Inventor Sheet Metal Cone

Simply use care to create valid geometry.

Inventor sheet metal cone.

Uniform thickness planar faces connected with cylindrical or conic bends non intersecting faces in folded or flat. Use all of the tools in your inventor toolbox to create the geometry you need. Fine the cone created ok but when i click on the flat pattern button it just reorientates the cone but doesnt generate a flat pattern. Convert to sheet metal and set the thickness in sheet metal defaults to whatever my offset was.

Understanding the rules for inventor sheet metal opens up the entire toolbox of tools rather than limiting the user to those tools designated as sheet metal. Then flat pattern if needed. I find it easier to revolve a cone using an offset line for the thickness in a part file ipt revolve at less then full i use angle 359. Press the sheet metal defaults button uncheck use thickness from rule if its checked set thickness to 0478 and click okay.

Simply use care to create valid geometry. In particular it helps to streamline the process chain and to directly transfer data to the production. Uniform thickness planar faces connected with cylindrical or conic bends br non intersecting faces in folded or. Use all of the tools in your inventor toolbox to create the geometry you need.

I revolved the sketch around to generate the cone. Spi sheetmetal inventor for autodesk inventor expands the sheet metal functionality of inventor by providing innovative features. Understanding the rules for inventor sheet metal opens up the entire toolbox of tools rather than limiting the user to those tools designated as sheet metal.