Inventor Sheet Metal Partial Flange

Create a contour flange.

Inventor sheet metal partial flange. Add flanges to the bracket 4 40 completing the project. Looking to developed the lay flat of a pan that has two different contours the small end must nest into the large end. Total project time approximately 20 minutes. Create multi edge sheet metal flange using auto miter add a flange to a sheet metal face using multiple edges.

The geometry for each end is in the attached file was draw in auto cad and imported into inventor. Inventor sheet metal is now a more capable tool in inventor with the addition of multi body modeling. You can override the default sheet metal. Create sheet metal flange with specified width create a flange in sheet metal and specify the width of the flange.

Click an open profile. Sheet metal lofted flange open profile. Design a sheet metal bracket in this project we ll design a bracket using the sheet metal environment inside inventor for an inkjet printer while in context of the larger assembly. Unfortunately the legacy corner mitering and inability for inventor to integrate overlapping flange treatments leaves something to be desired.

About flanges in sheet metal a flange feature consists of a face and bend connected to an existing face along a straight edge. Optional if a body exists click new solid to create a new body. To add a flange feature you select one or more edges and specify the size and position of the material added. Create flange with from to selections in sheet metal create a flange and define its width with from to selections.

Corners that generate during the creation of flange and contour flange features display the default corner relief shape when the model is flat. Create a 2d open profile sketch. On the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel contour flange. Create sheet metal flange with offset width create a flange and define its width as an offset.

Create 3 bend corner on flange in sheet metal. In this tutorial video we will learn sketch sh.