Inventor Sheet Metal Bend

Specifies the sketch line as the centerline of the bend.

Inventor sheet metal bend.

I left a sketch open so you can see the area i want to work with aprox. In fold location click one of the following to specify whether the line defines the centerline start or end of the bend. Enter a bend radius if it is different from the default for the part. When creating drawing views of sheet metal models you can select the folded model or the flat pattern.

When creating views of flat patterns take note of the options to include the bend extents and punch centers. Showing results for search instead for did you mean. I am looking to take this boxed sketch area and bend it down 15 using the inner edge dimensioned 75mm from the part edge. 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.

Auto suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Howdy all looking a little help on this sheet metal part. How to fold sheet metal faces within autodesk inventor. Click the down arrow to select measure show dimensions or list parameters to enter a different value.

Conversely you can convert sheet metal part to a standard part. Inventor sheet metal drawings. In the sheet metal styles box if the thickness parameter is different from this value the analyzer uses t1 tolerance to determine if the parameter is valid. Centerline of bend.

Start of bend or end of bend or. Add a double bend to a sheet metal face. Select a model edge on each sheet metal face. Click the bend line to use for the fold.

This means your sheet can contain views of both the model and its flat pattern. Specifies the sketch line that is the start or end of the bend. On the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel bend. Doing so closes the sheet metal tab and restores the standard part modeling commands and environment.

Specifying a part as sheet metal displays the sheet metal tab and adds sheet metal specific parameters to the parameters list. Inventor provides a set of tools specific to creating inventor sheet metal drawings. Specifies thickness in decimal units. Inventor forum sheet metal bend allowance.

On the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel fold.