Inventor Sheet Metal Cone

By using the standard transition to create various combinations of cylinder and cone intersections.

Inventor sheet metal cone.

Fine the cone created ok but when i click on the flat pattern button it just reorientates the cone but doesnt generate a flat pattern. I revolved the sketch around to generate the cone. Uniform thickness planar faces connected with cylindrical or conic bends br non intersecting faces in folded or. Then select highlight the inside surface of your cone and press the flat pattern button.

Understanding the rules for inventor sheet metal opens up the entire toolbox of tools rather than limiting the user to those tools designated as sheet metal. Press the sheet metal defaults button uncheck use thickness from rule if its checked set thickness to 0478 and click okay. Then flat pattern if needed. Convert to sheet metal and set the thickness in sheet metal defaults to whatever my offset was.

Simply use care to create valid geometry. Use all of the tools in your inventor toolbox to create the geometry you need. Use all of the tools in your inventor toolbox to create the geometry you need. Uniform thickness planar faces connected with cylindrical or conic bends non intersecting faces in folded or flat.

Understanding the rules for inventor sheet metal opens up the entire toolbox of tools rather than limiting the user to those tools designated as sheet metal. Sheet metal cone i have looked at this but have not been able to create a cone and then a flat pattern from it. Spi sheetmetal inventor for autodesk inventor expands the sheet metal functionality of inventor by providing innovative features.