{"id":409056,"date":"2025-02-10T13:49:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T13:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/3d-model-fails-to-convert-to-sheet-metal\/"},"modified":"2025-02-10T13:49:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T13:49:42","slug":"3d-model-fails-to-convert-to-sheet-metal","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/3d-model-fails-to-convert-to-sheet-metal\/","title":{"rendered":"3D Model Fails to Convert to Sheet Metal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hello,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I was hoping somebody with experience on sheet metal conversion (or flat plate development) would be able to guide me towards a fix on this issue.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have a 3D model created in Ansys SpaceClaim with some bends, I&#8217;ve assigned the material and tried converting it to a flat plate. It successfully recognized all of the bends except for 2, which you can see in the picture below.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/10-02-2025-1739195243-mceclip0.png\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SpaceClaim returns an error that it is unable to create junctions at these locations, saying &#8220;sheet metal conversion error: wall faces are different thicknesses&#8221;.&nbsp;This confuses me because I did a measurement on the thickness of plate at these locations, which is supposed to be 4.75 mm. As you can see from the measurement, that&#8217;s exactly what it shows.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Any idea what could be going wrong?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance for your input.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ian&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-409056","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-3-d-model","topic-tag-bending","topic-tag-sheet-metal"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hello,I was hoping somebody with experience on sheet metal conversion (or flat plate development) would be able to guide me towards a fix on this issue.I have a 3D model created in Ansys SpaceClaim with some bends, I&#039;ve assigned the material and tried converting it to a flat plate. 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