You must already have a flat pattern of your part created.
Inventor sheet metal export flat part.
Start with an existing flat pattern.
The autodesk inventor software provides functionality that simplifies the creation editing and documentation of digital prototypes of sheet metal components a sheet metal part is often thought of as a part fabricated from a sheet of uniformly thick material.
With a sheet metal part open on the ribbon click sheet metal tabflat pattern panel define a side.
However in autodesk inventor you can utilize the sheet metal commands on any.
If you design small objects this material is often thin.
In the sheet metal environment export face as is available for both the flat pattern and the folded part.
Export a flat pattern of a sheet metal model to sat dwg or dxf file types.
Export sheet metal flat pattern parts of an assembly to dxf in one go.
With a single body sheet metal part open on the ribbon click sheet metal tab flat pattern panel click create flat pattern.
The a side specifies the up direction of the part.
A selected face unfolds the part using the selected face as the base face.
Besides just exporting the flat patterns the application will also insert part number material thickness and quantity properties for each flat pattern dxf file or include it in the file name.
In the browser right click the icon for the flat pattern and then click save copy as.
Choose save copy as.
Edge marks scribes and notch circle geometry can also be added as part of post processing.
Before you create the flat pattern you can define the a side or select a face to unfold from.
By clint brown i ve written a bit of ilogic code that will export out a dxf file from a sheet metal model.
With inventor export face as is available while working on the flat pattern of a sheet metal part to export the entire flat pattern when the creation of a polyline is required.
Click the face that defines the up or punch direction.
Use the browser context menu to export a flat pattern of a sheet metal model.
Right click the flat pattern icon in the browser.
Create a flat pattern from a sheet metal model.
The a side is defined and a browser entry is created when you create the flat pattern.
A browser entry is created.
