Fusion 360 Sheet Metal

Thickness bend radius k factor relief shapes etc.

Fusion 360 sheet metal.

Old user interface prior to august 2019 update. Fusion 360 is the only tool to integrate design to manufacture. Fusion 360 has released the sheet metal modeling environment. Get free video training in fusion 360.

With fusion 360 sheet metal features you can design for manufacturing right from the start creating a flat pattern for sheet metal design projects. Non native parts are imported into fusion 360 as solids or surfaces and need to be converted into sheet metal components before flattening. Now you get why fusion 360 s sheet metal is different. But fusion 360 doesn t just integrate the process from design to flat pattern.

Design careers start with free fusion 360 software training no experience required. Sheet metal thickness is typically specified as a gauge rather than a direct measurement as it is presented in fusion 360. How can it be flattened. With fusion 360 you can import a hand sketch or a photograph as a reference sketch and use fusion sculpt to expand on your ideas creating smooth and precise curved 3d modeling surfaces.

If sheet metal does not appear there enable parametric modeling mode by capturing design history. This integration ensures a design change made anywhere in the process from concept to production will reflect everywhere. In the new ui the sheet metal environment is located in the tabs above the icons. Properties are the root of how sheet metal designs behave.

Beginners watch fusion training videos to prepare for class projects intermediate learners use them to build 3d design skills and advanced students review them for a refresher. There is no option to access the sheet metal tab in the fusion 360 design toolbar. So to figure out the thickness you want to use for the material it is useful to refer to a chart of sheet metal specifications. A sheet metal part with a non f3d format for instance xt sat step was imported into fusion 360.

Right click on the top component of the design in the browser tree.