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Create a cut into a sheet metal part.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
3 min.
Tutorial resources
These downloadable resources will be used to complete this tutorial:
Transcript
00:03
In Inventor, you can create a cut to remove material from a sheet metal face.
00:09
From the Home tab, click Open.
00:12
In the Open dialog, locate and select the file Assembly, Cartridge Body_004.iam, then click Open.
00:21
Begin with a sheet metal part already designed.
00:25
In this example, the sheet metal part is already placed within an assembly as a component.
00:31
In the graphics window, right-click the sheet metal part and click Edit.
00:36
This opens the Sheet Metal environment.
00:40
To create a cut in a sheet metal part, first, you sketch a profile on a sheet metal face,
00:46
and then you cut through—or partially through—one or more faces.
00:51
On the sheet metal part you wish to create a cut in, right-click the inside face to open the marking menu.
00:57
Select New Sketch.
01:01
To design the cut in context with the rest of the assembly, use Project Geometry.
01:07
From the ribbon, click Project Geometry.
01:11
Back in the graphics window, select the axis of the motor on the assembly to incorporate it into the design of the sheet metal part.
01:19
Right-click again and from the marking menu, select OK.
01:23
Open the marking menu again and select Center Point Circle
01:28
to create the sketch profile of the cut.
01:31
Select the center point of the projected geometry, and enter 9.5 mm in the dynamic dimension field.
01:39
Press ENTER on your keyboard.
01:42
Right-click again and select OK.
01:47
Finish the sketch.
01:50
Now it is time to apply the cut.
01:53
From the ribbon, Modify panel, click Cut.
01:57
The Cut dialog displays.
01:60
Notice that from the Extents group, Distance is selected and is set to the Thickness of the material.
02:07
Select the profiles for the cut.
02:10
In this example, pick both circles, and then click OK.
02:14
In the graphics window, a cut displays in the part.
02:18
Using Project Geometry to design cuts in sheet metal is a great way to design within the context of an assembly.
Video transcript
00:03
In Inventor, you can create a cut to remove material from a sheet metal face.
00:09
From the Home tab, click Open.
00:12
In the Open dialog, locate and select the file Assembly, Cartridge Body_004.iam, then click Open.
00:21
Begin with a sheet metal part already designed.
00:25
In this example, the sheet metal part is already placed within an assembly as a component.
00:31
In the graphics window, right-click the sheet metal part and click Edit.
00:36
This opens the Sheet Metal environment.
00:40
To create a cut in a sheet metal part, first, you sketch a profile on a sheet metal face,
00:46
and then you cut through—or partially through—one or more faces.
00:51
On the sheet metal part you wish to create a cut in, right-click the inside face to open the marking menu.
00:57
Select New Sketch.
01:01
To design the cut in context with the rest of the assembly, use Project Geometry.
01:07
From the ribbon, click Project Geometry.
01:11
Back in the graphics window, select the axis of the motor on the assembly to incorporate it into the design of the sheet metal part.
01:19
Right-click again and from the marking menu, select OK.
01:23
Open the marking menu again and select Center Point Circle
01:28
to create the sketch profile of the cut.
01:31
Select the center point of the projected geometry, and enter 9.5 mm in the dynamic dimension field.
01:39
Press ENTER on your keyboard.
01:42
Right-click again and select OK.
01:47
Finish the sketch.
01:50
Now it is time to apply the cut.
01:53
From the ribbon, Modify panel, click Cut.
01:57
The Cut dialog displays.
01:60
Notice that from the Extents group, Distance is selected and is set to the Thickness of the material.
02:07
Select the profiles for the cut.
02:10
In this example, pick both circles, and then click OK.
02:14
In the graphics window, a cut displays in the part.
02:18
Using Project Geometry to design cuts in sheet metal is a great way to design within the context of an assembly.
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