Autodesk Inventor 2027: Sheet Metal Design (Mixed Units)

Please note: The print version of this guide is printed in black and white with images in grayscale.

Autodesk(R) Inventor(R) 2027: Sheet Metal Design introduces the core concepts and techniques for creating sheet metal models in Autodesk Inventor. The topics follow a typical Autodesk Inventor workflow: creating and editing sheet metal parts, generating flat patterns, and documenting designs in drawings.

Topics Covered

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• Understanding the Autodesk Inventor Sheet Metal interface and workflow
• Creating base faces, contour flanges, and contour rolls
• Creating secondary faces, contour flanges, and contour rolls
• Working with sheet metal parameters
• Creating flanges
• Adding hems, folds, and bends to sheet metal models
• Adding corner rounds and chamfers to sheet metal models
• Removing geometry from a sheet metal model (holes, cuts, and punch features)
• Controlling sheet metal geometry using corner seams (seams and miters)
• Generating flat patterns
• Creating lofted flanges
• Creating rip features to permit the flattening of the sheet metal geometry
• Unfolding and refolding sheet metal geometry
• Designing multi-body sheet metal models
• Documenting and annotating sheet metal drawings
• Converting solid models to sheet metal models
• Working with sheet metal styles

Prerequisites

• Access to the 2027.0 version of the software, to ensure compatibility with this learning content. Future software updates that are released by Autodesk may include changes that are not reflected in this content. The practices and files included are not compatible with prior versions of the software (e.g., 2026).
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• Proficiency in Autodesk Inventor basics, as covered in Autodesk Inventor: Introduction to Solid Modeling.
• Knowledge of sheet metal processing is an asset.