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Using the corner seam to improve parts

Using the corner seam to improve parts - Inventor Tutorial

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Using the corner seam to improve parts

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As powerful as the Inventor sheet metal design tools are, there are times where the edges or flanges are not connected or defined in the manner that we need. In this lesson we will use the corner seam tool to make modification to otherwise completed designs. To improve its manufacturability and to make sure we're getting the product that we want. We start out with a regular box with the standard corner seams as applied by the sheet metal default that looks good, but there are times when we need to do things that are just different. I start the corner seam tool. What I need to do is select the edges that will be affected. It shows me in this case, just what the default is because that's what we're starting from. From here I can start making modifications. For example I can change whether or not the edges still just meet in the corner of the joint or if they overlap. And if they do overlap, I can do things like changing the size of the gap to make sure it's tight. Now, when you have…

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