Inventor Sheet Metal Cross Break

I did some googling and the best solution i ve found for inventor is to do exactly this except you sketch it onto the flat pattern instead of the drawing but these were all from several versions ago.

Inventor sheet metal cross break.

Showing results for search instead for did you mean. Autodesk inventor sheet metal flat patterns support the creation and use of cosmetic centerlines and the resulting bend extent lines. Designing and engineering a cross break most design softwares with respectable sheet metal packages will have a specific cross break function. Cosmetic centerlines allow the ability to utilize lines sketched on the flat pattern as bend lines within a drawing.

Auto suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. In the past when i ve needed cross breaks on a sheet metal part i ve always just sketched them onto the drawing and called them out as such. A die formed lofted flange model that requires manufacture using a press brake cross break stiffening creases or flattened features which contain no bend zone extents spline face.