Inventor Sheet Metal Box

Let s start with the rules of sheet metal.

Inventor sheet metal box. Simple sheet metal trailer box. The flange to be folded from the sheet metal box with 30 mm wide with standard radii. This pick allows inventor to measure the material thickness for you. When you convert a part to sheet metal you are now prompted to select a base face.

If i design from a flat sheet the piece has a cross shape with little 45 degree cuts at the corners of the cross arms so that when y. The trickiness is that if this part were a box the floor is not parallel with what would be the top in either the x or y axis. Which means regardless where the model geometry originates you can convert it to sheet metal add sheet metal features and generate the flat pattern. Share and vote on ideas for future product releases.

Kelly young inventor technical support spe. On the ribbon click sheet metal tab modify panel corner seam. Autodesk inventor allows for converting models to sheet metal. Use the face edge distance measurement method instead of the defaulted maximum gap distance method.

I need to model this part in sheet metal in inventor. I use the software regularly but could use a quick walk through on how to do this tricky part since it slopes two ways. The measured thickness is displayed in the thickness value box. Products and versions covered.

And while there s nothing wrong with using the command that way you may be missing out on half of that commands full potential to create more complex designs faster and with fewer features. Click ok to accept the measured thickness value. The box is an idea and to be sheet metal 1 5 mm thick and of 600x600x500mm high. Tub rectangular through sheet metal autodesk inventor tutorial with caption and audio narration.

Accept the default seam type or select another of the three seam types. If you re anything like me you ve probably used the sheet metal face command thousands of times to create simple extrusions to start your sheet metal parts. After you select a face the sheet metal defaults dialog box appears. Select a model edge on each of two adjacent sheet metal faces.

Rule 1 you must have a consistent thickness. Autodesk inventor professional 2018.