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.

Folding sheet metal in inventor.

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. Let s start with the rules of sheet metal. 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.

Creating a chart with your standard values is a key component of speeding up this process. 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. Rule 1 you must have a consistent thickness. Centerline of bend.

Which means regardless where the model geometry originates you can convert it to sheet metal add sheet metal features and generate the flat pattern. To create a fold in a sheet metal face. Specify the location of the fold line. On the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel fold.

Autodesk inventor allows for converting models to sheet metal. The bend line must be placed on the face you are folding and must terminate at face edges. Click to indicate whether the line defines the. Unfortunately sheet metal bending is not always going to be the same in every shop.

In this tutorial video we will learn sketch sh. 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.