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An iPart typically generates multiple unique parts that belong to the same family. NOTE You can create an iPart and save it as a table-driven iFeature. Use the iPart Author to create the part family members in each table row. When placing the part in an assembly, select a row (member) to generate a unique part. For more information Location Help topic Search: "iPart Fundamentals" Skill Builder Parts: iParts - The Basics iParts - Beyond the Basics Sheet Metal Parts Chances are that a design you have been asked to create contains components that lend themselves to fabrication from sheet metal. Autodesk Inventor provides functionality that simplifies the creation, editing, and documentation of digital prototypes of sheet metal components. A sheet metal part is often thought of as a part fabricated from a sheet of uniformly thick material. If you design small objects, this material is often thin. However, in Autodesk Inventor you can utilize the sheet metal commands on any design where the material is of uniform thickness. Within the Autodesk Inventor design environment, a sheet metal part can be displayed as a folded model or a flat pattern. With sheet metal commands, you can unfold features and work on a model in a flattened state, and then refold the features. You create sheet metal parts from a template file. The sheet metal template file incorporates a set of rules. The rules determine some common attributes such as material type and thickness, unfolding rules, gap sizes, and so on. By changing a single rule, you can change the material of a sheet metal part from Sheet Metal Parts | 11

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An iPart typically generates multiple
unique parts that belong to the same
family.
NOTE
You can create an iPart and save
it as a table-driven iFeature.
Use the iPart Author to create the part family members in each table row.
When placing the part in an assembly, select a row (member) to generate a
unique part.
Location
For more information
Search:
“
iPart Fundamentals
”
Help topic
Parts:
iParts - The Basics
Skill Builder
iParts - Beyond the Basics
Sheet Metal Parts
Chances are that a design you have been asked to create
contains components that lend themselves to fabrication
from sheet metal.
Autodesk Inventor provides functionality that simplifies the
creation, editing, and documentation of digital prototypes
of sheet metal components.
A sheet metal part is often thought of as a part fabricated
from a sheet of uniformly thick material. If you design small
objects, this material is often thin. However, in Autodesk
Inventor you can utilize the sheet metal commands on any
design where the material is of uniform thickness.
Within the Autodesk Inventor design environment, a sheet metal part can be
displayed as a folded model or a flat pattern. With sheet metal commands,
you can unfold features and work on a model in a flattened state, and then
refold the features.
You create sheet metal parts from a template file. The sheet metal template
file incorporates a set of rules. The rules determine some common attributes
such as material type and thickness, unfolding rules, gap sizes, and so on. By
changing a single rule, you can change the material of a sheet metal part from
Sheet Metal Parts |
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