Fold Line Sheet Metal

A fold on a sheet metal face forms about a straight sketched bend line that terminates at face edges.

Fold line sheet metal.

Without it bending sheet metal on a nice straight and tight line is deceptively difficult. At the forefront the unfold sketch with bending lines for export to dxf. Also known as press braking flanging die bending folding and edging this method is used to deform a material to an angular shape. Therefore it is not part of the standard freecad install.

In fold location click one of the following to specify. So in a part generated with the sheet metal tools your bend lines are stored in the flat pattern feature remember that this sketch you can show hide and suppress unsuppress to control how when it is displayed. How to fold sheet metal faces within autodesk inventor. The sheet metal model built with the sheet metal add on rear.

On the ribbon click sheet metal tab create panel fold. Sheet aluminium can be cut without the need for a guillotine or tin snips which tend to deform the metal. This is done through the application of force on a workpiece. I have always wanted a press brake for bending sheet metal but it takes up too much space.

Bending is one of the most common sheet metal fabrication operations. Next put your wooden or metal form blocks in the vice and clamp your sheet of metal between the forms. Unlike the bend flange contour flange or hem features which all add material to the design the fold feature does not add material. By default it is always in the folded configuration unsuppressed and hidden and in the flat configuration it is unsuppressed and set to.

Sheet metal is an external workbench evolved to design and unfold sheet metal parts. Place the fracture line over the edge of a table and bend the overhang slightly downwards. The force must exceed the material s yield strength to achieve a plastic deformation. With the aid of a straight edge and a sharp knife score both sides of the aluminium sheet.

Click the bend line to use for the fold. To bend sheet metal in a vice start by marking a line on the metal where you want to bend it. If your sheet metal is long ask a friend to stabilize the part hanging out from the form blocks so it doesn t affect the bend.