Fusion 360 Solid Into Sheet Metal

Hi all i m designing a laser cutter and have drawn everything up in fusion 360.

Fusion 360 solid into sheet metal.

Did you know that fusion 360 can convert your imported solid model to a sheet metal body. When designing sheet metal assemblies it is often advantageous to create parts in the context of existing parts. We re calling these sheet metal rules in fusion 360. Creating sheet metal components in autodesk fusion 360 autodesk has recently released an update to fusion 360 which includes a sheet metal modeling environment.

This quick tip covers a workflow of importing the model automatically applied rules sheet metal. Non native parts are imported into fusion 360 as solids or surfaces and need to be converted into sheet metal components before flattening. Not only can fusion 360 bend up sheet metal it can also take your design all the way through to manufacturing your part. Converting surfaces to sheet metal it would be extremely useful if we could convert surfaces created using the offset tool patch to sheet metal which we could then create flat patterns of.

Properties are the root of how sheet metal designs behave. Our intention is to provide you a simple way to build your library by providing you with a handful of starter rules you can copy edit and save to your library. Currently i am using a work around which requires a number of steps which i have demonstrated in the video attached. After all a company s goal isn t to just create shapes in a cad program.

The goal is to create an actual physical product. I want to get these laser cut and have to draw out a dxf for them. I ve drawn some brackets to hold members together. Let s show how to create sheet metal bends folds flange unfold flat pattern and more.

Thickness bend radius k factor relief shapes etc. Basically just some 3mm aluminium with 90 degree bends on the end.