sheet metal assembly

[Anonymous]

can anyone help me out,  im struggling with this assembly

I have a tile and then a led channel, I need the led channel to sit on the 60mm deep angled side

with the 20mm bottom fold being on the underside off the face of the tile

thanks in advance 

[TheCADWhisperer]

Have you installed all Service Packs and Updates for your version of Inventor?

I would not use Fold - I measured the end results and I will make a wager they are not what you intended.

No assembly file attached?

[Thomas_Savage]

Hello,

Do you mean like the print screen I attached?

Thomas

[Anonymous]

assembly attached

i had a flat blank and created folds just for this excercise

i already know everything works,just need to do an assembly

[Anonymous]

theangle needs to be the other way up

[Thomas_Savage]

Like the print screens attached?

[Anonymous]

as picture attached

really struggling with this

[Anonymous]

sorry my picture, the angle needs to be the other way up

[Anonymous]

yes thats correct, how do i do that please

[Anonymous]

thats it

[TheCADWhisperer]

Can you use the Free Move and Free Rotate as needed to line up the parts as close as you can get by eyeball and then attach that assembly (*.iam) file here?

[Thomas_Savage]

Hello,

Select constrain, and then just select the 2 faces that you want to place together.

Do it on the 2 faces that you can see from my print screen, that are together.

Thomas

[Thomas_Savage]

I have attached constraining the first face.

I selected the 2 faces that you can see that are coloured. Then just select ok.

Then they will be constrained. And just do the same with the top, and inside of the other 2 faces to constrain the top.

Hope this helps.

Thomas

[Anonymous]

just doesn't work for me however i do it

[Thomas_Savage]

On the idl tile select the side, not the top flange. Like in this print screen.

Then it will constrain to the side.

[Anonymous]

then it does this

[Thomas_Savage]

Yes that's how it should go.

Select ok.

Then pick the 2 faces I have attached. The faces with the arrows pointing to.

Then it will line it up.

Thomas 

[Anonymous]

thomas

so simple, but its just not working for me.

thanks for your help though

if you get time, do you think you could do a video?

thanks

[Thomas_Savage]

You could have mates that you have placed that is over constraining and stopping you.

Start a new assembly, and do 2 constraints. The first one you did. And then the one I just shown you.

See if that works.

I will try do a video.

[Anonymous]

i think ive cracked it, i had 2 do 3 constraints though

ill attach assembly tomorrow as its not letting me attach files