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Offset the legs along the path to bring them to where you want the centerline to be.
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You can calculate the offset, or just estimate it.  Either way, the end result should be that the centerline matches the inner wall of the channel like in this image.
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Revision as of 01:50, 4 October 2016

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What is a Channel-Shaped Part?

This kind of part is an extrusion that is not a closed tube shape. It looks like what you see in this image.

Channel-shaped-part.png


How To Find The Bend Data

Find the bend data for this kind of part by treating the path of one of corner radii as if it were a tube shape. If you zoom in on this part's edge, you will find two radii. Choose one of them using the standard collection process for tube shapes.

Channel-shape-corner-radius.png


Use the Default Collection Process for Straight Cylinders

Use the default straight cylinder collection process along the path of a corner radius like this.

Vtube-step collect corner radius path as tube.png



Build a Tube Centerline

Collect the corner radius for each straight just like you were collecting the cylinders in each straight.

When the collection is complete, right-click until you get a pop-up menu, then click on "Rebuild the Tube Model from Collected."

You will see a tube that is formed around the path of the corner radii selected.

Tube-shape in corner radius path.png



Offset the Legs of the Path

Offset the legs along the path to bring them to where you want the centerline to be.

You can calculate the offset, or just estimate it. Either way, the end result should be that the centerline matches the inner wall of the channel like in this image.

In this model, the offset was 0.030" along the Y axis for this last line.

Channel-shape move legs along axes.png


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