In short when converting a model to sheet metal inventor 2016 automatically detects the material thickness versus the measure and copy method of previous inventor versions.
Change sheet metal thickness inventor.
My text refers to a thickness parameter value which i cannot find in inventor 2015 contour flange.
We produce a lot of sheet metal work using invento and use 0 2732 for below 3mm sheet and 0 3365 for 3mm and above using ilogic we automatically set the k factor depending on the thk of material so we don t forget to adjust it each time.
The k factors mentioned are to suit our own press and tools of course.
Changing sheet metal thickness.
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In the dialog uncheck use thickness from rule and enter 1 17mm as the thickness value.
In the ribbon select sheet metal defaults.
Autodesk inventor professional 2019.
I want to create this item in 10mm plate but i cannot even set it to 1mm sheetmetal.
How do you define the thickness of the sheetmetal when creating a sheetmetal part.
You can also select a material type unfolding rule and sheet thickness that is different from the value specified in the sheet metal rule.
Total project time approximately 20 minutes.
Change the material to stainless steel select ok to set the defaults.
Ipt as the template.
Access the style and standard.
Is there any limit of sheetmetal thickness.
Kelly young inventor technical support spe.
You use the sheet metal defaults dialog box to select a sheet metal rule.
Use the sheet metal defaults dialog box to change the options and parameters defined by the selected sheet metal rule for the active sheet metal part.