Inventor Sheet Metal Bend

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

Inventor sheet metal bend.

Specifies the sketch line that is the start or end of the bend. When you select bend table as the unfolding method in the sheet metal styles dialog box the following values apply. On the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel bend. Inventor provides a set of tools specific to creating inventor sheet metal drawings.

Inventor forum sheet metal bend allowance. This means your sheet can contain views of both the model and its flat pattern. Inventor sheet metal drawings. I am looking to take this boxed sketch area and bend it down 15 using the inner edge dimensioned 75mm from the part edge.

On the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel fold. When creating drawing views of sheet metal models you can select the folded model or the flat pattern. Select a model edge on each sheet metal face. Centerline of bend.

Doing so closes the sheet metal tab and restores the standard part modeling commands and environment. 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. Conversely you can convert sheet metal part to a standard part. Specifies the sketch line as the centerline of the bend.

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. Enter a bend radius if it is different from the default for the part. Howdy all looking a little help on this sheet metal part. How to fold sheet metal faces within autodesk inventor.

Specifying a part as sheet metal displays the sheet metal tab and adds sheet metal specific parameters to the parameters list. Showing results for search instead for did you mean. Start of bend or end of bend or. In fold location click one of the following to specify whether the line defines the centerline start or end of the bend.

I left a sketch open so you can see the area i want to work with aprox. Auto suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Specifies thickness in decimal units. I realize this will likely result.

Add a double bend to a sheet metal face.