Inventor Sheet Metal Flat Pattern

In save as type specify sat dwg or dxf file type.

Inventor sheet metal flat pattern.

Export a flat pattern of a sheet metal model to sat dwg or dxf file types. With a sheet metal part open on the ribbon click sheet metal tabflat pattern panel define a side. Conversion of a sheet metal part to a standard part automatically deletes the sheet metal flat pattern. At first glance the inventor flat pattern tool is a simple one click create flat pattern.

If appropriate select or clear the selection of the recover punch center option. With a single body sheet metal part open on the ribbon click sheet metal tab flat pattern panel click create flat pattern. Start with an existing 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.

However there is much more going on. In this workflow the sheet metal part opens in a new window with the flat pattern active. Click place views tab create panel base. Besides just exporting the flat patterns the application will also insert part number material thickness and quantity properties for each flat pattern dxf file or include it in the file name.

In the browser right click the icon for the flat pattern and then click save copy as. When you open a sheet metal part the sheet metal tab on the ribbon provides access to the command to create a flat pattern. In an assembly double click the sheet metal part in the browser to activate and double click the flat pattern node. Optionally create a flat pattern.

In the browser double click the folded model node to return to the folded model state or. In the sheet metal view area select flat pattern view. It is also a topic that comes up on the forums quite frequently. A flat pattern node is created in the browser.

Save and close to return to the assembly. Browse to the folder where you want to save the part and in file name enter a name. In the drawing view dialog box select a sheet metal component as file. On the ribbon click flat pattern tab folded part panel go to folded part.

The flat pattern is created and displays. Export sheet metal flat pattern parts of an assembly to dxf in one go. Click the face that defines the up or punch direction. The a side is defined and a browser entry is created when you create the flat pattern.

Export flat pattern to dxf export to dxf. A browser entry is created. Although you cannot create a sheet metal part using inventor lt you can generate and document a sheet metal flat pattern.