Inventor Sheet Metal Drawing Flat Pattern

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Inventor sheet metal drawing flat pattern.

In the sheet metal view area select flat pattern view. The flat pattern calculation in the sheetmetal inventor is based on material and bending tool properties from a technology database. If appropriate select or clear the selection of the recover punch center option. With a sheet metal part open on the ribbon click sheet metal tab flat pattern panel define a side.

Click the face that defines the up or punch direction. Set other options in the drawing view dialog. In the drawing view dialog box select a sheet metal component as file. A browser entry is created.

When creating views of flat patterns take note of the options to include the bend extents and punch centers. I noticed that we have a of of support calls around flat pattern of sheet metal parts in autodesk inventor. The a side is defined and a browser entry is created when you create the flat pattern. It is also a topic that comes up on the forums quite frequently.

A look into creating drawings of inventor sheetmetal components and flatpatterns. How you configure the flat pattern may impact how it appears in the drawing. When you open a sheet metal part the sheet metal tab on the ribbon provides access to the command to create a flat pattern. Optionally create a flat pattern.

Although you cannot create a sheet metal part using inventor lt you can generate and document a sheet metal flat pattern. In the drawing view dialog box select a sheet metal component as file. Click place views tab create panel base. In the sheet metal view area select flat pattern view.

This means your sheet can contain views of both the model and its flat pattern. If you create your models solely with the tools found in the autodesk inventor sheet metal environment you shouldn t have any issues. Set other options in the drawing view dialog and then click in the drawing to place the view. It is not necessary to laboriously create the values for this yourself they can instead be imported from machine databases such as trutops bend.