Autodesk Inventor Sheet Metal Punch Tool

Use the extract ifeature command to extract and save a sketched feature or a sketch in a catalog for future use.

Autodesk inventor sheet metal punch tool.

This allows you to simply and easily create punched cutouts in a sheet metal design while referencing back to a common sketch or part file. Learn how to use the tool in the video below. Sheet metal punch tools are ifeatures with additional attribution. Sheet metal punch tools are ifeatures with additional attributes that cut simple or complex hole shapes in a face of your part including across a bend.

If the selected feature has geometrically dependent features they are automatically selected but you can delete them using the extract ifeature dialog box. You can later use the punch tool in another model. Sheet metal punch tools are ifeatures with extra attributes that cut simple or complex hole shapes in a face of your part including across a bend. Perhaps a cutout for a particular connector or plug.

Attachments louver ipt 0 17 mb louver ide 0. Punch tools can partially penetrate the face of your model and leave an embossed indentation or both cut and deform in a single operation. To make a louver you have to be carefully with using sketch planes. To streamline this common process you can take advantage of the punch tool for sheet metal.

Punch tools can partially penetrate the face of your model and leave an embossed indentation or both cut and deform in a single operation.