sheet metal corner seam

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I wan't to make a corner seam to a sheet metal product, but I can't make the last 2 corner seams.

Se attachment.

Any help would be great.

Rob

[stephenrottloff7259]

Sometimes, adding faces manually is easier.  Not sure if the corner seams should have worked in your example.

Hope this helps.

Stephen R.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I figured out a way myself. I have made a extra flange with 0,1 degree bend in it. Now the line to make the seam is broken an has the correct start position as the opposite one. Se attachment for explanation.

Rob

[MariaManuela · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Just a tip...

If this kind of shape (with different angles), i prefer to use the envelope modeling type.

Create a part model with the body of the sheet metal component. Derive this component to a work surface and then draw sheet metal on this surface "mannequin". Its very easy.

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I forgott to mention that I use Inventor Suite 2011.

I can't open the attachet files, I think they are saved as 2012 😉

Can you please upload 2011 versions?

Thanx

Rob

[MariaManuela]

Sorry, i create this model in r2012 and its not possible save Inventor files in older versions.

I send you a image of the file. I needed you to see model features.

See the PDF to understand the used technique.

[Anonymous]

Thanx MariaManuela, great tip, I've learned something new.

Rob