Inventor Sheet Metal Drawing Flat Pattern

If appropriate select or clear the selection of the recover punch center option.

Inventor sheet metal drawing flat pattern.

The a side is defined and a browser entry is created when you create the flat pattern. In the drawing view dialog box select a sheet metal component as file. Click place views tab create panel base. Set other options in the drawing view dialog.

It is not necessary to laboriously create the values for this yourself they can instead be imported from machine databases such as trutops bend. In the drawing view dialog box select a sheet metal component as file. It is also a topic that comes up on the forums quite frequently. A look into creating drawings of inventor sheetmetal components and flatpatterns.

Set other options in the drawing view dialog and then click in the drawing to place the view. Optionally create a flat pattern. Although you cannot create a sheet metal part using inventor lt you can generate and document a sheet metal flat pattern. Take a look at don t misjudge the flat pattern for more information on flat pattern management.

I noticed that we have a of of support calls around flat pattern of sheet metal parts in autodesk inventor. Inventor sheet metal drawings. A browser entry is created. When you open a sheet metal part the sheet metal tab on the ribbon provides access to the command to create a flat pattern.

When creating views of flat patterns take note of the options to include the bend extents and punch centers. In the sheet metal view area select flat pattern view. When creating drawing views of sheet metal models you can select the folded model or the flat pattern. The flat pattern calculation in the sheetmetal inventor is based on material and bending tool properties from a technology database.

With a sheet metal part open on the ribbon click sheet metal tab flat pattern panel define a side. This means your sheet can contain views of both the model and its flat pattern. If appropriate select or clear the selection of the recover punch center option. Click the face that defines the up or punch direction.