Export Sheet Metal View Inventor 2018

The flat pattern view is useful for fabrication and is the only view that supports sheet metal annotations.

Export sheet metal view inventor 2018.

The command is available within the part sheet metal or assembly not available in inventor lt environments. 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. Choose save copy as. Use export face as to export all loops on a single planar face.

For example when you create a flange the bend is added automatically. Export sheet metal flat pattern parts of an assembly to dxf in one go. 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. Flat pattern fails to work.

With a single model face or flat pattern selected you can use export face as from the context menu to export to several different file formats. Users reported that while trying to flatten a complex fin from the below assembly. 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. Export the face to obj mesh file open the mesh file in mesh mixer and unwrap it.

Right click the flat pattern icon in the browser. It is necessary to convert the folded. A sheet metal part starts out as a flat piece of metal with a consistent thickness. 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.

When you create a drawing view for a sheet metal. You must already have a flat pattern of your part created. Use the browser context menu to export a flat pattern of a sheet metal model. In part 22 of the autodesk inventor 101.

The basics series we ll take a look at how to use the basic functionality of the sheet metal environment in autodes. You can export the face loops to either dxf or dwg file format. Save the result and open it in inventor extrude the profile created via unwrapped face and flat pattern is generated.