Fusion 360 Convert To Sheet Metal

Creating sheet metal components in autodesk fusion 360.

Fusion 360 convert to sheet metal. Traditional cad tools only take your sheet metal design from concept to dxf without integrating an expensive 3rd party add in. Autodesk has recently released an update to fusion 360 which includes a sheet metal modeling environment. 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.

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. Fusion 360 has released the sheet metal modeling environment. I used to use inventor and that software had a feature that allowed you to convert an extruded shape to sheet metal. I ve drawn some brackets to hold members together.

1 convert to single solid. Did you know that fusion 360 can convert your imported solid model to a sheet metal body. But fusion 360 doesn t just integrate the process from design to flat pattern. This was so helpful.

Fusion 360 is the only tool to integrate design to manufacture. Let s show how to create sheet metal bends folds flange unfold flat pattern and more. So often you extrude a shape and then wish you working in sheet metal mode. This video shows how to use an imported step file in autodesk inventor as the basis for a sheet metal flat pattern.

What we need to achieve. The goal is to create an actual physical product. To embed this screencast choose a size. Convert body to sheet metal.

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