Edit Gap On Sheet Metal Flange

To add a flange feature you select one or more edges and specify the size and position of the material added.

Edit gap on sheet metal flange. Corners that generate during the creation of flange and contour flange features display the default corner relief shape when the model is flat. Edit the sketch of the profile. Products and versions covered inventor 2015 inventor 2016 inventor 2017 inventor 2018 inventor professional 2015 inventor professional 2016 inventor professional 2017 inventor professional 2018. It is designed behavior as a part of flange enhancements in nx12.

There is note of it in the help documentation as to better support multiple instances within a feature the embedded sketch functionality has been removed. Columnist gerald davis continues a discussion of 3 d cad and precision sheet metal manufacturing in part iii of a four part series focusing on design guidelines for sheet metal. Use gauge table only available if a sheet metal gauge table has been selected for the part select or clear. Set a value when use default radius and use gauge table are cleared.

Next month concludes with the pros and cons of hems jogs and forming tools. Options in basic sheet metal base flange tab. Could anyone help please im using inventor 2008 pro in the sheet metal format and having a slight problem with corners. Cannot edit the corner gap in a sheet metal flange part file.

You can override the default sheet metal. Ive been trying to achieve this by creating. Edge flange see figure 3 can be used to add an attached wall to any sheet metal body. Previous editions covered economic order quantity in batch production and the accuracy of things made from rolled sheet stock.

This same tool can be used to make a flat piece of sheet metal that one would use to add edge flanges and other useful sheet metal features. You can use unbend rebend normal cutout bend taper and so on to customize flange shapes. The guys in the workshop are telling me that when they bend up an enclosure the edges of the flanges are always corner to corner.