Cutting (derive) Sheet Metal Object

[mattpurbrick]

Hi guys,

I've searched various forums and tried to find an answer to this problem I've been having, apologises if it's an easy answer/ already been answered.

I'm working on a bracket within Inventor, in order to get the head of the bracket correct (so that it will fit into a bar) I want to derive the bar and use it to cut the slots needed.

Although I have had some problems with this due to the bracket being sheet metal for bend radius reasons.

I wonder if any of the Inventor pro's aroudn here could assist me in this?

Many Thanks

[CCarreiras · Accepted solution]

Hi!

The question is that you can´t have multi solids in sheet metal. You can derive the bar in surfaces mode.

Also, you can always jump between sheet metal and the solid part ( e.g..  to use combine tools, etc)

You can post the file, we give you some help.

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[mattpurbrick]

Thank you for your quick reply, very helpful, I eventually managed to do what you suggested.

The inventor way of working strikes again!

[CCarreiras]

HI!

Thats not big deal. You can do almost all the work in solid when you'll need to flat, convert in sheet metal.

 Workaround: You can mount the bracket and bar in one assembly, and there,

Edit the bracket

Copy the cilindrical surface of the bar

Trim solid the bracket using that imported/copy surface as a boundary.

I use this a lot.

Tip: always copy the surface as surface, not composite, and enable the "associative"... later if the bar change, the bracket will change accordingly. Be sure the bracket is adaptative.

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