Inventor Sheet Metal Box

Rule 1 you must have a consistent thickness.

Inventor sheet metal box. After you select a face the sheet metal defaults dialog box appears. Autodesk inventor professional 2018. This pick allows inventor to measure the material thickness for you. When you convert a part to sheet metal you are now prompted to select a base face.

I need to model this part in sheet metal in inventor. Autodesk inventor allows for converting models to sheet metal. Which means regardless where the model geometry originates you can convert it to sheet metal add sheet metal features and generate the flat pattern. 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. This box has a bottom four sides and folded over to the inside flanges along the four edges. Click ok to accept the measured thickness value. In the corner seam dialog box you can.

Kelly young inventor technical support spe. The measured thickness is displayed in the thickness value box. I want to use inventor to make a real sheet metal box. Select a model edge on each of two adjacent sheet metal faces.

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. Simple sheet metal trailer box. Tub rectangular through sheet metal autodesk inventor tutorial with caption and audio narration. Share and vote on ideas for future product releases.

The box is an idea and to be sheet metal 1 5 mm thick and of 600x600x500mm high. On the ribbon click sheet metal tab modify panel corner seam. 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. Use the face edge distance measurement method instead of the defaulted maximum gap distance method.

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. The flange to be folded from the sheet metal box with 30 mm wide with standard radii.