Inventor 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.

Inventor sheet metal box.

After you select a face the sheet metal defaults dialog box appears. Use the face edge distance measurement method instead of the defaulted maximum gap distance method. Share and vote on ideas for future product releases. 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.

Simple sheet metal trailer box. When you convert a part to sheet metal you are now prompted to select a base face. Rule 1 you must have a consistent thickness. Kelly young inventor technical support spe.

This box has a bottom four sides and folded over to the inside flanges along the four edges. Which means regardless where the model geometry originates you can convert it to sheet metal add sheet metal features and generate the flat pattern. I need to model this part in sheet metal in inventor. Autodesk inventor professional 2018.

Select a model edge on each of two adjacent sheet metal faces. 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 use the software regularly but could use a quick walk through on how to do this tricky part since it slopes two ways.

This pick allows inventor to measure the material thickness for you. The box is an idea and to be sheet metal 1 5 mm thick and of 600x600x500mm high. Let s start with the rules of sheet metal. Autodesk inventor allows for converting models to sheet metal.

In the corner seam dialog box you can. On the ribbon click sheet metal tab modify panel corner seam. Accept the default seam type or select another of the three seam types. The measured thickness is displayed in the thickness value box.

If you re anything like me you ve probably used the sheet metal face command thousands of times to create simple extrusions to start your sheet metal parts. Click ok to accept the measured thickness value.