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Convert this solid to.. Sheet Metal..

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Secttor
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Convert this solid to.. Sheet Metal..

Hy. I wish to find out if it's possible to convert this solid/sketch to sheet metal and apply a flange to it's edge.. Any tips are welcome!

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Message 2 of 30
blair
in reply to: Secttor

Look at Contour Roll in Sheet-Metal. You will probably want to start from scratch.

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Secttor
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well..that's the scratch.. 1.5mm thickness..Inventor it's able to make a flange on that curved surface and later give me the flatten?

can't find a solution 😞

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Message 4 of 30
blair
in reply to: Secttor

I can't attach the file, send me an email at: blair dot stunder at arcticmfg dot com and I will send you the file.

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j_berry
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Message 6 of 30
IgorMir
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Here it is. IV 2010 file. But I would check manually that the flat pattern dimensions are correct.

Regards,

Igor.

 


@Secttor wrote:

Hy. I wish to find out if it's possible to convert this solid/sketch to sheet metal and apply a flange to it's edge.. Any tips are welcome!

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Message 7 of 30
blair
in reply to: Secttor

here you go


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Message 8 of 30
Secttor
in reply to: blair

well..thanks for your quick suggestions but If I need those flanged sides to be cut like this? Both? (mirror or?)..Stand 01.jpg

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Message 9 of 30
blair
in reply to: Secttor

Not a problem, just create a new extension on one end and create longer legs for the extrusion, then cut/fillet the sharp corner to get your radius.

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j_berry
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What about just mirroring what Blair posted? (attached)

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Message 11 of 30
blair
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You could give this problem to 10 different users and get 10 different solutions with all of them producing the same end result.

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Secttor
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Ok..saw that you guys succeed..saw your files but cannot get to the next point on my own.. here I am with my project. I should use contour roll for my rounded portion but..

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Message 13 of 30
blair
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I don't know any easier way to do it that with the Contour Roll function. Start a new sheet-metal ipt, On the first sketch, do only the single "L" line for the vertical and flange. Then create a vertical "center" line the distance to the center of the bend radius. Then exit the sketch, and set your material thickness in the sheet-metal styles. Then select the Contour Roll tool and create the bent portion and the desired bend angle. After that it's pretty much just sketch on the end faces and extrude to get your leg lengths.

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Secttor
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Well..succeed for the first part.. now I must "Extrude" under Sheet-Metal the straight-parts.. any tips? Finally all this half will be mirrored to obtain the full part..

 

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Message 15 of 30
blair
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Create a sketch on the end, and the profiles for the bend area and the leg then extrude the 3 closed regions. You will need to do this for each end on it's own.

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Secttor
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Thanks.. here it is.. but how do I rise up those to edges ?

 

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Message 17 of 30
JDMather
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Attach ipt file here.


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Message 18 of 30
Secttor
in reply to: JDMather

Well..here it is but I also want to learn such tricks ..

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Message 19 of 30
JDMather
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@Secttor wrote:

Well..here it is but I also want to learn such tricks ..


First thing I noticed is that you did not fully constraint Sketch1 and use obvious symmetry about the origin.

Second - I would not use Extrude in a sheet metal part (as a beginner).

Third - when I post a solution to your problem - you should be able to reverse engineer the Feature Tree in the browser.

 

While I work up a solution, you might go through these -

http://home.pct.edu/~jmather/SkillsUSA%20University.pdf
http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com/p/inventor-tutorials.html
http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/enu?adskContextId=HELP_TUTORIALS&language=ENU&release=2014&product=Inve...


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Message 20 of 30
blair
in reply to: JDMather

I can't attach any files from my work/office machine. I will have to post something later this evening. I agree with JD, to stay away from extrude in S-M until you have a solid grasp of the module and Inventor. In this case I might use the Extrude but in a couple of ways. With Inventor, you give this problem to 10 experienced users, you could get 12 different solutions. All of them viable solutions.

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