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Hi! If possible, please post a picture or an example of what you are looking to do. Forum experts can help take a look and provide guidance.
Many thanks!
Johnson Shiue (johnson.shiue@autodesk.com)
Software Test Engineer
Hi! If possible, please post a picture or an example of what you are looking to do. Forum experts can help take a look and provide guidance.
Many thanks!
Johnson Shiue (johnson.shiue@autodesk.com)
Software Test Engineer
I hope I am understanding your question. I created a .125" sheet metal part. I placed a flange on one end and a fold on the other just to be different. I then used the unfold command on each in turn, sketch the area to "etch" on the backside of each bend and then extrude cut this area by .0625". I then went back and tightened the bend radius for each bend. Last I created the flat pattern to show it will create it for routing. Model is attached. Inventor 2021 format
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I hope I am understanding your question. I created a .125" sheet metal part. I placed a flange on one end and a fold on the other just to be different. I then used the unfold command on each in turn, sketch the area to "etch" on the backside of each bend and then extrude cut this area by .0625". I then went back and tightened the bend radius for each bend. Last I created the flat pattern to show it will create it for routing. Model is attached. Inventor 2021 format
John Hackney, Retired
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Hi! I think I know the request. You would like to alter the bend zone thickness (groove). Inventor assumes a sheet metal part to have uniform thickness. When the bend zones have inconsistent thickness, the flat pattern may fail.
A workflow that I developed a while back can help. In your case, each part will probably need two ipt files.
One represents the folded mode without altered thickness. Create the flat pattern in the part and then alter bend zones in the flat pattern mode. The other part is a derived part of the first part. Then alter the bend zones in the folded mode. So you have two ipt files describing the design: the first one for flat pattern; the second one for folded body.
Many thanks!
Johnson Shiue (johnson.shiue@autodesk.com)
Software Test Engineer
Hi! I think I know the request. You would like to alter the bend zone thickness (groove). Inventor assumes a sheet metal part to have uniform thickness. When the bend zones have inconsistent thickness, the flat pattern may fail.
A workflow that I developed a while back can help. In your case, each part will probably need two ipt files.
One represents the folded mode without altered thickness. Create the flat pattern in the part and then alter bend zones in the flat pattern mode. The other part is a derived part of the first part. Then alter the bend zones in the folded mode. So you have two ipt files describing the design: the first one for flat pattern; the second one for folded body.
Many thanks!
Johnson Shiue (johnson.shiue@autodesk.com)
Software Test Engineer
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