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• Rules and Standards Course

  Rules and Standards Course Outline
  (Course Duration: 12 minutes)

  Course Description
  In this course, you will learn how to work with sheet metal part styles and standards. The Autodesk Sheet Metal environment is specifically built for thin, uniformity thickness parts. The purpose-built sheet metal environment has tools designed for thin parts that can be flattened.

  Comments
  Sheet Metal parts are commonly used to create guards and brackets in a design.

  Course outline
  Sheet Metal Overview Video (1:45)
  Sheet Metal Styles (2:20)
  Understanding Sheet Metal Bend Tables Video (3:38)
  Specifying the A-Side of a Sheet Metal Part Video (2:17)
  Sheet Metal Multi-Body Unique Rules (00:49)
  Rules and Standards course quiz

• Faces and Flanges Course

  Faces and Flanges Course Outline
  (Course Duration: 15 minutes)

  Course Description
  In this course, you will learn how to create faces and flanges in a sheet metal part file. When building sheet metal components, you will use specific commands in the environment. Fundamentally, the face and flange commands will be the most frequently used to create sheet metal parts.

  Comments
  The task in building sheet metal parts is creating faces and flanges.

  Course outline
  Creating Faces and Double Bends Video (2:36)
  Single Sheet Metal Flange Video (2:11)
  Sheet Metal Contour Flange Video (3:08)
  Sheet Metal Lofted Flange Video (1:55)
  Faces and Flange course quiz

• Bending and Folding Course

  Bending and Folding Course Outline
  (Course Duration: 20 minutes)

  Course Description
  In this course, you will learn how to modify your existing sheet metal part by adding, rolls, hems, folds and bends. Sheet Metal parts often require the need to connect faces together, roll over existing edges or to fold over un-bent faces.

  Comments
  Modify existing sheet metal components.

  Course outline
  Roll forms Video (2:38)
  Hems Video (3:13)
  Folds Video (2:47)
  Adding Bends Video (3:23)
  Unfold and Refold Video (2:25)
  Bending and Folding course quiz

• Seams and Corners Course

  Seams and Corners Course Outline
  (Course Duration: 10 minutes)

  Course Description
  In this course, you will learn how to modify sheet metal parts by applying rounds, chamfer and comer relief. Sheet metal parts often have flanges on adjacent edges creating the need for corners relief.

  Comments
  Modify your sheet metal part with rounds, chamfer and comer relief. Course content could include wall, floor, column, chair/lighting placement

  Course outline
  Cutting Sheet Metal Video (2:36)
  Corner Chamfer and Round Video (2:44)
  Editing Corner Relief Video (3:11)
  Seams and Corners course quiz

• Flat Pattern Course

  Flat Pattern Course Outline
  (Course Duration: 15 minutes)

  Course Description
  In this course, you will learn how to flatten a folded model and edit for fabrication. Once your sheet metal design is complete it is necessary to convert the folded model to a flat pattern for manufacturing purposes.

  Comments
  All bends and folds will be flattened using the unfold rules.

  Course outline
  Creating Flat Pattern Video (2:07)
  Flat Pattern Feature Video (2:27)
  Cosmetic Bend Lines Video (3:25)
  Punch Representation Video (3:23)
  Exporting Patterns Video (1:16)
  Unwrap Tool Video (1:48)
  Flat Pattern course quiz

• Punching Course

  Punching Course Outline
  (Course Duration: 10 minutes)

  Course Description
  In this course, you will learn how to create and place Sheet Metal Punches. 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.

  Comments
  Reuse complex geometry easily and create a library of common shapes for sheet metal.

  Course outline
  Creating Punch iFeature Video (4:18)
  Inserting Punch Tool Video (3:54)
  Punching course quiz

• Sheet Metal Documentation Course

  Sheet Metal Documentation Course Outline
  (Course Duration: 6 minutes)

  Course Description
  In this course, you will learn how to Place and Annotation sheet metal parts in a drawing. Creating a drawing for sheet metal part is a similar process for other models but incorporates additional tools to support sheet metal.

  Comments
  Sheet Metal parts require extra View placement and dimension tools.

  Course outline
  Placing Views Video (1:54)
  Annotation Video (3:41)
  Sheet Metal Documentation course quiz