I know as a shelled box we ve got a model with a consistent thickness.
Convert step to sheet metal inventor.
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If you design small objects this material is often thin.
The autodesk inventor software provides functionality that simplifies the creation editing and documentation of digital prototypes of sheet metal components a sheet metal part is often thought of as a part fabricated from a sheet of uniformly thick material.
This actually does more than just activate a set of tools it automatically creates a set of parameters the ones required for the sheet metal magic to happen.
Converting a solid model into a sheet metal component with autodesk inventor.
After converting to a sheet metal part can you convert the the sheet metal file back to the regular part underneath the sheet metal defaults command there is a drop down menu that allow you to access the convert to standard part command.
This video shows how to use an imported step file in autodesk inventor as the basis for a sheet metal flat pattern.
1 convert to single solid.
What we need to achieve.
1 create a part with only 1 solid body flat pattern requirement 2 convert imported solids into inventor objects 3 set the sheet metal thickness to match the part steps.
Converting models to sheet metal with autodesk inventor.
First step activate the sheet metal environment.
Then copy and paste the embed code into your own web page.