Autodesk Fusion 360 Sheet Metal

In the new ui the sheet metal environment is located in the tabs above the icons.

Autodesk fusion 360 sheet metal.

Traditional cad tools only take your sheet metal design from concept to dxf without integrating an expensive 3rd party add in. Properties are the root of how sheet metal designs behave. The sheet metal toolset will do just that. Right click on the top component of the design in the browser tree.

A sheet metal part with a non f3d format for instance xt sat step was imported into fusion 360. Fusion 360 is the only tool to integrate design to manufacture. There is no option to access the sheet metal tab in the fusion 360 design toolbar. Non native parts are imported into fusion 360 as solids or surfaces and need to be converted into sheet metal components before flattening.

Let s show how to create sheet metal bends folds flange unfold flat pattern and more. In this quick tutorial video synergis eds applications consultant dave breiner looks at the new bend feature within autodesk fusion 360 sheet metal. But fusion 360 doesn t just integrate the process from design to flat pattern. Thickness bend radius k factor relief shapes etc.

We re calling these sheet metal rules in fusion 360. A hobbyist user must generate less than 1 000 usd in annual revenue using fusion 360 for home based non commercial design manufacturing and fabrication projects. Old user interface prior to august 2019 update. 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.

I can simply switch over to the cam workspace and start creating toolpaths to cut my sheet metal parts on my water jet. The goal is to create an actual physical product. Fusion 360 has released the sheet metal modeling environment. If sheet metal does not appear there enable parametric modeling mode by capturing design history.

How can it be flattened.