Convert To Sheet Metal

Autodesk inventor allows for converting models to sheet metal.

Convert to sheet metal.

The conversion allows the user to work with the model using downstream sheet metal features. The gauge number 18 holds no relevance to the actual measurements. Click convert to sheet metal sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal convert to sheet metal. A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.

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. Pick the a face that will be fixed plane of the flattened sheet 4. Select use gauge table. Solidworks convert to sheet metal cylinder.

This tutorial shows how to convert cylindrical hollow solid part to sheet metal cylinder. To convert a solid part to a sheet metal part. Which face you choose is very important as it will have a. If the part which you are converting is of uniform thickness you need not to shell.

Rule 1 you must have a consistent thickness. For more information about solid. In the propertymanager under sheet metal gauges set options if you want to use a gauge table. Convert to sheet metal.

Set the thickness of the sheet metal part. Click on the convert to sheet metal icon in the sheet metal command manager. Enter the material thickness you want. If you don t have the sheet metal tab open right click in the area where the 1 arrow points then click sheet metal.

You don t need to shell solid bodies or concern yourself with the thickness. For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter. Create the solid part. Click on the rip icon.

Open part operations convert to sheetmetal driving surface select any face to define driving surface for sheetmetal part ok. Let s start with the rules of sheet metal. How to use the convert to sheet metal tool select a fixed face that the sheet metal will unfold about. This video shows the difference between creating a sheet metal part from scratch and converting a solid part to sheet metal.

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. Click on insert bends.