How To Sheet Metal Inventor

Within the autodesk inventor design environment a sheet metal part can be displayed as a folded model or a flat pattern.

How to sheet metal inventor.

Create sheet metal parts you create sheet metal parts from a template file. A fold on a sheet metal face forms about a straight sketched bend line that terminates at face edges. In the creation pro. With sheet metal commands you can unfold features and work on a model in a flattened state and then refold the features.

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. In this inventor 101 video we ll take you through all of the sheet metal design. After converting to a sheet metal part can you convert the the sheet metal file back to the regular part underneath the sheet metal defaults command there is a drop down menu that allow you to access the convert to standard part command. The template uses your settings for material thickness bend radius and corner relief.

A variety of modern parts are designed and constructed using sheet metal and chances are you ll be designing a part out of sheet metal at some point too. You can create sheet metal parts in several ways. Create a sheet metal part using the sheet metal template. Unlike the bend flange contour flange or hem features which all add material to the design the fold feature does not add material.

On the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel fold. First step activate the sheet metal environment. Before you begin download the step by step guide pdf. Converting models to sheet metal with autodesk inventor.

Inventor 2015 inventor 2016 inventor 2017 inventor 2018 inventor lt 2015 inventor lt 2016 inventor. This actually does more than just activate a set of tools it automatically creates a set of parameters the ones required for the sheet metal magic to happen. Autodesk inventor now has integrated sheet metal tools that make it easier to design with sheet metal. In this tutorial we will learn about the basic techniques related to autodesk inventor s sheet metal functionality by modelling a cover.

Total project time approximately 20 minutes.