In the sheet metal view area select flat pattern view.
Inventor sheet metal drawing flat pattern.
If you create your models solely with the tools found in the autodesk inventor sheet metal environment you shouldn t have any issues.
With a sheet metal part open on the ribbon click sheet metal tab flat pattern panel define a side.
The flat pattern calculation in the sheetmetal inventor is based on material and bending tool properties from a technology database.
If appropriate select or clear the selection of the recover punch center option.
Click place views tab create panel base.
When creating drawing views of sheet metal models you can select the folded model or the flat pattern.
In the sheet metal view area select flat pattern view.
Optionally create a flat pattern.
It is also a topic that comes up on the forums quite frequently.
A browser entry is created.
A look into creating drawings of inventor sheetmetal components and flatpatterns.
Take a look at don t misjudge the flat pattern for more information on flat pattern management.
Inventor sheet metal drawings.
How you configure the flat pattern may impact how it appears in the drawing.
It is not necessary to laboriously create the values for this yourself they can instead be imported from machine databases such as trutops bend.
Set other options in the drawing view dialog and then click in the drawing to place the view.
Although you cannot create a sheet metal part using inventor lt you can generate and document a sheet metal flat pattern.
Click the face that defines the up or punch direction.
In the drawing view dialog box select a sheet metal component as file.
When you open a sheet metal part the sheet metal tab on the ribbon provides access to the command to create a flat pattern.
The a side is defined and a browser entry is created when you create the flat pattern.
Set other options in the drawing view dialog.
When creating views of flat patterns take note of the options to include the bend extents and punch centers.
If appropriate select or clear the selection of the recover punch center option.