Inventor Sheet Metal Flange Offset

On the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel flange.

Inventor sheet metal flange offset.

You can select each flange glyph and change how much offset you have on each one. Create a flange and define its width as an offset. If there are two or more solid bodies in the part file click the solids selector to choose the participating solid body. On the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel contour flange.

Select whether it will be a width offset or from to flange in this example i am using the offset flange. Learn more about the flange feature in this vi. The edge select mode is active. Create sheet metal flange with offset width create a flange and define its width as an offset.

Although you can typically select multiple edges when creating a flange using offset width you must only select a single edge. The sheet metal flange feature consists of a face and bend connected to an existing face along a straight age. When creating a flange of an offset width you select only a single edge. Here is the end result one flange has a 1 offset and the other has a 1 1 2 offset.

Create a contour flange. Click an open profile. The flange command initializes with edge select mode active and you are prompted to. Create sheet metal flange with offset width on the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel flange.

Create a 2d open profile sketch.