Inventor Sheet Metal Bend

Click the bend line to use for the fold.

Inventor sheet metal bend. Doing so closes the sheet metal tab and restores the standard part modeling commands and environment. In fold location click one of the following to specify whether the line defines the centerline start or end of the bend. Inventor provides a set of tools specific to creating inventor sheet metal drawings. Add a double bend to a sheet metal face.

Specifies the sketch line as the centerline of the bend. Specifies the sketch line that is the start or end of the bend. Start of bend or end of bend or. I left a sketch open so you can see the area i want to work with aprox.

When creating drawing views of sheet metal models you can select the folded model or the flat pattern. You can use the built in tutorials inside inventor or a quick peek on youtube but i am sure you will find it very easy to use. Specifying a part as sheet metal displays the sheet metal tab and adds sheet metal specific parameters to the parameters list. Howdy all looking a little help on this sheet metal part.

Click the down arrow to select measure show dimensions or list parameters to enter a different value. This means your sheet can contain views of both the model and its flat pattern. In the sheet metal styles box if the thickness parameter is different from this value the analyzer uses t1 tolerance to determine if the parameter is valid. Centerline of bend.

I am looking to take this boxed sketch area and bend it down 15 using the inner edge dimensioned 75mm from the part edge. Showing results for search instead for did you mean. Conversely you can convert sheet metal part to a standard part. Inventor sheet metal drawings.

How to fold sheet metal faces within autodesk inventor. When you select bend table as the unfolding method in the sheet metal styles dialog box the following values apply. The bend tool does not need any special training you simply sketch a line click bend on the ribbon click model tab modify panel bend part and it will ask you a radius and angle simple. Auto suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.

Enter a bend radius if it is different from the default for the part. I realize this will likely result. Specifies thickness in decimal units. Select a model edge on each sheet metal face.

When creating views of flat patterns take note of the options to include the bend extents and punch centers.