How To Roll Sheet Metal In Inventor

A contour roll feature can be the base feature or a subsequent feature in your sheet metal part model.

How to roll sheet metal in inventor.

Select cut normal or cut across bend. Create contour roll features as the base feature of your sheet metal part model or as a subsequent feature as required by your specific design. In this tutorial we are going to discuss about the contour roll tool in detail. The following image shows two examples of simple legacy rolls.

If there are multiple profiles click profile and then select the profile for the cut. This tool is used when we want to create a sheet by revolving a profile consi. If there are multiple bodies in the part file click the solids selector to choose the participating body. A common sheet metal manufacturing practice is roll forming.

Depending on the unroll method see below the sketch may need a center line. To aid in the preparation of detail drawings. Like all inventor sheet metal features inventor will automatically create bends at line intersections. On the ribbon click sheet metal tab modify panel cut.

The contour roll starts with a sketch. In this tutorial video we will learn sketch sh. Apply cuts on sheet metal faces.