Folding Sheet Metal Inventor

Click the bend line to use for the fold.

Folding sheet metal 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. The advantage to using folds over flanges is no material is added by adding. Rule 1 you must have a consistent thickness. Autodesk inventor allows for converting models to sheet metal.

Click the bend line to use for the fold. Use the fold command to fold a sheet metal face about a sketched line. Let s start with the rules of sheet metal. Specify the location of the fold line.

Sheet metal parts are a special kind of solid part. On the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel fold. Unlike the bend flange contour flange or hem features which all add material to the design the fold feature does not add material. 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.

A fold on a sheet metal face forms about a straight sketched bend line that terminates at face edges. In fold location click one of the following to specify. In this tutorial video we will learn sketch sh. To meet the manufacturing requirement of providing rounded bends at the joints of faces relieves at the bends hems at the edges and seams at the joints you need a special kind of solid modeling tool.

Sheet metal fabrication is the process of forming parts from a metal sheet by punching cutting stamping and bending. Which means regardless where the model geometry originates you can convert it to sheet metal add sheet metal features and generate the flat pattern. Click to indicate whether the line defines the centerline start or end of the bend. 3d cad files are converted into machine code which controls a machine to precisely cut and form the sheets into the final part.