Exporting Inventor Sheet Metal For Printing On Paper

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Exporting inventor sheet metal for printing on paper.

Every once in a while the export of sheet metal flat patterns comes up and how best to export the flat pattern. Map sheet sizes to various print paper sizes on different printers. I m using inventor 2015 on windows 7 win64. But printing to dwg makes inventor to crash.

Use measuring tape and a straightedge to measure and mark the sheet metal. Export sheet metal flat pattern parts of an assembly to dxf in one go. This is perfect for exporting an assembly drawing or pdf pack to an external manufacturer. To save autodesk inventor files to other formats.

Cut the sheet metal so it s the same size as you want the print to be. It also creates an. You will learn how to create a pattern with unequal spacing. Cut out a piece of sheet metal using a pair of tin snips.

Replace a linked parameters microsoft excel sheet. Export a flat pattern of a sheet metal model to sat dwg or dxf file types. One way i really like is directly exporting from the part file primarily because it gives you several options to adjust how your file is exported. Suppress the chain of links of a derived part.

In save as type specify sat dwg or dxf file type. Click the arrow next to the save as type box and then select the appropriate file type from the list. In the browser right click the icon for the flat pattern and then click save copy as. You can export autodesk inventor parts drawings assemblies and presentations in many formats.

This is by the most useful free i use for inventor. Paper is a thin sheet material produced by mechanically and or chemically processing cellulose fibres derived from wood rags grasses or other vegetable sources in water draining the water through fine mesh leaving the fibre evenly distributed on the surface followed by pressing and drying. Export flat pattern to dxf export to dxf. One often overlooked method is to save the settings in an ini file.

Then cut along the lines you marked with the tin snips. This class will cover several workflows that answer the most common questions that inventor software users have about parts sheet metal parts and drawings. Browse to the folder where you want to save the part and in file name enter a name. Select save as save copy as.

Start with an existing flat pattern. Reorient an imported model. Any kind of sheet metal will work including aluminum brass and copper. Besides just exporting the flat patterns the application will also insert part number material thickness and quantity properties for each flat pattern dxf file or include it in the file name.