Fusion 360 Sheet Metal Unfold Drawing

When selecting the unfold command the model body becomes transparent.

Fusion 360 sheet metal unfold drawing.

Create a 2d drawing of the component from step 5. To unfold choose the face that will remain stationary then select the bends to unfold. Project the body or desired profile. A component may be shown as a sheet metal component.

Now the body can be selected in the unfold command. 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. But fusion 360 doesn t just integrate the process from design to flat pattern.

This is shown in the screencast below. To get things started choose the unfold tool from the sheet metal workspace. Only sheet metal bodies can be unfolded. The body is a brep body rather than a sheet metal body.

This will bring up the unfold dialog box. Locating the unfold tool. Recently autodesk released a suite of tools for designing sheet metal parts in fusion 360. Now you get why fusion 360 s sheet metal is different.

Hide the extent bend lines. Activate the flat pattern. 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.

In the sheet metal workspace you can fold and unfold the design in order to see the.