare them the flatten and how to
line these two options with the platen
also we'll see differences between the
unfold and flatten commands
I have this box from one of the previous
tutorials
it already has all the bends let's see
how to first use the unfold command
click on unfold here you will get a fix
it face and bends to unfold this first
select the base face and then here you
have collect all pins let's click on
that
it will collect all depends if you hover
over each one you'll see which pin is
selected here
it's illiquid all depends and when you
are done click OK then you will get all
the pins flatten or unfold
now it looks like similar to flatten
then deaf-mute let's make it normal to
you will see the unfold moon this undo
this and click flatten instead click on
flatten make it normal to on the platen
mode you will get the bendings line
which are not shown in the unfold moon
this is one difference this unflattering
this and now this unfold by selecting
the bends click and fall let's select
this first so let's see that we don't
want to unfold all the books we just
need to check one edge so I selected
this fixing this and the bends to unfold
I will select this pen click OK now you
would get that been unfold so you can
check if you have any cuts or any things
then you can check it by the unfold this
undo this
let's see how to use the fall
come on let's first unfold the whole box
unfold pick let's select this fix it
paste collect all the pins and click ok
so you'll get the books flattened so we
can try now to unfold edges so click
fall for example we can select this yes
and for the bend we can select this band
uncheck if we will work click OK now
you've got this side fault
also you have the option this undo this
first you have the option to select all
depends so let's select this face and
collect all the bends click OK and you
will fold all the bends
so now you may ask yourself that you can
use the platen instead of unfold so
let's now talk about the main advantage
of the unfold because if we work on the
flattened wood and make cuts it will not
appear when we run a flatten the post
for example let's make cut over there
select a slot and this defining
okay now when we under platen you will
not see the cut we made and you will see
that the cut is after the platen moon
so let's instead try to do it with the
unfold select this fix it yes and let's
just bend this then this side click OK
now let's make a cut over there make a
sketch normal tool select the slope and
let's make side
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and then you are done you can fold the
boss okay
as you notice the appear on the box also
you can try to treat the corners as well
so we can use the unfold command for
unfolding other shapes not only boxes
they start a new part we will make a
pipe pick the top plane make a circle
let's define it 100 millimeter and this
make a welding cap pig centerline
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this instruction go to meter
understood the five the c300 the sheet
metal thickness is formed one five
click OK
so now we have this pipe and let's see
how we can unfold this pipe got unfold
fix it face if you try to select this
face it will not know you but if you
pick that edge you are able to pick that
edge depend means to unfold so the whole
pipe is the bend just click on it and
click OK you will get the five flatten
and you can undo or you can make
modifications to that pipe and then fold
again but let's try to fold it on the
other side go to fall select this edge
this dead bends to fold the pipe click
OK and you'll notice that we
fold it on the opposite side
also there are other ways to fold unfold
we will talk about them in the next
tutorials when we talk about insert bins
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