Convert To Sheet Metal

In the propertymanager under sheet metal gauges set options if you want to use a gauge table.

Convert to sheet metal.

You can convert to sheetmetal by defining driving surface. You don t need to shell solid bodies or concern yourself with the thickness. A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters. For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.

For more information about solid. Convert to sheet metal is a valuable command when importing models from other cad systems neutral file formats or something created in nx using traditional modelling techniques. Create the solid part. Select use gauge table.

Click convert to sheet metal sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal convert to sheet metal. Convert to sheet metal. Click on the rip icon. Click on insert bends.

Pick the a face that will be fixed plane of the flattened sheet 4. Set the thickness of the sheet metal part. Click convert to sheet metal 3. Let s start with the rules of sheet metal.

Autodesk inventor allows for converting models to sheet metal. How to use the convert to sheet metal tool select a fixed face that the sheet metal will unfold about. To convert a solid part to a sheet metal part. The conversion allows the user to work with the model using downstream sheet metal features.

Rule 1 you must have a consistent thickness. Which face you choose is very important as it will have a. The rip tool breaks a solid along a corner to make it suitable for adding bends. Which means regardless where the model geometry originates you can convert it to sheet metal add sheet metal features and generate the flat pattern.

Solidworks convert to sheet metal cylinder. If you don t have the sheet metal tab open right click in the area where the 1 arrow points then click sheet metal. Click on the convert to sheet metal icon in the sheet metal command manager. The gauge number 18 holds no relevance to the actual measurements.

Enter the material thickness you want. Open part operations convert to sheetmetal driving surface select any face to define driving surface for sheetmetal part ok. This video shows the difference between creating a sheet metal part from scratch and converting a solid part to sheet metal.