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Myself and many of my colleagues find it incredible that Inventor still does not have a functional normalcut option for sheet metal like Solidworks and Solidedge have long had which is crucial for clean SM flat layouts. I realize that there are the standard workflows like using derive and thicken to get around this problem but the simple fact of a major gap in SM funtionality still exists. Please give Kudos to this post and let's make this issue as visible as possible.
Since joining my current company 7 years ago, and taking over the administration of our design software this is the one request that is a constant every time I ask for feedback to pass onto our reseller and Autodesk. 'Why does Inventor not allow normal cuts'. Please sort and my life will be a little easier. I also understand the above comment and currently use surface, cuts, and thicken to model as required, but it not the obvious or easiest route for many designs. Thank you
It would be nice if there was a way to create an angled cut normal to the surfaces on a contour flange. Currently when you attempt to create an angled cut the resulting flat pattern consists of multiple angled cuts that a punch tool simply couldn't create. I understand that the cut feature has an option to cut across a bend, however this is not helpful when the contour has multiple bends.
Solidworks however has a command in its sheetmetal cut that allows the user to create a normal cut. This will give the user the desired continuous angle while being able to flatten and manufacture.
This idea has been implemented within Autodesk Inventor 2015. Special thanks to the author of this Idea and likewise to everyone who cast your Kudo for it. A new “Cut Normal” option is now available within the Sheet Metal Cut command within the Sheet Metal environment. When the "Cut Normal" option is enabled, cut profiles will remove material on intersecting faces using a perpendicular face termination. Please be sure to check this out in Autodesk Inventor 2015. Thanks!
PS, it tends to be really hard to get lots of votes for overly-specific ideas (like "Cut Normal for Loft Command"), so I created it in more general terms and asked people to comment with their order of priority for various commands. The main thing is just to bring awareness to the fact that we need "Cut Normal" in more commands than just Cut. Once enough votes are collected to warrant doing something, the Inventor team can take steps at that point to decide which command(s) to tackle first.