Inventor Sheet Metal Tools

Punch tools can partially penetrate the face of your model and leave an embossed indentation or both cut and deform in a single operation.

Inventor sheet metal tools. It is necessary to convert the folded. The sheet metal face must have a sketch with one or more unconsumed center marks. The punched shape must be a solid feature. For example when you create a flange the bend is added automatically.

This actually does more than just activate a set of tools it automatically creates a set of parameters the ones required for the sheet metal magic to happen. Sheet metal punch tools are ifeatures with extra attributes that cut simple or complex hole shapes in a face of your part including across a bend. A variety of modern parts are designed and constructed using sheet metal and chances are you ll be designing a part out of sheet metal at some point too. In this inventor 101 video we ll take you through all of the sheet metal design basics you ll need to know to get started with this type of material.

Autodesk inventor now has integrated sheet metal tools that make it easier to design with sheet metal. To include or exclude all sketch points that touch or are within the area selection box window select left to right. On the inv 2019 part attached how would you create this part using sheet metal tools. First step activate the sheet metal environment.

However punch tools can define alternative sketch representations that you can display when you view the sheet metal part as a flat pattern. Select a sketch point individually. Converting models to sheet metal with autodesk inventor. You enter the values for these details and then the software applies them as you design.

For manufacturing purposes details like bend radii and relief sizes are usually the same throughout the part. On the ribbon click sheet metal tab modify panel punch tool. A sheet metal part starts out as a flat piece of metal with a consistent thickness. Create sheet metal punch ifeature on the ribbon click manage tab author panel extract ifeature.

To include or exclude all sketch points that are within the area selection box window select. Exploring the inventor tools for developing sheet metal parts model geometry courtesy of sybex a division of j. Hi i have 2 questions 1. I was looking for a 30mm fillet along the 4 straight edges underneath to the top section as well as so.

On the extract ifeature dialog box select sheet metal punch ifeature as the ifeature type. I ve tried multiple ways of placing fillets on the part but could not get to work.