Inventor Sheet Metal Export Flat Part

Click the face that defines the up or punch direction.

Inventor sheet metal export flat part. With a single body sheet metal part open on the ribbon click sheet metal tab flat pattern panel click create flat pattern. You must already have a flat pattern of your part created. The code checks whether a flat pattern exists in the part if one is present it goes to the flat pattern exports the dxf to the predetermined file location and then returns the part back to it s folded state. The autodesk inventor software provides functionality that simplifies the creation editing and documentation of digital prototypes of sheet metal components a sheet metal part is often thought of as a part fabricated from a sheet of uniformly thick material.

In the sheet metal environment export face as is available for both the flat pattern and the folded part. Choose save copy as. Export a flat pattern of a sheet metal model to sat dwg or dxf file types. With a sheet metal part open on the ribbon click sheet metal tabflat pattern panel define a side.

With inventor export face as is available while working on the flat pattern of a sheet metal part to export the entire flat pattern when the creation of a polyline is required. If you design small objects this material is often thin. Create a flat pattern from a sheet metal model. By clint brown i ve written a bit of ilogic code that will export out a dxf file from a sheet metal model.

The a side specifies the up direction of the part. Right click the flat pattern icon in the browser. Export sheet metal flat pattern parts of an assembly to dxf in one go. Browse to the folder where you want to save the part and in file name enter a name.

In the browser right click the icon for the flat pattern and then click save copy as. Besides just exporting the flat patterns the application will also insert part number material thickness and quantity properties for each flat pattern dxf file or include it in the file name. Edge marks scribes and notch circle geometry can also be added as part of post processing. Optionally create a flat pattern.

Use the browser context menu to export a flat pattern of a sheet metal model. However in autodesk inventor you can utilize the sheet metal commands on any. A selected face unfolds the part using the selected face as the base face. The a side is defined and a browser entry is created when you create the flat pattern.