Fusion 360 Sheet Metal Unfold Drawing

Create a 2d drawing of the component from step 5.

Fusion 360 sheet metal unfold drawing.

Hide the extent bend lines. Now you get why fusion 360 s sheet metal is different. To get things started choose the unfold tool from the sheet metal workspace. 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. Recently autodesk released a suite of tools for designing sheet metal parts in fusion 360. This will bring up the unfold dialog box. A component may be shown as a sheet metal component.

To unfold the body convert the body to a sheet metal part. Now the body can be selected in the unfold command. Extrude the desired profile in a new component. Activate the flat pattern.

Project the body or desired profile. The body is a brep body rather than a sheet metal body. Locating the unfold tool. To unfold choose the face that will remain stationary then select the bends to unfold.

These tools make sheet metal design much easier and more accessible for those of us who do not design sheet metal pieces professionally. Fusion 360 is the only tool to integrate design to manufacture. Only sheet metal bodies can be unfolded. But fusion 360 doesn t just integrate the process from design to flat pattern.

When selecting the unfold command the model body becomes transparent.