I second that. I use it to create patterns for leather tool-bags.
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Re: Sheet Metal Workbench
I see nothing wrong with leaving the name the way it is, but "Sheet Folding" also came to mind as a possible name.
Re: Sheet Metal Workbench
Perhaps call it sheetmaterial?
Re: Sheet Metal Workbench
SheetMetal is a well established name now, especially for FreeCAD's workbench. The internet and its search engines will do the rest.
Trying to put it all in one name will not succeed anyway, because it will be too generic to say anything.
Trying to put it all in one name will not succeed anyway, because it will be too generic to say anything.
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Re: Sheet Metal Workbench
In that case, lets perhaps add something to the package.xml (metadata) and also the README (+ other documentation) illustrating that the workbench can be used for different mediums beside sheetmetal. I'll see if I can get some folk to write some documentation on their workflow using these other materials. Specifically how the compensate/adapt their approach to the workbench due to the material.
@FBXL5 Perhaps if it merits discussion, would you be open to sharing (in a new thread) your workflow with any nuances/adjustments for working with leather?
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Re: Sheet Metal Workbench
I don't know if I can show any kind of workflow. I stop the design part at 80 % and the remaining 20 % are modelled on the item.
I set the k-factor to 0.5; in fact I don't care about the factor, because you can pull and push leather into place if it is out of tolerance.
But I'll think about it...
Another Sheet Metal WB question
Since some folks interested in the Sheet Metal Workbench are just monitoring this thread (all 555 entries on it!), I'd like to point out another Sheet Metal Workbench question, that also involves the TechDraw Workbench, at Sheet metal and TechDraw WBs: Updating procedure?.
Thanks for taking a look at it.
-Kevin
Thanks for taking a look at it.
-Kevin
Re: Sheet Metal Workbench
How can we make the unfold tool parametric?
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Re: Sheet Metal Workbench
If I understand it right, the unfold solid needs to "remember" the face that was selected to start the unfolding calculation and so it depends on a consistent naming. And again the Topo Naming Problem...
I bet once the TNP is solved it will be easy to add an option to update the unfold object automatically. Am I right?
Re: Sheet Metal Workbench
So it could already be prepared now. It would work on slight changes automatically where we now have quite a workflow. If TNP improvements are included it would become stable all by itself.
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