Autodesk Inventor Sheet Metal Punch Tool

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.

Autodesk inventor sheet metal punch tool. Sheet metal punch tools are ifeatures with additional attribution. 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. You can incorporate sheet metal punch ifeatures into your sheet metal part models. 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 streamline this common process you can take advantage of the punch tool for sheet metal. You can later use the punch tool in another model.

Learn how to use the tool in the video below. If the selected feature has geometrically dependent features they are automatically selected but you can delete them using the extract ifeature dialog box. Use the extract ifeature command to extract and save a sketched feature or a sketch in a catalog for future use. 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.

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