Fusion 360 Sheet Metal Unfold Drawing

This is shown in the screencast below.

Fusion 360 sheet metal unfold drawing.

Only sheet metal bodies can be unfolded. To unfold choose the face that will remain stationary then select the bends to unfold. Extrude the desired profile in a new component. Recently autodesk released a suite of tools for designing sheet metal parts in fusion 360.

This integration ensures a design change made anywhere in the process from concept to production will reflect everywhere. The body is a brep body rather than a sheet metal body. These tools make sheet metal design much easier and more accessible for those of us who do not design sheet metal pieces professionally. Create a sketch from an offset plane or on the flat pattern.

Fusion 360 is the only tool to integrate design to manufacture. A component may be shown as a sheet metal component. Unable to unfold a part in fusion 360. This will bring up the unfold dialog box.

To get things started choose the unfold tool from the sheet metal workspace. To unfold the body convert the body to a sheet metal part. But fusion 360 doesn t just integrate the process from design to flat pattern. Create a 2d drawing of the component from step 5.

Project the body or desired profile. Now the body can be selected in the unfold command. Activate the flat pattern. In the sheet metal workspace you can fold and unfold the design in order to see the.

Now you get why fusion 360 s sheet metal is different.