Autodesk Inventor Sheet Metal Tutorial || Project Flat Pattern Command

This tutorial demonstrates the utilization the Project Flat Pattern Command available in the Sheet Metal modeling environment of Autodesk Inventor. The tool is used to project a selected face or faces of a sheet metal flat pattern onto the active sketch plane.

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1. Here we have a model named Mounting Bracket which is created using Autodesk Inventor’s Sheet Metal functionality. Its two legs have been created using Contour Flange and Face Tool. Now we want to create its third leg by using Face Tool and Fold Tool. Let us see how we will use Project Flat Pattern command in creating third leg.
2. First of all we need unfolded length of previous leg this can be achieved by using Project Flat Pattern command available in 2D sketching environment.
3. This is our unfolded projected sketch with the help of this we will create another sketch for the third leg.
4. On the basis of this sketch we will create an extruded sheet metal face using Face Tool.
5. Now we need to bend this newly created flat sheet using bend tool.
6. Again we will utilize the sketch that we got using Project to Flat Pattern Tool to draw new bend lines.
7. These are the bend lines of previously created leg on basis this we will create our new bend lines.
8. So now we can easily create our required third leg by folding the visible sheet.
9. Fully completed model will look like this.

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Visit the following link to watch full detailed video related to modeling of the Mounting Bracket part

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICPhfxpV9Xg

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To watch more tutorials related to Autodesk inventor’s sheet metal functionality visit the following link…

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKWX3xUP3pPrzu8lASNE9Ol3n7nxlJLG1

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