better tubing software

Apr 02, 2004 1 Replies

Does anyone know of a good program for unbending tubes? I know about the little trick using the sheet metal unfold command on a tube drawn square (with rounded corners), but i need something to work with more complicated tubes.



We punch all our holes in copper tubing before bending, and a nice flat view of where holes are located in the flat would be great. Right now i add all of my holes in the bent up tube, then calculate what angle and location they need to be at in the flat. After this a new flat view has to be "drawn". I guess i'm getting spoiled by software doing the calculating and orientation work for me, because all of this thinking makes me tired by the end of the day!


I have heard good things about Tube Cad. (I think that is the name) I used to work with alot of tubing manufacturers, but it has been a while. Though doing searches for it on the internet I could only find Spectrum5. Looks like there is some integration with SW

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