Sheet Metal Flange Inventor

A flange feature consists of a face and bend connected to an existing face along a straight edge.

Sheet metal flange inventor.

In the inventor sheetmetal environment users take advantage of the unfold functionality for creating flat patterns of a wide variety of materials. Although not necessarily the norm i do get asked from time to time about removing the bend relief cut away from a flange. Although the sheet metal face feature may be considered the most fundamental of sheet metal features sheet metal parts consisting of a single face are in the minority. You can override the default sheet metal style settings using the unfold options and the bend or corner tabs on the feature creation dialog box.

Sheet metal flange features consist of a face and bend connected to an existing face along a straight edge.