Fusion How To Design With Sheet Metal

Follow the steps in the example below to create your sheet metal assembly.

Fusion how to design with sheet metal.

To make this design we will cover creating a base flange adding bends folding and unfolding the design virtually adding holes and other features and creating bending patterns that can be shared with manufacturers to get your sheet metal parts made. Sheet metal design software considers the fabrication methods needed for manufacturing. Link to vote for improved sheet metal tools in fusion. We ll learn how to create a new rule and edit some of the characteristics.

After all a company s goal isn t to just create shapes in a cad program. The goal is to create an actual physical product. Give the new component a name and select the material from your library. I ve named mine box.

The flat pattern can be used to document and manufacture associatively as the design changes. Ensure that you have sheet metal component ticked and choose empty component 3. The example part we will be designing is a bracket for the hitec hs 5065mg servo. Not only can fusion 360 bend up sheet metal it can also take your design all the way through to manufacturing your part.

In your fusion 360 design workspace click the sheet metal tab and select new component. This article covers how to get started with sheet metal design in fusion 360. In this quick tutorial video synergis eds applications consultant dave breiner looks at the new bend feature within autodesk fusion 360 sheet metal.