Export Sheet Metal View Inventor 2018

Export sheet metal flat pattern parts of an assembly to dxf in one go.

Export sheet metal view inventor 2018. Export the face to obj mesh file open the mesh file in mesh mixer and unwrap it. Use export face as to export all loops on a single planar face. A sheet metal part starts out as a flat piece of metal with a consistent thickness. You enter the values for these details and then the software applies them as you design.

For manufacturing purposes details like bend radii and relief sizes are usually the same throughout the part. Choose save copy as. The command is available within the part sheet metal or assembly not available in inventor lt environments. Users reported that while trying to flatten a complex fin from the below assembly.

The flat pattern view is useful for fabrication and is the only view that supports sheet metal annotations. You can export the face loops to either dxf or dwg file format. The basics series we ll take a look at how to use the basic functionality of the sheet metal environment in autodes. With a single model face or flat pattern selected you can use export face as from the context menu to export to several different file formats.

It is necessary to convert the folded. Use the browser context menu to export a flat pattern of a sheet metal model. The code checks whether a flat pattern exists in the part if one is present it goes to the flat pattern exports the dxf to the predetermined file location and then returns the part back to it. In part 22 of the autodesk inventor 101.

You must already have a flat pattern of your part created. When you create a drawing view for a sheet metal. Besides just exporting the flat patterns the application will also insert part number material thickness and quantity properties for each flat pattern dxf file or include it in the file name. For example when you create a flange the bend is added automatically.

In this tutorial video we will learn sketch sh. Right click the flat pattern icon in the browser. Posted on december 9 2018 march 9 2019 by clint brown i ve written a bit of ilogic code that will export out a dxf file from a sheet metal model.