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Chapter 10 Sheet Metal Design

The document discusses sheet metal design in Autodesk Inventor, including creating sheet metal parts, modifying them to match requirements, creating flat patterns, and documenting designs. Key tools covered are sheet metal styles, faces, flanges, hems, folds, bends, cuts, punches, and flat patterns. The objectives are to learn the sheet metal environment, modify settings, create parts and flat patterns, and create drawing views of sheet metal designs.

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Chapter 10 Sheet Metal Design

The document discusses sheet metal design in Autodesk Inventor, including creating sheet metal parts, modifying them to match requirements, creating flat patterns, and documenting designs. Key tools covered are sheet metal styles, faces, flanges, hems, folds, bends, cuts, punches, and flat patterns. The objectives are to learn the sheet metal environment, modify settings, create parts and flat patterns, and create drawing views of sheet metal designs.

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Chapter10

SheetMetalDesign

Chapter10Objectives
After completing this chapter, you will
be able to perform the following:
Start the Autodesk Inventor sheet metal
environment
Modify settings for sheet metal design
Create sheet metal parts
Modify sheet metal parts to match design
requirements
Create sheet metal flat patterns
Create drawing views of sheet metal parts

SheetMetalFabrication
SheetMetalUses
Enclosures
Brackets
StructuresorFrames

SheetMetalFabrication
BendTables
L=A+BxConstruction

LUnfoldedLength
ALengthoffoldedface1
BLengthoffoldedface2
xAdjustmentfrombend
table

MeasurementsAandBaretotheintersectionofthe
extendedouterfacesoneithersideofthebend.This
intersectionisusedwhentheangleofthebendisless
thanorequalto90degrees.

SheetMetalFabrication
BendTables

L=A+BxConstruction

LUnfoldedLength
ALengthoffoldedface1
BLengthoffoldedface2
xAdjustmentfrombend
table

Usethesemeasurementswhenthebendangleisgreater
than90degrees.Themeasurementsareparalleltothe
face,andtangenttotheoutersurfaceofthebend.The
sameformulaisusedtodeterminetheunfoldedlengthof
thepart.

SheetMetalParts
SheetMetalDesignMethods

FoldedState
FlatState
DisjointedSolids
ShelledParts

SheetMetalParts

SheetMetalPartTemplate(s)
SheetMetalEnvironment

SheetMetalTools
SheetMetalStyles
Storessheetmetalspecificparametersofa
part
Multiplesheetmetalstylescanbeincluded

SheetMetalTools

SheetMetalStyles
BendTab

SheetMetalTools

SheetMetalStyles

BendTransitions
Controlstheintersectionofedgesacross
abendintheflattenedsheet.

SheetMetalTools
SheetMetalStyles
CornerTab
ReliefShape
JacobiCorner

SheetMetalTools
SheetMetalFace
Extrudesaclosedprofilea
distanceequaltothesheet
metalthickness
UnfoldOptions
ReliefOptions

SheetMetalTools
ContourFlange
Createdfromanopensketchprofile
Bendsareaddedatsharpintersections

SheetMetalTools
Flange
Createsasheetmetalfaceandbendtoan
existingface
Extendsthefulllengthoftheselectededge

Exercise101
CreatingSheetMetalParts

Hem

SheetMetalTools

Eliminatesharpedges
Strengthenanopenedgeofaface
Materialisfoldedbackoverafacewitha
smallgap

Exercise102
CreatingHems

Fold

SheetMetalTools

Turnsaflatpatternintoafoldedmodel
Addfoldsatsketchedlines

SheetMetalTools
Bend
Childobjectsofother
features
Whentwofacedconnect

Connectdisjointedface

Exercise103
ModifyingSheetMetalParts

Cut

SheetMetalTools

SheetMetalimplementationofExtrude>Cut

DistanceofthecutisequaltotheThicknessparameter

ProjectFlatPattern
CutAcrossBend
DefineDistance

Exercise104
CutAcrossBend

SheetMetalTools

CornerSeam

Createdwhenthreefacesmeet
Createmiteredgapsbetweencoplanarfaces

SheetMetalTools
CornerRound
SheetMetalspecific
Fillettool
CornerChamfer
SheetMetalspecific
Chamfertool

SheetMetalTools
CreatePunch
iFeature

CenterPoint
Parameters
PunchID
CustomDepth
SimplifiedSketch

SheetMetalTools
PunchTool
CenterPointrequired
CreatesCutsand3D
Deformations
Dimples
Louvers

PunchFolder
ApplicationsOptions>
iFeaturetab

FlatPattern
Representation

Exercise105
PunchTool

SheetMetalTools
FlatPattern
Representsthestartingpointfor
sheetmetalpartmanufacturing
Createsa3Dmodelofthe
unfoldedpart
Displayedina2Ddrawingview
FlatPatternBrowser

SheetMetalTools
FlatPattern
Extents
EditDefinition
PunchRepresentation

FlatPattenFeatures
EffectFlatPatternOnly

SheetMetalTools
CommonToolsSimilartothepartFeatures
PanelBar

WorkFeatures
Holes
CatalogTools
FeaturePatterns
Mirror
CopyObject
DerivedComponent
Parameters
CreateiMate

DetailingSheetMetalDesigns
DetailingSheetMetalDesigns
3DModelandFlatPatterns

Exercise106
DocumentingSheetMetalDesigns

ApplyingYourSkills
SkillExercise101

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