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sheet metal slight bends

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esimers
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‎05-05-2021 11:28 AM
‎05-05-2021 11:28 AM

sheet metal slight bends

How can I make a sheet metal part with a slight bend?
basically I'm making a drain pan, it'll have a hole in the center for draining.  The shape would be rectangle, but with bends going from one corner to the other opposite.  how can I make this a sheet metal part to lay flat?  I don't want seams or anything, almost like a stamp of sorts.

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mcgyvr
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‎05-05-2021 12:25 PM
‎05-05-2021 12:25 PM

Inventor is not capable of doing a "Sheet Metal Flat Pattern" for stamped parts like that..

You can use the "Unwrap" function to generate a sudo flat though if you have one of the newer versions of Inventor with that function (2021 and newer I believe)

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2020/ENU/Inve...

 



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swalton
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‎05-05-2021 12:29 PM
‎05-05-2021 12:29 PM

You might be able to use a punch tool to make the crossbreak...   

 

This grabcad file might help.  https://grabcad.com/library/crossbreak-punch-tool

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