Inventor Sheet Metal Partial Flange

Unfortunately the legacy corner mitering and inability for inventor to integrate overlapping flange treatments leaves something to be desired.

Inventor sheet metal partial flange.

Looking to developed the lay flat of a pan that has two different contours the small end must nest into the large end. Sheet metal lofted flange open profile. Create sheet metal flange with offset width create a flange and define its width as an offset. About flanges in sheet metal a flange feature consists of a face and bend connected to an existing face along a straight edge.

Create sheet metal flange with specified width create a flange in sheet metal and specify the width of the flange. Click an open profile. Create 3 bend corner on flange in sheet metal. Create multi edge sheet metal flange using auto miter add a flange to a sheet metal face using multiple edges.

Total project time approximately 20 minutes. Create a 2d open profile sketch. Inventor sheet metal is now a more capable tool in inventor with the addition of multi body modeling. If there are two or more solid bodies in the part file click the solids selector to choose the participating solid body.

Design a sheet metal bracket in this project we ll design a bracket using the sheet metal environment inside inventor for an inkjet printer while in context of the larger assembly. The geometry for each end is in the attached file was draw in auto cad and imported into inventor. A flange feature consists of a face and bend connected to an existing face along a straight edge. To add a flange feature you select one or more edges and specify the size and position of the material added.

Create flange with from to selections in sheet metal create a flange and define its width with from to selections. You can override the default sheet metal. Optional if a body exists click new solid to create a new body. Add flanges to the bracket 4 40 completing the project.

On the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel contour flange. Create a contour flange.