Fusion 360 Solid Convert To Sheet Metal

This was so helpful.

Fusion 360 solid convert to sheet metal.

So often you extrude a shape and then wish you working in sheet metal mode. Link to vote for improved sheet metal tools in fusion. Fusion 360 has released the sheet metal modeling environment. 1 create a part with only 1 solid body flat pattern requirement 2 convert imported solids into inventor objects 3 set the sheet metal thickness to match the part steps.

After all a company s goal isn t to just create shapes in a cad program. I want to get these laser cut and have to draw out a dxf for them. I used to use inventor and that software had a feature that allowed you to convert an extruded shape to sheet metal. Not only can fusion 360 bend up sheet metal it can also take your design all the way through to manufacturing your part.

The goal is to create an actual physical product. When designing sheet metal assemblies it is often advantageous to create parts in the context of existing parts. As you create your sheet metal parts within the same file you will want to make them components instead of bodies since assembly joints cannot be placed between bodies. Basically just some 3mm aluminium with 90 degree bends on the end.

Creating sheet metal components in autodesk fusion 360. I ve drawn some brackets to hold members together. Sometimes hybrid modeling techniques prove to be the best way to complete sheet metal parts. I would love for fusion 360 to bring this over from inventor.

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