How To Roll Sheet Metal In Inventor

This tool is used when we want to create a sheet by revolving a profile consi.

How to roll sheet metal in inventor.

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 bodies in the part file click the solids selector to choose the participating body. The contour roll starts with a sketch.

The following image shows two examples of simple legacy rolls. Depending on the unroll method see below the sketch may need a center line. In this tutorial video we will learn sketch sh. In this tutorial we are going to discuss about the contour roll tool in detail.

Select cut normal or cut across bend. 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. Like all inventor sheet metal features inventor will automatically create bends at line intersections. A common sheet metal manufacturing practice is roll forming.

The sketch can only contain lines and arcs and must be an open profile. If there are multiple profiles click profile and then select the profile for the cut. On the ribbon click sheet metal tab modify panel cut.