Assumed connection in sheet metal needs a tighter radius?

[Anonymous]

so im working on this (attached) in sheet metal mode and the two metal parts recieved an assumed bend and that isnt a problem, the problem is the radius is /24 and we want it to be .15, how can i fix this?

[mdavis22569]

What's the thickness of your material? 

[Anonymous]

i just used the face tool on a sketch and went with what it gave me, if in inspect the thickness is .12

[mdavis22569 · Accepted solution]

attach your part...

what version of Inventor 

also if you have a thickness of .12 ..and your radius is twice that ... you might want to change your thickness (sheet metal default) to .075 so it'll be a .15 outside radius and a .075 inside radius...   

That's typically how bends work

[JDMather · Accepted solution]

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@Anonymous wrote:

i just used the face tool on a sketch and went with what it gave me, if in inspect the thickness is .12

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So what do you really really want the Thickness to be?

Sheet metal bends are normally specified to the inside radius - not the outside radius.

Both the Thickness and Bend Radius can be set in the Sheet Metal Styles.

[Anonymous]

sorry i am really new to sheet metal modeling, i am great with normal 3d but i dont know... i have attached the part and will try what you said

[mdavis22569]

start there with the right thickness you're looking for ...

[JDMather]

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@Anonymous wrote:

... i am great with normal 3d ...

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Sketch1 is not using obvious symmetry about the origin.

Sketch2 is not fully defined and has a dangling line underneath a boundary line.

Sketch3 is not fully defined for the position of the holes.

Back in a minute with a "repaired" file.

[Anonymous]

i sort of kind of changed it and changed the thickness

[mdavis22569]

you now know how to change the thickness ..

however as JDMathers said you have other issues to fix in the ipt ...

[Anonymous]

will these mistakes ruin the product or is it more stability issues?

[Anonymous]

i believe i see exactly what you mean, i the file and exported it to stl and then reopened it with inventor and it does seem a little messed up

[Anonymous]

Okay so as the community has said there are problems with the part file... i honestly have no idea what they are and i am so sorry for wasting your time and i thank you all for helping me with this... i have attached all my files, which includes .IPTs of 2 parts, .DWGs of both, .STL format of the parts, and PDFs of both DWGs, i know alot of this seems useless but the final result will be the STL and PDFs which would make them needed... i really want to fix it myself if someone could take the time to tell me what to add please? I reread the reply with details as to what i did wrong and it is actually very clear what i did wrong