Inventor Sheet Metal Flange

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 sheet metal flange.

You can override the. To add a flange feature you select one or more edges and specify the size and position of the material added. Create multi edge sheet metal flange using auto miter add a flange to a sheet metal face using multiple edges. You will notice the glyphs that are in the middle of the flanges.

Total project time approximately 20 minutes. Corners that generate during the creation of flange and contour flange features display the default corner relief shape when the model is flat. Tip 6 autodesk inventor 2012 sheet metal flanges offsets here i am going to show how to use on sheet metal flange command but have two different flange offsets. Create sheet metal flange with offset width create a flange and define its width as an offset.

Currently the only method that i know how to meet that 0 37 is by playing around guess and check with the number in picture 3. During the flange creation you may select multiple edges what s powerful about this is that inventor will auto mitre the face intersections and apply the proper corner conditions based on the sheet metal styles those little icons glyphs that appear on the flanges within the modeling window allow for the overriding of settings per flange. Create flange with from to selections in sheet metal create a flange and define its width with from to selections. Learn more about the flange feature in this vi.

Add flanges to the bracket 4 40 completing the project. The thickness is 0 12. Although not necessarily the norm i do get asked from time to time about removing the bend relief cut away from a flange. Here you can start the flange command and select the two flanges that you want to create.

Offsetting flange using sheet metal may 10 2012. In the inventor sheetmetal environment users take advantage of the unfold functionality for creating flat patterns of a wide variety of materials. I m trying to make this part on sheet metal and i have to offset this flange at 28 degree that meet 0 37.