SOLIDWORKS - Flatten Pipes using Insert Bends

Learn how to create a fabricated section of pipe, flatten it using insert bends, and insert a cope. All of this while keeping the integrity of the flat pattern in SOLIDWORKS.
Quick Tip presented by Dane Potter of GoEngineer.
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[@sandrana5061]

Thank you very much for this interesting way

[@llutehniska9647]

Thank you for that tutorial, it's helped me to make on easy way my flatten of cylinder.

[@goengineer]

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[@maniking3541]

i want to verify that length in theoretical

[@amirsaberi8357]

Great, Useful, Thanks

[@jsradjab]

Nice trick, I love it
helps me a lot. Thanks

[@aceebb5068]

Great video, thanks!

[@peterpopeszku]

Love it thanks useful!

[@vishalsharma9447]

thanks its helps me for making drawing of pipe surface for pipe notching

[@talimarkozen6155]

thank you!

[@doronkra4304]

very good :-) thank you

[@mojishthomas8263]

Thankyou so much

[@add9004]

Really? is this as good as it gets? this seems like a very antiquated method considering SW can do weldment features. Pipe notching is an integral part of pipe spools so it seems strange that there isn't a more robust and easier solution to generate notch flat patterns?

[@roshanranjit3078]

Thank you very much

[@MrSuyash010]

Can we flat a 3d tube too...as I need the flat pattern of a tube that has bend

[@goengineer]

You can achieve the desired result with something that isn’t a perfect circle… But you would have to use a Lofted bend instead of using Insert bend..... where you would create two sketches instead of one and “Loft” them together.

[@burhanhaldarwala5253]

How you define angle 1.66

[@johnkoe5925]

HOW TO DRAW PIPE IN 3D SKETCH AND ABLE TO UNFOLD TO GET THE TOTAL LENGTH? PLEASE ANYBODY HELP.

[@onebadasian]

Is this only on Solidworks Premium? I get errors....

[@goengineer]

This feature is available in all versions of SOLIDWORKS, if you are getting errors it would be worth giving your VAR's tech support team a call and they can take a look at your model and find the cause.

[@ben_r_]

Can you do this with a shape that's not a perfect circle?

[@goengineer]

You can achieve the desired result with something that isn’t a perfect circle… But you would have to use a Lofted bend instead of using Insert bend..... where you would create two sketches instead of one and “Loft” them together.