How To Roll Sheet Metal In Inventor

Depending on the unroll method see below the sketch may need a center line.

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. To aid in the preparation of detail drawings. In this tutorial we are going to discuss about the contour roll tool in detail. Like all inventor sheet metal features inventor will automatically create bends at line intersections.

Select cut normal or cut across bend. Apply cuts on sheet metal faces. Autodesk inventor supports the creation of contour roll features by revolving a profile consisting of lines arcs splines and elliptical arcs. If there are multiple profiles click profile and then select the profile for the cut.

In this tutorial video we will learn sketch sh. The sketch can only contain lines and arcs and must be an open profile. 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.

On the ribbon click sheet metal tab modify panel cut. A common sheet metal manufacturing practice is roll forming. The following image shows two examples of simple legacy rolls.