Re: Wrapping on a cylinder Solidworks?

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "mjf462001" <mjf46@j...>
wrote:

> SolidWorks has let me down :(
> Does anyone know of a program that will accurately wrap an image or
> drawing around a cylinder?

Vector cad cam has a function called Wrap-Cylinder. It will create a
3D wrapped form from a flat one. I use the term "flat" loosly
because Vector actually preserves all the 3D information in the
source drawing and wraps it radially around the target axis. This
means that if you define a pocket in the "flat", you can wrap it and
now pocket the side of a cylinder, including multiple passes to depth.

It also means that if you tilt the "flat" source geometry at an angle
in Z (to the X axis), before you wrap it, that you have now created a
wrapped cone.

There is also a more complex wrap function that does the same thing,
but instead of a theoretical cylinder/conic surface, the wrap is
about a theoretical extruded closed shape. It is used for laser
engraving/cutting on rectangular tubing with radiused corners, and
similar shapes.

Here is a tutorial that shows the toolpath for a 3D ring form,
wrapped around the X axis:

http://www.imsrv.com/discus/messages/15/176.html?1023752313

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