Folding Sheet Metal Inventor

In fold location click one of the following to specify.

Folding sheet metal inventor.

On the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel fold. A fold on a sheet metal face forms about a straight sketched bend line that terminates at face edges. Autodesk inventor allows for converting models to sheet metal. Specify the location of the fold line.

Unlike the bend flange contour flange or hem features which all add material to the design the fold feature does not add material. 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. Use the fold command to fold a sheet metal face about a sketched line. Rule 1 you must have a consistent thickness.

Let s start with the rules of sheet metal. 3d cad files are converted into machine code which controls a machine to precisely cut and form the sheets into the final part. The advantage to using folds over flanges is no material is added by adding. On the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel fold.

You make a sheet metal component by cutting and folding a sheet of metal of uniform thickness. Click the bend line to use for the fold. Sheet metal parts are a special kind of solid part. Click the bend line to use for the fold.

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. Which means regardless where the model geometry originates you can convert it to sheet metal add sheet metal features and generate the flat pattern. In this tutorial video we will learn sketch sh. The bend line must be placed on the face you are folding and must terminate at face edges.