Inventor Sheet Metal Box

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.

Inventor sheet metal box.

I use the software regularly but could use a quick walk through on how to do this tricky part since it slopes two ways. Tub rectangular through sheet metal autodesk inventor tutorial with caption and audio narration. When you convert a part to sheet metal you are now prompted to select a base face. The box is an idea and to be sheet metal 1 5 mm thick and of 600x600x500mm high.

Share and vote on ideas for future product releases. Let s start with the rules of sheet metal. The measured thickness is displayed in the thickness value box. Use the face edge distance measurement method instead of the defaulted maximum gap distance method.

Kelly young inventor technical support spe. The flange to be folded from the sheet metal box with 30 mm wide with standard radii. Simple sheet metal trailer box. Rule 1 you must have a consistent thickness.

Click ok to accept the measured thickness value. This pick allows inventor to measure the material thickness for you. Accept the default seam type or select another of the three seam types. On the ribbon click sheet metal tab modify panel corner seam.

I need to model this part in sheet metal in inventor. In the corner seam dialog box you can. Autodesk inventor professional 2018. This box has a bottom four sides and folded over to the inside flanges along the four edges.

Autodesk inventor allows for converting models to sheet metal. 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. Products and versions covered. I want to use inventor to make a real sheet metal box.

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. After you select a face the sheet metal defaults dialog box appears.