How do I create Perforated in sheet metal

Does anyone now how create this part using Sheet metal in Inventor. I need the the folded and the flat pattern. I can do it as a part but the I wont have the folded part.
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1 Answer

Hi Ali, this is a deformed material (overlapping in flat pattern - not possible. But you could try to open an edge - one of the perforated. Think of a cylinder, you cannot have a flat pattern unless you cut it open.