Inventor Sheet Metal Flat Pattern

The flat pattern is created and displays.

Inventor sheet metal flat pattern.

With a single body sheet metal part open on the ribbon click sheet metal tab flat pattern panel click create flat pattern. The a side is defined and a browser entry is created when you create the flat pattern. However there is much more going on. 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.

In an assembly double click the sheet metal part in the browser to activate and double click the flat pattern node. When you open a sheet metal part the sheet metal tab on the ribbon provides access to the command to create a flat pattern. Export sheet metal flat pattern parts of an assembly to dxf in one go. In the drawing view dialog box select a sheet metal component as file.

At first glance the inventor flat pattern tool is a simple one click create flat pattern. A flat pattern node is created in the browser. If appropriate select or clear the selection of the recover punch center option. If you create your models solely with the tools found in the autodesk inventor sheet metal environment you shouldn t have any issues.

Browse to the folder where you want to save the part and in file name enter a name. Although you cannot create a sheet metal part using inventor lt you can generate and document a sheet metal flat pattern. In this workflow the sheet metal part opens in a new window with the flat pattern active. In the browser double click the folded model node to return to the folded model state or.

Export a flat pattern of a sheet metal model to sat dwg or dxf file types. Start with an existing flat pattern. Export flat pattern to dxf export to dxf. Conversion of a sheet metal part to a standard part automatically deletes the sheet metal flat pattern.

Click place views tab create panel base. With a sheet metal part open on the ribbon click sheet metal tabflat pattern panel define a side. On the ribbon click flat pattern tab folded part panel go to folded part. Optionally create a flat pattern.

In save as type specify sat dwg or dxf file type. Click the face that defines the up or punch direction. Save and close to return to the assembly. A browser entry is created.

In the browser right click the icon for the flat pattern and then click save copy as. I noticed that we have a of of support calls around flat pattern of sheet metal parts in autodesk inventor. It is also a topic that comes up on the forums quite frequently.