Punch Dies in Inventor Pro 2011
Punch Dies in Inventor Pro 2011
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Hi All,
OK I have my punch to set up which cuts holes in my metal sheet now I need to form it out using a die pushed into the hole formed by a punch.
Is this possible. I cannot find anything on this in Autodesk except for a few answers to posts say that it is being looked into.
Best Rgds,
Dave R
OK I have my punch to set up which cuts holes in my metal sheet now I need to form it out using a die pushed into the hole formed by a punch.
Is this possible. I cannot find anything on this in Autodesk except for a few answers to posts say that it is being looked into.
Best Rgds,
Dave R





RE: Punch Dies in Inventor Pro 2011
Do you have a picture of a similar feature?
Is the feature similar to any of the built-in punches?
There are a lot of (older) punch tools at cbliss.com
RE: Punch Dies in Inventor Pro 2011
Yep, the sixth one down is what I'm after so I'll play around with that to see if it gives me the end result I want.
Best Rgds,
Dave R
RE: Punch Dies in Inventor Pro 2011
Well I've spent most of today trying to get a handle on this without success and am now appealing for help. I attach the files downloaded from the link you gave earlier in the hope that you can point me in the right direction.
Best Rgds,
Dave R
RE: Punch Dies in Inventor Pro 2011
RE: Punch Dies in Inventor Pro 2011
RE: Punch Dies in Inventor Pro 2011
Thanks for that.
Yes I was aware of that from my previous effort with Punches before, that's not to say I would have forgotten to add that into my sketch!!
Where I was falling over was on the Sweep. I've never used Sweep that close together, always having large arcs to work on. I had another go this morning and moved off the central point of the arc by a very small amount and the Sweep operation worked. Prior to that the Sweep operation wouldn't work and I was getting an error message which I couldn't work out.
Any further advice on this would be greatly appreciated.
Best Rgds,
Dave R.