Inventor Sheet Metal Bend

Select a model edge on each sheet metal face.

Inventor sheet metal bend.

When creating views of flat patterns take note of the options to include the bend extents and punch centers. Specifies the sketch line as the centerline of the bend. When creating drawing views of sheet metal models you can select the folded model or the flat pattern. Auto suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.

Specifies the sketch line that is the start or end of the bend. Specifying a part as sheet metal displays the sheet metal tab and adds sheet metal specific parameters to the parameters list. How to fold sheet metal faces within autodesk inventor. Doing so closes the sheet metal tab and restores the standard part modeling commands and environment.

On the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel fold. Howdy all looking a little help on this sheet metal part. Click the bend line to use for the fold. When you select bend table as the unfolding method in the sheet metal styles dialog box the following values apply.

Conversely you can convert sheet metal part to a standard part. 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. In fold location click one of the following to specify whether the line defines the centerline start or end of the bend. Click the down arrow to select measure show dimensions or list parameters to enter a different value.

On the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel bend. I realize this will likely result. 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. Add a double bend to a sheet metal face.

Inventor sheet metal drawings. I left a sketch open so you can see the area i want to work with aprox. Enter a bend radius if it is different from the default for the part. I am looking to take this boxed sketch area and bend it down 15 using the inner edge dimensioned 75mm from the part edge.

Start of bend or end of bend or. Showing results for search instead for did you mean. 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. Inventor forum sheet metal bend allowance.

Specifies thickness in decimal units.