Setting up and configuring your sheet metal template
This recipe will focus on the initial setup of a sheet metal template, prior to the creation of a sheet metal part. This process does not have to be carried out each time a sheet metal part is required. Once a template has been configured, it can be saved and used again, applying the settings and constraints to the next design. Multiple sheet metal templates can be configured, and in most cases will be required based on the materials and fabrication equipment available to the engineer.
Getting ready
To begin this recipe, you will not need any practice files.
How to do it…
We will start by creating a blank new sheet metal document, and then we will configure the desired sheet metal rules and settings within this. The last step will be to save this as an accessible template for future use:
- From the Inventor Home screen, select New followed by New. Select Templates | en-Us, then select Metric. Select Sheet...
