Autodesk Inventor Sheet Metal Bend

Optionally on the shape tab specify one of the following to extend the bend.

Autodesk inventor sheet metal bend. Sheet metal bend features are often used to join sheet metal faces that were created in a particular location to meet specific design criteria. Windows 7 and windows 8 drive users public documents autodesk inventor version design data bend tables. Hi guys does anybody have a suggestion on how to create this bend using the sheet metal mode. Colored glyphs containing a sequence number indicate bend order on the flattened state of the model.

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. A bend table is a table of bend deductions arranged in rows and columns. When unfolding if a bend radius or angle does not correspond to a specific entry a process interpolates between adjacent values in the table. Add a bend to a sheet metal face on the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel bend.

You need to convert the part to sheet metal first. 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. Next move end of fold above bend part1.

Each row in a bend table specifies a bend angle. Faces extend in compliance with your default or selected bend radius. Each column specifies a bend radius. Select a model edge on each sheet metal face.

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. 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. 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.

You may need to adjust the flange height depending on your design requirements. 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.