In Inventor, these values are available in the drawing environment through the Format Text dialog box. You can select the Sheet Metal Properties category type, and then select FLAT PATTERN EXTENTS LENGTH or FLAT PATTERN EXTENTS WIDTH to obtain these values.
Important: The units for the values "Flat Pattern Length", "Flat Pattern Width" and "Flat Pattern Area", only honor cm units even if you specify a different value in Document Settings. To change the units for flat patterns to a unit different than cm, you must use the following strings in the iProperties > Custom tab dialog box and specify a different unit:
- =<Sheet Metal Length>
- =<Sheet Metal Width>
- =<Sheet Metal Area>
Learn to customize flat pattern units.
- Access
- In the browser, right-click a Flat Pattern browser node, and then click Extents.
- Width
- Displays the width value of the flat pattern.
- Length
- Displays the length value of the flat pattern.
- Update
- Updates the values for width and length when the flat pattern values for width and length in a migrated file are not yet updated. Available only when the values are not up to date.