How To Add Sheet Metal Feature To Fusion 360

Fusion 360 has released the sheet metal modeling environment.

How to add sheet metal feature to fusion 360.

Since the flange tool defaults to the operation of creating a new body be careful. Traditional cad tools only take your sheet metal design from concept to dxf without integrating an expensive 3rd party add in. Create a base flange. The only work around is to delete the flange feature from the timeline and recreate it.

To access the sheet metal workspace simply click the workspace button in the upper left corner of the window. Link to vote for improved sheet metal tools in fusion. You might also use the render or drawing workspaces. But fusion 360 doesn t just integrate the process from design to flat pattern.

Let s show how to create sheet metal bends folds flange unfold flat pattern and more. I have not found a method of converting a sheet metal body to a sheet metal component capable of being edited in the fusion 360 sheet metal environment.