Inventor Sheet Metal Drawing Flat Pattern

Click the face that defines the up or punch direction.

Inventor sheet metal drawing flat pattern.

In the drawing view dialog box select a sheet metal component as file. Optionally create a flat pattern. In the drawing view dialog box select a sheet metal component as file. Take a look at don t misjudge the flat pattern for more information on flat pattern management.

When creating views of flat patterns take note of the options to include the bend extents and punch centers. The a side is defined and a browser entry is created when you create the flat pattern. It is not necessary to laboriously create the values for this yourself they can instead be imported from machine databases such as trutops bend. This means your sheet can contain views of both the model and its flat pattern.

A browser entry is created. If you create your models solely with the tools found in the autodesk inventor sheet metal environment you shouldn t have any issues. Although you cannot create a sheet metal part using inventor lt you can generate and document a sheet metal flat pattern. In the sheet metal view area select flat pattern view.

When creating drawing views of sheet metal models you can select the folded model or the flat pattern. Set other options in the drawing view dialog and then click in the drawing to place the view. When you open a sheet metal part the sheet metal tab on the ribbon provides access to the command to create a flat pattern. A look into creating drawings of inventor sheetmetal components and flatpatterns.

How you configure the flat pattern may impact how it appears in the drawing. In the sheet metal view area select flat pattern view. If appropriate select or clear the selection of the recover punch center option. Set other options in the drawing view dialog.

Click place views tab create panel base. The flat pattern calculation in the sheetmetal inventor is based on material and bending tool properties from a technology database. Inventor sheet metal drawings. If appropriate select or clear the selection of the recover punch center option.