Folding Sheet Metal In Inventor

Click to indicate whether the line defines the.

Folding sheet metal in inventor.

Use the fold angle to set the bend angle and the bend radius to override the radius set by the sheet metal styles if required. Rule 1 you must have a consistent thickness. In fold location click one of the following to specify whether the line defines the centerline start or end of the bend. Click the bend line to use for the fold.

The bend line must be placed on the face you are folding and must terminate at face edges. Click the bend line to use for the fold. Centerline of bend. Creating a chart with your standard values is a key component of speeding up this process.

On the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel fold. To create a fold in a sheet metal face. Let s start with the rules of sheet metal. The advantage to using folds over flanges is no material is added by adding folds.

Use fold location to set what the sketched bend line represents the start of the bend the end of the bend or the centerline of the bend. On the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel fold. Which means regardless where the model geometry originates you can convert it to sheet metal add sheet metal features and generate the flat pattern. In this tutorial video we will learn sketch sh.

Fold sheet metal faces. The resultant model s flat pattern will be identical to the original un folded model. Autodesk inventor allows for converting models to sheet metal.