Fusion 360 Sheet Metal Unfold Drawing

When selecting the unfold command the model body becomes transparent.

Fusion 360 sheet metal unfold drawing. These tools make sheet metal design much easier and more accessible for those of us who do not design sheet metal pieces professionally. A component may be shown as a sheet metal component. This is shown in the screencast below. Now you get why fusion 360 s sheet metal is different.

Create a sketch from an offset plane or on the flat pattern. This integration ensures a design change made anywhere in the process from concept to production will reflect everywhere. Extrude the desired profile in a new component. Locating the unfold tool.

Fusion 360 is the only tool to integrate design to manufacture. To unfold choose the face that will remain stationary then select the bends to unfold. Activate the flat pattern. This will bring up the unfold dialog box.

Recently autodesk released a suite of tools for designing sheet metal parts in fusion 360. The body is a brep body rather than a sheet metal body. Create a 2d drawing of the component from step 5. Unable to unfold a part in fusion 360.

Project the body or desired profile. Hide the extent bend lines. Only sheet metal bodies can be unfolded. To unfold the body convert the body to a sheet metal part.

Now the body can be selected in the unfold command.