Inventor Sheet Metal Bend

Centerline of bend.

Inventor sheet metal bend.

Inventor sheet metal drawings. On the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel bend. Add a double bend to a sheet metal face. When you select bend table as the unfolding method in the sheet metal styles dialog box the following values apply.

Enter a bend radius if it is different from the default for the part. Inventor forum sheet metal bend allowance. Showing results for search instead for did you mean. Select a model edge on each sheet metal face.

You can use the built in tutorials inside inventor or a quick peek on youtube but i am sure you will find it very easy to use. Specifies the sketch line as the centerline of the bend. On the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel fold. The bend tool does not need any special training you simply sketch a line click bend on the ribbon click model tab modify panel bend part and it will ask you a radius and angle simple.

I am looking to take this boxed sketch area and bend it down 15 using the inner edge dimensioned 75mm from the part edge. Click the down arrow to select measure show dimensions or list parameters to enter a different value. When creating views of flat patterns take note of the options to include the bend extents and punch centers. Start of bend or end of bend or.

In fold location click one of the following to specify whether the line defines the centerline start or end of the bend. When creating drawing views of sheet metal models you can select the folded model or the flat pattern. Howdy all looking a little help on this sheet metal part. Inventor provides a set of tools specific to creating inventor sheet metal drawings.

I left a sketch open so you can see the area i want to work with aprox. I realize this will likely result. Conversely you can convert sheet metal part to a standard part. Specifies thickness in decimal units.

Doing so closes the sheet metal tab and restores the standard part modeling commands and environment. This means your sheet can contain views of both the model and its flat pattern. Specifying a part as sheet metal displays the sheet metal tab and adds sheet metal specific parameters to the parameters list. Click the bend line to use for the fold.

How to fold sheet metal faces within autodesk inventor.