Convert To Sheet Metal Fusion 360

I used to use inventor and that software had a feature that allowed you to convert an extruded shape to sheet metal.

Convert to sheet metal fusion 360.

I would love for fusion 360 to bring this over from inventor. Traditional cad tools only take your sheet metal design from concept to dxf without integrating an expensive 3rd party add in. Hi all i m designing a laser cutter and have drawn everything up in fusion 360. Fusion 360 is the only tool to integrate design to manufacture.

Using this workflow you can start with a shape that represents the sheet metal design as a volume. Let s show how to create sheet metal bends folds flange unfold flat pattern and more. This is an exciting time for fusion 360. I ve drawn some brackets to hold members together.

Link to vote for improved sheet metal tools in fusion. Did you know that fusion 360 can convert your imported solid model to a sheet metal body. Don t forget to show us what you re making with fusion 360 sheet metal. Of course for the best control it s good to fully define your sketches.

Convert to sheet metal. You will then be able to select faces connecting the flanges to convert the shape to a sheet metal model. So often you extrude a shape and then wish you working in sheet metal mode. Convert body to sheet metal.

This quick tip covers a workflow of importing the model automatically applied rules sheet metal. The goal is to create an actual physical product. Thanks for checking out this quick tip. Fusion 360 has released the sheet metal modeling environment.

Aaron has a sketch like that but fusion can interpolate along the edge and automatically fix the sketch or add material to create the flange. This was so helpful. But fusion 360 doesn t just integrate the process from design to flat pattern. The only work around is to delete the flange feature from the timeline and recreate it.