Autodesk Inventor Sheet Metal Thickness

First it s converted to sheet metal with the convert to sheet metal.

Autodesk inventor sheet metal thickness.

Products and versions covered. Kelly young inventor technical support spe. 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.

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. 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. Inventor is delivered. Changing sheet metal thickness.

A sheet metal part starts out as a flat piece of metal with a consistent thickness. Access the style and standard editor to make edits to an unfolding rule or to set a new active standard rule. Access the material editor to make edits to a material not available in. 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.

A sheet metal part is often thought of as a part fabricated from a sheet of uniformly thick material. For example when you create a flange the bend is added automatically. Autodesk inventor professional 2019. If you design small objects this material is often thin.

It is necessary to convert the folded. Starting with a model that needs to be converted to sheet metal. Autodesk inventor webinar series. Inventor technical support spe.

Autodesk inventor webinar series. Before you begin. 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. Total project time approximately 20 minutes.

What s new in autodesk inventor 2016 how to automatically detect the material thickness in sheet metal. 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.