sheet metal Box

[Anonymous]

Hi,

Would you please tell me how to make a flange out side a sheet metal box as per the attached ipt.

Regards,

atajabbas

Inventor 2016

[Mark.Lancaster]

@Anonymous

The file provided is not an actual sheet metal part..  Did you want to design the box using sheet metal tools within Inventor? 

Also you need to give us more details about this flange design.  You may understand what you want but you only provided very limited design intent information.  Do you have an example of what you want to accomplish?

Update:  Just realize there was a duplicate posting going on and @blair is assisting you over here

[Anonymous]

Hi,

Mr.  Mark Lancaster,

The box is an idea and to be sheet metal 1.5 mm thick and of 600x600x500mm high. the flange to be folded from the sheet metal box with 30 mm wide with standard radii 

Many thanks

atajabbas

Inventor 2016

[Thomas_Savage]

Hello,

Do you mean something like the part attached?

Thomas

[Anonymous]

Yes sir,

But how do I proceed?

Thank you

atajabbas

Inventor 2016

[Thomas_Savage]

What do you mean by proceed?

You want more doing to it?

Thomas

[Anonymous]

Hi,

Indeed I have done the attached part, but I couldn't unfold it successfully. It is unfolded but can not be refolded. Could you please tell me where is my error?

Regards,

atajabbas

Inventor 2016

[Thomas_Savage]

Hello,

I Flat patterned and unfolded, then refolded your part. And there was no problem.

I have attached your part unfolded, then refolded.

What error did it come up with when you done it?

Thomas

[Anonymous]

Hi,

Many thanks for your help.

I re-attach the part again with the error as in the screen shot

Regards,

atajabbas

Inventor 2016

[Thomas_Savage · Accepted solution]

Hello,

It is because the flanges intersect when it is unfolded.

I will change the flanges to show you.

Thomas

[Thomas_Savage · Accepted solution]

I have attached the part with flanges that will not intersect.

If you unfold the flanges 10 to 14 you will see.

They were the flanges that was causing you a problem before.

Hope this helps.

Thomas

[Anonymous]

Many thanks for you Mr. Tomas.

But I don't know how to control the small flanges. Some times it comes with oblique end edges as the part that I sent and some times it  comes straight as your part, So how to control it?

Regards

atajabbas

Inventor 2016

[Anonymous]

Well, Thank you again.

I have discovered how to do the small flange oblique or strait, where at Flange dialoge, if I select all the edges at the same time and at the end gives OK, it becomes oblique, and if each time select one edge and gives it Apply, then select the other edge and so on, it becomes straight.

Many thanks for your help and I appreciate your kindness.

Regards,

atajabbas

Inventor 2016 

[Thomas_Savage · Accepted solution]

Hello,

You're welcome.

Yes, select one edge, then click apply. Then you get straight flanges.

If you select them all at the same time it does a corner seam on them.

Thomas