How To Roll Sheet Metal In Inventor

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How to roll sheet metal in inventor.

To aid in the preparation of detail drawings contour roll centerlines have a unique object type and are placed on a separate layer of the drawing. A common sheet metal manufacturing practice is roll forming. A contour roll feature can be the base feature or a subsequent feature in your sheet metal part model. Depending on the unroll method see below the sketch may need a center line.

Create contour roll features as the base feature of your sheet metal part model or as a subsequent feature as required by your specific design. The following image shows two examples of simple legacy rolls. The contour roll starts with a sketch. If there are multiple bodies in the part file click the solids selector to choose the participating body.

Select cut normal or cut across bend. On the ribbon click sheet metal tab modify panel cut. In this tutorial we are going to discuss about the contour roll tool in detail. If there are multiple profiles click profile and then select the profile for the cut.

Like all inventor sheet metal features inventor will automatically create bends at line intersections. The sketch can only contain lines and arcs and must be an open profile. To aid in the preparation of detail drawings.