Autodesk Inventor Sheet Metal Bend

Faces extend in compliance with your default or selected bend radius.

Autodesk inventor sheet metal bend.

Next move end of fold above bend part1. Hi guys does anybody have a suggestion on how to create this bend using the sheet metal mode. Sheet metal bend features are often used to join sheet metal faces that were created in a particular location to meet specific design criteria. 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.

Optionally on the shape tab specify one of the following to extend the bend. 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. Sheet metal bend here s one way using the flange tool as yannickenrico suggested inventor 2015 part. Select a model edge on each sheet metal face.

Colored glyphs containing a sequence number indicate bend order on the flattened state of the model. Each column specifies a bend radius. You need to convert the part to sheet metal first. Windows 7 and windows 8 drive users public documents autodesk inventor version design data bend tables.

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. 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. 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. A bend table is a table of bend deductions arranged in rows and columns.

Make sure you set the thickness to 4mm since it is 4mm thick. Bend tables are saved as an ascii text file txt. Each row in a bend table specifies a bend angle. You may need to adjust the flange height depending on your design requirements.

When unfolding if a bend radius or angle does not correspond to a specific entry a process interpolates between adjacent values in the table. 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.