Fold Sheet Metal Inventor

Rule 1 you must have a consistent thickness.

Fold sheet metal inventor.

Using the fold and unfold command in solidworks to create a cylinder with holes around its perimeter. Use fold location to set what the sketched bend line represents the start of the bend the end of the bend or the centerline of the bend. Unlike the bend flange contour flange or hem features which all add material to the design the fold feature does not add material. On the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel fold.

Which means regardless where the model geometry originates you can convert it to sheet metal add sheet metal features and generate the flat pattern. Specify the location of the fold line. Let s start with the rules of sheet metal. Click to indicate whether the line defines the centerline start or end of the bend.

Autodesk inventor allows for converting models to sheet metal. Bending sheet metal by hand is a manageable task if the piece of sheet metal is small and thin enough to handle. Most frequently expensive sheet metal bending tools called brakes are used to bend sheet metal but you can also complete this task without one. Total project time approximately 20 minutes.

Learn how to bend sheet metal so you. The bend line must be placed on the face you are folding and must terminate at face edges. The advantage to using folds over flanges is no material is added by adding. Use the fold angle to set the bend angle and the bend radius to override the radius set by the sheet metal styles if required.

Before you begin download the step by step guide pdf. Click the bend line to use for the fold. A fold on a sheet metal face forms about a straight sketched bend line that terminates at face edges. On the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel fold.

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.