Spheres - Choose your pattern
Pick your pattern
Some general tips related to this category:
- Spheres are not developable surfaces.
- The bending radius should be smooth, uniform, and several times greater than the sheet metal thickness (R > 5 * T), with bending being surface-based.
- Cold deformation in the Z direction is considered, (perpendicular to the sheet metal surface), without thinning nor stretching of the metal sheet.
- Angle inputs are in degrees.
spheres: Spheres are 3D shapes that are not ruled surfaces and are not developable. They are typically formed through cold deformation in the Z-direction (that is, in a direction which is perpendicular to the sheet metal surface). It is considered, that metal sheet is not thinned or stretched during this process, and the bending radius is smooth, uniform, and several times the thickness of the sheet metal (R > 5 * T).