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Re: flexible materials

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Originally Posted by Eric Scheuing View Post
So you don't want to just create the bend? I don't think Inventor has flexible materials available. I know Inventor 10 has a plywood color for parts, and you could loft or extrude the part you want.
As far as I know, the only way to "bend" is in the sheet metal environment. If the plywood is bent by a certain angle with a constant radius (I guess that would be very unlikely), you could make sheet metal parts and change the material.

Lofting surfaces would probably be the best way to go.
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