Autodesk Inventor Sheet Metal Thickness

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Autodesk inventor sheet metal thickness.

However in autodesk inventor you can utilize the sheet metal commands on any design where the material is of uniform thickness. First it s converted to sheet metal with the convert to sheet metal. Access the material editor to make edits to a material not available in. A sheet metal part starts out as a flat piece of metal with a consistent thickness.

Kelly young inventor technical support spe. Autodesk inventor 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. Total project time approximately 20 minutes. 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. Export sheet metal flat pattern parts of an assembly to dxf in one go. Inventor is delivered. What s new in autodesk inventor 2016 how to automatically detect the material thickness in sheet metal.

How the corner relief on a flat blank of aluminum of a given thickness differs from the corner relief for stainless steel of a different thickness is determined by the options and values defined. Autodesk inventor webinar series. It s currently a standard inventor part and hasn t been turned into a sheet metal component. Besides just exporting the flat patterns the application will also insert part number material thickness and quantity properties for each flat pattern dxf file or include it in the file name.

Changing sheet metal thickness. Named sheet metal rules combine sets of parameters and option selections which define how a particular sheet metal part is modeled in both the folded and flattened model state. Inventor technical support spe. If you design small objects this material is often thin.

Starting with a model that needs to be converted to sheet metal. Use the sheet metal defaults dialog box to change the options and parameters defined by the selected sheet metal rule for the active sheet metal part or to assign a unique thickness to a body in a multibody part. Access the style and standard editor to make edits to an unfolding rule or to set a new active standard rule. Autodesk inventor professional 2019.

For example when you create a flange the bend is added automatically. A sheet metal part is often thought of as a part fabricated from a sheet of uniformly thick material.