Folding Sheet Metal In Inventor

Rule 1 you must have a consistent thickness.

Folding sheet metal in inventor. In this tutorial video we will learn sketch sh. Unfortunately sheet metal bending is not always going to be the same in every shop. Autodesk inventor allows for converting models to sheet metal. On the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel fold.

Click the bend line to use for the fold. In fold location click one of the following to specify whether the line defines the centerline start or end of the bend. 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. The resultant model s flat pattern will be identical to the original un folded model.

On the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel fold. Fold sheet metal faces. The bend line must be placed on the face you are folding and must terminate at face edges. 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.

To create a fold in a sheet metal face. Centerline of bend. Click to indicate whether the line defines the. Let s start with the rules of sheet metal.

Which means regardless where the model geometry originates you can convert it to sheet metal add sheet metal features and generate the flat pattern. The advantage to using folds over flanges is no material is added by adding folds. Click the bend line to use for the fold.