Somebody is designing a ply boat with PROE ?

Diego, these curves you created would be perfect for boundary surfaces, using two long curves for the first direction and all of the rib section curves for the second direction. With surfaces in the shape of your planks, you could then use 'flatten quilt' (Insert>Advanced>Flatten quilt) to get your pattern for cutting the plywood. In preparation, you need to make point on the surface that flattening will stay tangent to, usually at the widest point of surface. To make a separate part of each of these flattened quilts, use 'copy geometry' to place only that geometry in a part (Insert>Shared data>Copy geometry from other model). I think you will avoid the problems you made for yourself trying to use sheetmetal to create patterns.

David Janes

Thanks David, you have explained quite clear how to do it. I tried to use surfaces, but I did not use the copy geom feature to translate the planks to different parts. It's a very good trick. Thanks a lot, bye

I have used the same method for creating fabric patterns, and it works well. However, be careful because I found a couple of cases where flatten quilt produced a distorted shape. I strongly recommend testing the fit with a paper/cardboard mockup before cutting the actual material.

Dave

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David Janes I have used the same method for creating fabric patterns, and it works well. However, be careful because I found a couple of cases where flatten quilt produced a distorted shape. I strongly recommend testing the fit with a paper/cardboard mockup before cutting the actual material.

Dave

Is this 'Google' stuff directed to me? I think you once posted something about this before. I don't use Google, I use Newscene. Perhaps there is a propagation issue with your Cox service.

Dave

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David Janes

I see. What I think is confusing to some is the distribution of Usenet messages. Generally, Google runs a few hours - full day behind most news servers. I think it's because it takes longer to enter into their database, but the completeness is very good. I found this thread (minus today's postings) complete on Google:

But anyway, the completeness of news services varies widely. Cox, like many internet service providers, may have a very poor news feed, which results in slow receipt of messages and lost messages. Newscene is considered a premium service that offers much longer retention and better completeness than standard ISP news offerings.

Dave