Autodesk Inventor Sheet Metal Weld

He is using the flange tool in this tutorial.

Autodesk inventor sheet metal weld.

Use the nastran solver to test sheet metal. The face command now supports extruding from the mid plane to create a symmetric face. Autodesk makes software and services available on a licensed or subscription. Watch seth as he introduces you to the program sheet metal in autodesk inventor.

Weld to seal flange when making a standard sheet metal flange piece like the one attached in the image a normal process is to weld the corners shut to seal the flanges closed. Inventor nastran formerly known as nastran in cad offers cad embedded finite element analysis software with an array of simulation and analysis features. In this tutorial video we will learn sketch sh. I am having a problem with sheet metal corners after adding corner seam with overlap.

With sheet metal commands you can unfold features and work on a model in a flattened state and then refold the features. An inventor ideas submission for more information about the face command see to work with faces in sheet metal. Within the autodesk inventor design environment a sheet metal part can be displayed as a folded model or a flat pattern. Create a symmetric face previously you could only extrude a face in one direction or the other which made it difficult to center a sheet metal part about the thickness.

Autodesk inventor 2018 groove weld. Autodesk inventor 2017 creating a weldment. When i add the corner seam with my standard gapsize 001 with a relief shape of arc weld or linear weld the cor. A groove weld doesn t quite work a fillet weld doesn t either.

Use specialized mesh elements result types for sheet metal.