Creating BOM lists in Inventor is often a time-consuming job. Fortunately, the Publish Tool has a function to export BOM lists to Excel. For this we use a template that can be completely customized to your own taste. You can create as many templates as you want. A number of
Bend Lines are used to mark a bend on sheet metal. It is not necessary to engrave the Bend Lines over the entire length. This takes extra time and energy and we have to be careful with it these days. That is why the Publish Tool has a handy function
Select and configure in the settings menu the layers for the DXF. In this case the contour lines will be white, feature lines (on front side) will be red and the unconsumed sketch lines will be yellow. The hole chamfer is a feature as well and will be exported as
If you see an error icon, click on the icon to get a message that shows a description of the error. Flat pattern is not flat Punches outside model Punches not on same side Bend Radius ≠ Thickness Plates are interfering Sheet Metal style error
It is now possible to choose your colors by the Autocad index. Switch layers on/off is now possible The layers you make equal to the ‘contour lines’ will be put in the same layer with different colors in the DXF.
