rdharvey Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 i have produced a sheet metal clamp but for some reason it won't let me add corners?? also once i have done this how do i produce the flat pattern?? Also the attatch file box keeps saying its an invalid file!? any ideas why?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Be_cool Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Just click icon to go in flat pattern mode... Can you attach image of the clamp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 ...the attatch file box keeps saying its an invalid file!? any ideas why?? Did you roll up the EOP? Did you zip the file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdharvey Posted December 13, 2010 Author Share Posted December 13, 2010 The flat pattern button isnt there for some reason :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdharvey Posted December 13, 2010 Author Share Posted December 13, 2010 Did you roll up the EOP?Did you zip the file? I tried both jd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdharvey Posted December 13, 2010 Author Share Posted December 13, 2010 BIRDUCLAMP-SM.zip Ah it was sending it to .rar not zip and the up loader wouldn't load the file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Be_cool Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Right click and... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdharvey Posted December 13, 2010 Author Share Posted December 13, 2010 ok so i have selected the flat pattern. but the part doesnt go flat. do i have to change any parameters of the model or anything? not used the sheet metal much :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Be_cool Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Just draw contour of your clamp and use contour flange tool...deffine thickness before, and that's it. Regards Aleksandar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdharvey Posted December 13, 2010 Author Share Posted December 13, 2010 awesome! it works thanks dude! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Be_cool Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 We are here to help each other Regards Aleksandar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopinc Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Hi Guys, The reason Rob could not unfold his parts is that he had not set his "Sheet Metal Defaults" to match his chosen material thickness. Inventor could not therefore work out a viable solution. For anyone else having a similar problem make sure that these parameters match. If you are not using the system default material thickness setting, simply untick it and put the material thickness in the adjacent box. Regards all, Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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