Inventor Sheet Metal Box

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Inventor sheet metal box.

I need to model this part in sheet metal in inventor. Simple sheet metal trailer box. The flange to be folded from the sheet metal box with 30 mm wide with standard radii. If i design from a flat sheet the piece has a cross shape with little 45 degree cuts at the corners of the cross arms so that when y.

Autodesk inventor allows for converting models to sheet metal. On the ribbon click sheet metal tab modify panel corner seam. Kelly young inventor technical support spe. Rule 1 you must have a consistent thickness.

If you re anything like me you ve probably used the sheet metal face command thousands of times to create simple extrusions to start your sheet metal parts. Click ok to accept the measured thickness value. Select a model edge on each of two adjacent sheet metal faces. In the corner seam dialog box you can.

Use the face edge distance measurement method instead of the defaulted maximum gap distance method. Autodesk inventor professional 2018. After you select a face the sheet metal defaults dialog box appears. This box has a bottom four sides and folded over to the inside flanges along the four edges.

The measured thickness is displayed in the thickness value box. This pick allows inventor to measure the material thickness for you. I use the software regularly but could use a quick walk through on how to do this tricky part since it slopes two ways. Products and versions covered.

Accept the default seam type or select another of the three seam types. Tub rectangular through sheet metal autodesk inventor tutorial with caption and audio narration. The box is an idea and to be sheet metal 1 5 mm thick and of 600x600x500mm high. Let s start with the rules of sheet metal.

And while there s nothing wrong with using the command that way you may be missing out on half of that commands full potential to create more complex designs faster and with fewer features. Which means regardless where the model geometry originates you can convert it to sheet metal add sheet metal features and generate the flat pattern.