More Sheet Metal Questions

[Gary Cook]

I tried this, could not do it. It seems the "Trim to Bend" option should do
what you want, but it has no effect. The best I could do was with the tear
option (you'll need lots of filler rod, though. :)

"Alex123" <adr...@danver.com> wrote in message
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> I too use Inventor 5 for nothing but sheet metal. I find adaptivity
doesn't always work when using the contour flange command. But that's not
why I'm writing. Autodesk did a white paper awhile ago showing a "Sheet
Metal Comparison: Autodesk Inventor 4 vs Solidworks 2000 sp9". In it, there
was an illustration of a "weld bead" type of bend. It was showing how far
superior Inventor was because it could create a flat pattern and Solidworks
could not because "the curves required to create the cut are elliptical".
Well 2 tech people from Autodesk have been unable to draw this part and
unfold it for me in sheetmetal. They say it can't be drawn in sheet metal
mode but one of them did it sort of in part mode.(Much harder) Can anyone do
this? Picture a sheet metal pan with 4 flanges. Put a one inch (or larger)
radius on the bends and have them meet at the corner so you have a
"watertight corner" that can be welded. Then flatten it. If it was done in
the white paper it should be possible, right?
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