Create Sheet Metal Seams

Create corner seam between sheet metal faces.

Create sheet metal seams.

With a single tool create both sharp creases and soft curves along the edges of sheet metal. The template uses your settings for material thickness bend radius and corner relief. 2 57 is one of the most widely used methods for joining light and medium gauge sheet metal. Use 1 8 markings to set up precise bends.

Create seams between faces that intersect or are coplanar. Consider using the corner seam tool within the inventor sheet metal environment to prep the edges so that you can create a bend between two disjointed faces. You use sketch commands to create a profile for a base face or an initial contour flange. Accept the default seam type or select another of the three seam types.

Hems are commonly used to reinforce an edge hide burrs and rough edges and improve appearance. Accept the default seam type or select another of the three seam types. On the ribbon click sheet metal tab modify panel corner seam. Hemming and seaming are two similar metalworking processes in which a sheet metal edge is rolled over onto itself.

Hemming is the process in which the edge is rolled flush to itself while a seam joins the edges of two materials. 1 make a planer 2mm 2 create a flange 1 manipulated in the sketch option so i have two bends 3 create a new flange 2 with a chain. Create seams between faces that intersect or are coplanar. The grooved seam joint fig.

Create a sheet metal part using the sheet metal template. Create corner seam between sheet metal faces. It consists of two folded edges that are locked together with a hand groover fig. You can create sheet metal parts in several ways.

Select a model edge on each of two adjacent sheet metal faces. You can see in the blue circle that the corner is not nice 4 create a new flange 3. Also known as edge rollers these tools slide back and forth along edges to create even bends. When making a grooved seam on a cylinder you fit the piece over a stake and lock it with the hand groover fig.

Some seams are created entirely by machine or in a metal shop while others are made to snap together without requiring welding or soldering on site. A variety of seams are used to connect pieces of sheet metal in construction auto body creation and fine art sculpture. Unlike benchtop sheet metal tools these shapers are portable so they re often used on site by roofers.