Fusion360 Sheet Metal Not

This article covers how to get started with sheet metal design in fusion 360.

Fusion360 sheet metal not.

In the new ui the sheet metal environment is located in the tabs above the icons. There is no option to access the sheet metal tab in the fusion 360 design toolbar. A component may be shown as a sheet metal component but there may be a. The goal is to create an actual physical product.

After all a company s goal isn t to just create shapes in a cad program. To unfold the body convert the body to a sheet metal part. Traditional cad tools only take your sheet metal design from concept to dxf without integrating. Right click on the top component of the design in the browser tree.

Let s show how to create sheet metal bends folds flange unfold flat pattern and more. The body is a brep body rather than a sheet metal body. Unable to unfold a part 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.

Now the body can be selected in the unfold command. Old user interface prior to august 2019 update. When selecting the unfold command the model body becomes transparent. These tools make sheet metal design much easier and more accessible for those of us who do not design sheet metal pieces professionally.

If sheet metal does not appear there enable parametric modeling mode by capturing design history. Recently autodesk released a suite of tools for designing sheet metal parts in fusion 360.