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HOW TO SHOW REFERENCE LINES IN INVENTOR DRAWING IDW FORMATS.

lalit3080 — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 06:11:51 GMT

Dear Friends,

Greetings !

Can anyone explain how I can show reference lines on miter bend segment development drawing in Autodesk Inventor .idw drawing format.

please see attached screenshot.

Thank you and best regards,

Lalit Mohan Yadav

Senior Plant designer

Re: HOW TO SHOW REFERENCE LINES IN INVENTOR DRAWING IDW FORMATS.

mcgyvr — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 11:51:45 GMT

Have you created an ipt file for that part?

Can you please post that ipt file?

You should be able to just create a flat pattern and then place a base view with the flat pattern radio button selected. That should show the bend lines.

Re: HOW TO SHOW REFERENCE LINES IN INVENTOR DRAWING IDW FORMATS.

johnsonshiue — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 15:58:06 GMT

Hi! I suspect you used Lofted Flange -> Die Formed option to create the sheet metal part, right? For that case, the geometry is developable spline face. The cylindrical bend lines are not automatically created. You need to create Cosmetic Centerlines. Open the sheet metal part and go to Flat Pattern environment -> Cosmetic Centerline. You can draw bend lines on the face.

Many thanks!