Fusion 360 Sheet Metal Not

Old user interface prior to august 2019 update.

Fusion 360 sheet metal not.

While there is not currently a way to fully omit bend lines from a 2d drawing of a sheet metal flat pattern in fusion 360 there are a number of ways to work around this limitation. The goal is to create an actual physical product. Right click on the top component of the design in the browser tree. Link to vote for improved sheet metal tools in fusion.

If sheet metal does not appear there enable parametric modeling mode by capturing design history. What my students found was the excellent youtube video wrap text around a cylinder in fusion 360 by vladimir from desktopmakes. There is no option to access the sheet metal tab in the fusion 360 design toolbar. Not only can fusion 360 bend up sheet metal it can also take your design all the way through to manufacturing your part.

Traditional cad tools only take your sheet metal design from concept to dxf without integrating. After all a company s goal isn t to just create shapes in a cad program. Take a few minutes to watch this fantastic design walkthough and its clever use of the fusion 360 sheet metal tools. In the new ui the sheet metal environment is located in the tabs above the icons.

Fusion 360 has released the sheet metal modeling environment.