Sheet Metal Design Flashcards
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How can a parts list automatically show the flat blank size of a sheet metal part?
Answer: Use the Sheet Metal Length and Sheet Metal Width iProperties
Inventor provides flat pattern extent properties that can be shown in parts lists and title blocks.
What sketch profile does Contour Flange need, compared with the Face command?
Answer: Contour Flange uses an open profile, Face uses a closed profile
Contour Flange adds thickness to an open profile, and Face extrudes a closed profile to the sheet thickness.
What happens to the sharp corners in a Contour Flange sketch?
Answer: Inventor automatically replaces them with bends using the rule's bend radius
Contour Flange automatically adds bends at the sketch corners using the active bend radius.
Which command explicitly sets the face that controls flat pattern orientation and punch direction?
Answer: A-Side Definition
A-Side Definition sets the face Inventor uses as the A side, which controls the punch direction and flat pattern orientation.
Your shop gives you measured bend deduction values for each thickness, radius, and angle. Which unfold rule type should you use?
Answer: Bend Table
A Bend Table unfold rule looks up measured bend allowance or deduction values from a table.
What is the K-factor value in Inventor's Default unfold rule?
Answer: 0.44
The Default_KFactor unfold rule in Inventor uses a K-factor of 0.44.
In the Corner Seam command, which overlap option makes one face extend over the edge of the other?
Answer: Overlap
Overlap makes one face cover the other face's edge, while Symmetric Gap leaves an equal gap between both faces.