Folding Sheet Metal Inventor

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Folding sheet metal inventor.

Unlike the bend flange contour flange or hem features which all add material to the design the fold feature does not add material. The bend line must be placed on the face you are folding and must terminate at face edges. Creating a chart with your standard values is a key component of speeding up this process. Which means regardless where the model geometry originates you can convert it to sheet metal add sheet metal features and generate the flat pattern.

Total project time approximately 20 minutes. Unfortunately sheet metal bending is not always going to be the same in every shop. 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. In fold location click one of the following to specify.

Many software packages like solid works inventor and solid edge will let you incorporate a bend allowance chart into its calculations when developing flat patterns. Autodesk inventor webinar series. Click the bend line to use for the fold. Sheet metal fabrication is the process of forming parts from a metal sheet by punching cutting stamping and bending.

Click the bend line to use for the fold. On the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel fold. Let s start with the rules of sheet metal. On the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel fold.

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 advantage to using folds over flanges is no material is added by adding. Click to indicate whether the line defines the centerline start or end of the bend. A fold on a sheet metal face forms about a straight sketched bend line that terminates at face edges.

Rule 1 you must have a consistent thickness. Before you begin download the step by step guide pdf. Autodesk inventor allows for converting models to sheet metal. 3d cad files are converted into machine code which controls a machine to precisely cut and form the sheets into the final part.