Export Sheet Metal View Inventor 2018

The code checks whether a flat pattern exists in the part if one is present it goes to the flat pattern exports the dxf to the predetermined file location and then returns the part back to it.

Export sheet metal view inventor 2018.

A sheet metal part starts out as a flat piece of metal with a consistent thickness. See complete table of contents in product view english original x. You can create a folded model view and a flat pattern view for a sheet metal part or ipart the flat pattern option is available only if a flat pattern exists in the source file the following practices apply for sheet metal iparts. The command is available within the part sheet metal or assembly not available in inventor lt environments.

For example when you create a flange the bend is added automatically. For manufacturing purposes details like bend radii and relief sizes are usually the same throughout the part. Besides just exporting the flat patterns the application will also insert part number material thickness and quantity properties for each flat pattern dxf file or include it in the file name. Use export face as to export all loops on a single planar face.

Share and vote on ideas for future product releases. Use a flat pattern which is the shape of the sheet metal part before it is formed to create drawings for manufacturing. Use the browser context menu to export a flat pattern of a sheet metal model. You must already have a flat pattern of your part created.

When you create a drawing view for a sheet metal. It is necessary to convert the folded. The basics series we ll take a look at how to use the basic functionality of the sheet metal environment in autodes. In part 22 of the autodesk inventor 101.

The flat pattern view is useful for fabrication and is the only view that supports sheet metal annotations. You enter the values for these details and then the software applies them as you design. View original x. Export sheet metal flat pattern parts of an assembly to dxf in one go.

You can export the face loops to either dxf or dwg file format. Posted on december 9 2018 march 9 2019 by clint brown i ve written a bit of ilogic code that will export out a dxf file from a sheet metal model.