Problem - Can anone help

The Wrap feature comes to mind.

I would suggest creating a long straight channel of the proper length, adding all of your holes, and finally bending the piece with the Flex command.

Alternatively, you can create the the revolved part, create the sketch for your holes, and perform a Wrap operation to cut the holes. (This was suggested by P. in a previous posting.)

Depending upon your goal, you might consider simply cutting circular holes in the revolved part. Although this won't accurately represent the finished part (assuming the holes are to be drilled prior to bending), it would be convenient for dimensioning in a drawing.

You mentioned flattening the channel after creating it with a revolve. You would have to make the channel a sheetmetal part in order to take such an approach. Such an approach is possible, but would require you to change the channel to be a sheetmetal part with constant wall thickness, etc. I assume you will be happier with an approach that would avoid this restriction and allow you to accurately represent the structural steel profile.

Wrap has the advantage of providing dimensions from the sketch in the drawing.

John Eric Volt> I would suggest creating a long straight channel of the proper

length,

sketch for

revolve. You

restriction and

Good point. I hadn't thought of that.

possibility 3 make a flat web and insert a bend, flatten bend ,cut in your holes, rebend and revolve or sweep some flanges onto it, add fillets. this will allow you to produce a flattened view of the flange back with holes shown in a dwg

actually I take back no.3 because interestingly if you flatten the part after adding the flanges the sheetmetal has been trimmed by them....hmmm...I thought this used to work this way....oh well

haha!! ...it does work after all...suppress the flange features when you make the dwg flat pattern....enough posts all ready - gotta get away from this pc for a while..perils of being self employed.

Well, I didn't think of it either till he asked and I did some testing. I've been trying to find a way to get holes on curved surfaces that I can dimension on a print. Finding the answer to his question helped a bit in that direction.

John Eric Volt> Good point. I hadn't thought of that.

circular

structural

channel,

Thanks everyone!!!!