How To Make A Sheet Metal Cone Pattern

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How to make a sheet metal cone pattern.

To mark holes or lines around the cone check holes or lines and enter number of incremetns. The curved steel cone calculator from chicago metal rolled products makes it easy to find the precise curved steel cone dimensions you need. You can find cone calculators online. A short and simple clip that shows you how to create a sheet metal cone in autodesk inventor 2011.

It allows you to determine either the size of raw material needed or the number of gore sections to fit on your available material. I used aluminum sheet coil but you could use paper or any flat material. In the tutorial video we re presented with a cone designed with the revolve shell and cut extrude features. Calculates the measurements for the pattern to construct a flat top cone.

By the vertical height divide this product by the difference first obtained large dia and small dia this will give you the length of the center line you need from the top of the cone to the intersecting point a. Enter top width bottom width and height of the cone see diagram and hit calculate to draw a full scale printable pattern template to mark out the cone. There are many different ways to lay out this pattern. The formula for the cone is first you must find the difference between the large and the small dia.

Enter hole slant height up slanting edge of the cone and hole diameter and hit draw. Flat top cone calculator. Here is one way to make a cone from flat stock. Multiply the large dia.

View the cone instructions below to learn how to manually layout the flat pattern for a truncated cone in single or multiple gore sections. Sheet metal cone calculator. Length a mm length b mm length c mm arc angle degrees radius r1 mm radius r2 mm hi.