Fold Line Sheet Metal

So in a part generated with the sheet metal tools your bend lines are stored in the flat pattern feature remember that this sketch you can show hide and suppress unsuppress to control how when it is displayed.

Fold line sheet metal.

This weakens the aluminium and creates a fracture line. Without it bending sheet metal on a nice straight and tight line is deceptively difficult. How to fold sheet metal faces within autodesk inventor. Unlike the bend flange contour flange or hem features which all add material to the design the fold feature does not add material.

Place the fracture line over the edge of a table and bend the overhang slightly downwards. By default it is always in the folded configuration unsuppressed and hidden and in the flat configuration it is unsuppressed and set to. I have always wanted a press brake for bending sheet metal but it takes up too much space. If your sheet metal is long ask a friend to stabilize the part hanging out from the form blocks so it doesn t affect the bend.

In fold location click one of the following to specify. A fold on a sheet metal face forms about a straight sketched bend line that terminates at face edges. The force must exceed the material s yield strength to achieve a plastic deformation. To bend sheet metal in a vice start by marking a line on the metal where you want to bend it.

On the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel fold. Bending is one of the most common sheet metal fabrication operations. At the forefront the unfold sketch with bending lines for export to dxf. Sheet metal is an external workbench evolved to design and unfold sheet metal parts.

Click the bend line to use for the fold. The sheet metal model built with the sheet metal add on rear. If you re like me the shop is full of tools too full. In front of it the unfolded solid.

Therefore it is not part of the standard freecad install. Sheet aluminium can be cut without the need for a guillotine or tin snips which tend to deform the metal. This is done through the application of force on a workpiece.