Activate the flat pattern.
Fusion 360 sheet metal unfold drawing.
Only sheet metal bodies can be unfolded.
Create a sketch from an offset plane or on the flat pattern.
A component may be shown as a sheet metal component.
Project the body or desired profile.
In the sheet metal workspace you can fold and unfold the design in order to see the.
Extrude the desired profile in a new component.
Hide the extent bend lines.
Now you get why fusion 360 s sheet metal is different.
To unfold the body convert the body to a sheet metal part.
The body is a brep body rather than a sheet metal body.
Fusion 360 is the only tool to integrate design to manufacture.
Now the body can be selected in the unfold command.
Create a 2d drawing of the component from step 5.
This integration ensures a design change made anywhere in the process from concept to production will reflect everywhere.
This is shown in the screencast below.
Recently autodesk released a suite of tools for designing sheet metal parts in fusion 360.
These tools make sheet metal design much easier and more accessible for those of us who do not design sheet metal pieces professionally.
This will bring up the unfold dialog box.
When selecting the unfold command the model body becomes transparent.
Unable to unfold a part in fusion 360.
Locating the unfold tool.