Autodesk Inventor Sheet Metal Flat Pattern

If appropriate select or clear the selection of the recover punch center option.

Autodesk inventor sheet metal flat pattern.

Select the first sheet metal feature in the browsers right click and select edit feature. When trying to create a sheet metal flat pattern a inventor tip comes up and when ok is select nothing happens for a sheet metal flat pattern. With a single body sheet metal part open on the ribbon click sheet metal tab flat pattern panel click create flat pattern. If appropriate select or clear the selection of the recover punch center option.

Autodesk inventor 2019 running on dell precision 7720 laptop. Sheet metal flat pattern hey guys. The flat pattern is created and displays. With the flat pattern active in the browser right click the node for the flat pattern and then click edit flat pattern definition.

The part browser displays a flat pattern node and the flattened state of the model is displayed when this node is active. When you open a sheet metal part the sheet metal tab on the ribbon provides access to the command to create a flat pattern. In the orientations table right click default or another named orientation and then click new. Although you cannot create a sheet metal part using inventor lt you can generate and document a sheet metal flat pattern.

Then the sketch will be copied to flat pattern body. Create flat pattern calculates the material and layout required to flatten a 3d sheet metal model. Add a named flat pattern orientation. To set the default sheet metal rule in the first feature.

Is that what you are looking for. Conversion of a sheet metal part to a standard part automatically deletes the sheet metal flat pattern. I know this was already discussed before but i am still having issues with creating flat pattern. In the sheet metal view area select flat pattern view.

You can simply right click on the sketch in folded mode copy to flat pattern. Set other options in the drawing view dialog and then click ok. On the ribbon click sheet metal tab flat pattern panel create flat pattern. A flat pattern node is created in the browser.

In the drawing view dialog box select a sheet metal component as file. Default sheet metal rule changed or not used in first sheet metal feature. In the browser double click the folded model node to return to the folded model state or. Set other options in the drawing view dialog and then click in the drawing to place the view.

In the sheet metal view area select flat pattern view. Core i7 6820hq 16 gb ram quadro p3000 widnows 7 pro 64 bit solved.