Fusion360 Sheet Metal Not

Fusion 360 has released the sheet metal modeling environment.

Fusion360 sheet metal not.

These tools make sheet metal design much easier and more accessible for those of us who do not design sheet metal pieces professionally. A component may be shown as a sheet metal component but there may be a. Right click on the top component of the design in the browser tree. There is no option to access the sheet metal tab in the fusion 360 design toolbar.

When selecting the unfold command the model body becomes transparent. The body is a brep body rather than a sheet metal body. After all a company s goal isn t to just create shapes in a cad program. Let s show how to create sheet metal bends folds flange unfold flat pattern and more.

Old user interface prior to august 2019 update. Recently autodesk released a suite of tools for designing sheet metal parts in fusion 360. Traditional cad tools only take your sheet metal design from concept to dxf without integrating. The example part we will be designing.

The goal is to create an actual physical product. To unfold the body convert the body to a sheet metal part. Now the body can be selected in the unfold command. Unable to unfold a part in fusion 360.

This article covers how to get started with sheet metal design in fusion 360. Not only can fusion 360 bend up sheet metal it can also take your design all the way through to manufacturing your part.