Autodesk Inventor Sheet Metal Bend

Next move end of fold above bend part1.

Autodesk inventor sheet metal bend.

You may need to adjust the flange height depending on your design requirements. Autodesk inventor supports bend order annotation on bend centerlines created when formed features are flattened as well as on cosmetic bend centerlines that are added manually. You need to convert the part to sheet metal first. Hi guys does anybody have a suggestion on how to create this bend using the sheet metal mode.

Use fold command see attached image and select the same fold line as in bend part1 make sure you choose start of bend as fold location and change angle and radius accordingly. Add a bend to a sheet metal face on the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel bend. Each row in a bend table specifies a bend angle. Optionally on the shape tab specify one of the following to extend the bend.

Each column specifies a bend radius. You can generate flat patterns by unfolding sheet metal features using a uniformly applied. Bend tables are saved as an ascii text file txt. The bend should be a certain radius on the top autodesk fusion360 header nav label product name.

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. Windows 7 and windows 8 drive users public documents autodesk inventor version design data bend tables. Sheet metal bend here s one way using the flange tool as yannickenrico suggested inventor 2015 part. Faces extend in compliance with your default or selected bend radius.

Colored glyphs containing a sequence number indicate bend order on the flattened state of the model. In the sheet metal styles box if the thickness parameter is different from this value the analyzer uses t1 tolerance to determine if the parameter is valid. Sheet metal bend features are often used to join sheet metal faces that were created in a particular location to meet specific design criteria. Make sure you set the thickness to 4mm since it is 4mm thick.

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. By selecting edges on existing sheet metal features material is added to the model using the bend radius and material thickness defined by the sheet metal style.