Combined bends #2

[Bas]

If you have an HDD like attached image.
How would you model something like this in PLE4Win?

[Dr. J Foerster]

If you want to define a complex bend like this you need to define it through three separate bends: Two part that only bend horizontally and the center part that bends in a different bend plane.
Defining the polygon points for these bend parts is not trivial. Furthermore, we are not sure whether this complex bend is actually possible (without kinks between parts of the bend).

Our approach would be to approximate this situation by using a single bend with the combined bend radius of Rc.

[Dr. J Foerster]

Allowing overlapping elastic bends might indeed be a useful addition to the program. I assigned ticket no. J-2203 to this improvement request.

[Dr. J Foerster]

Thank you for this additional information. Once we start working on this ticket we will certainly also use your supplied documents.

[Dr. J Foerster]

Another useful document, thank you.
I copied it to our internal documentation for this development proposal.