- The Inventor Sheet Metal interface
- Sheet Metal design process
- Creating base features
- Creating Secondary Faces and Contour flanges
- Sheet Metal parameters
- Creating flanges
- Creating Hems, Folds, and Bends
- Holes and Cut features
- Corner seams
- Generating flat patterns
- Sheet Metal Styles
- Documentation drawings
AutoCAD Training Prerequisites
Inventor: Introduction to Solid Modeling or equivalent.
AutoCAD Training Course Duration
16 Hours
AutoCAD Training Course outline
Chapter 1: Introduction to Sheet Metal Modeling
- 1.1 Sheet Metal Concepts
- 1.2 Sheet Metal Terminology
- 1.3 Sheet Metal Environment
- 1.4 Viewing Sheet Metal Models
- 1.5 Sheet Metal Design Process
- Exercise 1a
Chapter 2: Sheet Metal Base Features
- 2.1 Applying Existing Sheet Metal Styles
- 2.2 Creating a Face as a Base Feature
- 2.3 Creating a Contour Flange as a Base Feature
- Exercise 2a
- Exercise 2b
- Exercise 2c
Chapter 3: Sheet Metal Secondary Features
- 3.1 Sheet Metal Styles
- 3.2 Bend Relief Shapes
- 3.3 Faces as Secondary Features
- 3.4 Contour Flanges as Secondary Features
- Exercise 3a
- Exercise 3b
Chapter 4: Flanges
- 4.1 Creating Flanges
- 4.2 Corner Relief Options
- Exercise 4a
- Exercise 4b
Chapter 5: Bending Sheet Metal
- 5.1 Creating Hems
- 5.2 Folds
- 5.3 Bend Features
- Exercise 5a
- Exercise 5b
- Exercise 5c
Chapter 6: Creating Rounds and Chamfers
- 6.1 Creating Corner Rounds
- 6.2 Creating Corner Chamfers
- Exercise 6a
- Exercise 6b
- Exercise 6c
Chapter 7: Sheet Metal Cuts
- 7.1 Creating Cut Features
- 7.2 Creating Straight Holes
- 7.3 Using Punch Tool Features
- 7.4 Creating a Punch Tool
- Exercise 7a
- Exercise 7b
- Exercise 7c
Chapter 8: Corner Seams
- 8.1 Creating Corner Seams and Miters
- 8.2 Creating Corner Rips
- 8.3 Converting Corner Seams and Bends
- Exercise 8a
- Exercise 8b
Chapter 9: Flat Pattern Environment
- 9.1 Creating Flat Patterns
- 9.2 Orienting Flat Patterns
- 9.3 Punch Representations
- 9.4 Flat Pattern Cleanup
- 9.5 Exporting to DXF/DWG
- Exercise 9a
- Exercise 9b
- Exercise 9c
Chapter 10: Documentation and Annotation
- 10.1 Sheet Metal Drawing Terminology
- 10.2 Creating Sheet Metal Drawings
- 10.3 Bend Notes
- 10.4 Bend Tables
- 10.5 Punch Tables
- Exercise 10a
- Exercise 10b
Chapter 11: Converting Parts to Sheet Metal
- 11.1 Converting Solid Models to Sheet Metal
- 11.2 Non-ruled Surfaces
- Exercise 11a
- Exercise 11b
- Exercise 11c
Appendix A: Sheet Metal Styles
- A.1 Working with Sheet Metal Styles
- A.2 Sheet, Bend, and Corner Tab Options
- A.3 Bend Tables
- Exercise A1
- Exercise A2
- Exercise A3
Appendix B – Additional Exercises
