Inventor Sheet Metal Bend

Add a double bend to a sheet metal face.

Inventor sheet metal bend.

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. When creating drawing views of sheet metal models you can select the folded model or the flat pattern. Inventor sheet metal drawings. 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. On the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel fold. Click the bend line to use for the fold. Doing so closes the sheet metal tab and restores the standard part modeling commands and environment.

I realize this will likely result. When you select bend table as the unfolding method in the sheet metal styles dialog box the following values apply. Howdy all looking a little help on this sheet metal part. Click the down arrow to select measure show dimensions or list parameters to enter a different value.

Select a model edge on each sheet metal face. Auto suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for search instead for did you mean. Specifies thickness in decimal units.

In the sheet metal styles box if the thickness parameter is different from this value the analyzer uses t1 tolerance to determine if the parameter is valid. This means your sheet can contain views of both the model and its flat pattern. On the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel bend. Conversely you can convert sheet metal part to a standard part.

Centerline of bend. Specifying a part as sheet metal displays the sheet metal tab and adds sheet metal specific parameters to the parameters list. Enter a bend radius if it is different from the default for the part. I left a sketch open so you can see the area i want to work with aprox.

Inventor provides a set of tools specific to creating inventor sheet metal drawings. Inventor forum sheet metal bend allowance. Specifies the sketch line that is the start or end of the bend. I am looking to take this boxed sketch area and bend it down 15 using the inner edge dimensioned 75mm from the part edge.

Specifies the sketch line as the centerline of the bend.