Stamping metal in Inventor
Stamping metal in Inventor
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I am using Inventor 2011. I am trying to take a flat piece of sheet metal and stamp a small form onto one end. The purpose is to be able to slide a 3/4" ID hose over this end. The end would have a small arc profile to it so the hose slides on.
Would I make some sort of ifeature with this shape, and then insert the ifeature onto the flat sheet metal?
I am fairly new to working with sheet metal in Inventor, so if anyone has some ideas, a step by step explanation would help me tremendously.
Thanks
Would I make some sort of ifeature with this shape, and then insert the ifeature onto the flat sheet metal?
I am fairly new to working with sheet metal in Inventor, so if anyone has some ideas, a step by step explanation would help me tremendously.
Thanks





RE: Stamping metal in Inventor
Can you zip and attach what you have tried so far?
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Thanks soo much.
RE: Stamping metal in Inventor
If outside fabricator - do they specifically request a flat pattern? (this is going to require a deformation which Inventor cannot flatten)
I would not have modeled the way you did - wayyy too much work. In general the Fold tool should almost never be used.
I'll try to work up another example of what "I think" you want when I get a chance, now that we've narrowed it down a bit.