Autodesk Inventor Sheet Metal Punch Tool

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Autodesk inventor sheet metal punch tool.

Perhaps a cutout for a particular connector or plug. 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. You can incorporate sheet metal punch ifeatures into your sheet metal part models.

In this video lesson i will create a sheet metal punch file. 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. 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. 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 incorporate sheet metal punch ifeatures into your sheet metal part models. Punch tools can partially penetrate the face of your model and leave an embossed indentation or both cut and deform in a single operation. Use the extract ifeature command to extract and save a sketched feature or a sketch in a catalog for future use. To streamline this common process you can take advantage of the punch tool for sheet metal.

Learn how to use the tool in the video below.