Fold Line Sheet Metal

Bending is one of the most common sheet metal fabrication operations.

Fold line sheet metal.

So in a part generated with the sheet metal tools your bend lines are stored in the flat pattern feature remember that this sketch you can show hide and suppress unsuppress to control how when it is displayed. In front of it the unfolded solid. On the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel fold. If your sheet metal is long ask a friend to stabilize the part hanging out from the form blocks so it doesn t affect the bend.

Also known as press braking flanging die bending folding and edging this method is used to deform a material to an angular shape. Unlike the bend flange contour flange or hem features which all add material to the design the fold feature does not add material. The sheet metal model built with the sheet metal add on rear. At the forefront the unfold sketch with bending lines for export to dxf.

Sheet aluminium can be cut without the need for a guillotine or tin snips which tend to deform the metal. Next put your wooden or metal form blocks in the vice and clamp your sheet of metal between the forms. If you re like me the shop is full of tools too full. How to fold sheet metal faces within autodesk inventor.

With the aid of a straight edge and a sharp knife score both sides of the aluminium sheet. I have always wanted a press brake for bending sheet metal but it takes up too much space. A fold on a sheet metal face forms about a straight sketched bend line that terminates at face edges. Click the bend line to use for the fold.

By default it is always in the folded configuration unsuppressed and hidden and in the flat configuration it is unsuppressed and set to. Sheet metal is an external workbench evolved to design and unfold sheet metal parts. Without it bending sheet metal on a nice straight and tight line is deceptively difficult. Place the fracture line over the edge of a table and bend the overhang slightly downwards.

In fold location click one of the following to specify. This weakens the aluminium and creates a fracture line. The force must exceed the material s yield strength to achieve a plastic deformation.