Fusion 360 Sheet Metal Unfold Drawing

The body is a brep body rather than a sheet metal body.

Fusion 360 sheet metal unfold drawing.

Only sheet metal bodies can be unfolded. Extrude the desired profile in a new component. This integration ensures a design change made anywhere in the process from concept to production will reflect everywhere. Locating the unfold tool.

In the sheet metal workspace you can fold and unfold the design in order to see the. When selecting the unfold command the model body becomes transparent. To get things started choose the unfold tool from the sheet metal workspace. Hide the extent bend lines.

But fusion 360 doesn t just integrate the process from design to flat pattern. Project the body or desired profile. Fusion 360 is the only tool to integrate design to manufacture. Recently autodesk released a suite of tools for designing sheet metal parts in fusion 360.

Now the body can be selected in the unfold command. This will bring up the unfold dialog box. 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.

Activate the flat pattern. To unfold the body convert the body to a sheet metal part. This is shown in the screencast below. Create a 2d drawing of the component from step 5.

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