Fusion Sheet Metal Bend

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.

Fusion sheet metal bend.

Sheet metal bend lines cannot currently be removed from a 2d drawing in fusion 360. Bending radius is by default equal to thickness editable from 0 1 to xxmm never put 0. But in fusion we design the finished sheet metal part. The example part we will be designing is a bracket for the hitec hs 5065mg servo.

Let s show how to create sheet metal bends folds flange unfold flat pattern and more. Did stay entirely in the sheet metal space though so maybe i m not using the word appropriately. In this quick tutorial video synergis eds applications consultant dave breiner looks at the new bend feature within autodesk fusion 360 sheet metal. Basically it got rid of the bend between the two ends of the kerf while keeping the bends on the outsides of the tab.

Select 1 thickness of the edge edge of the base plate and click on the bend tool 90 default bend angle can be changed from 0 to 90. Traditional cad tools only take your sheet metal design from concept to dxf without integrating. As a result it follows around the bend of the flange. After all a company s goal isn t to just create shapes in a cad program.

Not only can fusion 360 bend up sheet metal it can also take your design all the way through to manufacturing your part. Omit bend extent lines. Fusion 360 has all the necessary tools to specify different rules for your sheet metal parts thickness bend radius corner relief etc now here is the fun part actually making some sheet metal. This article covers how to get started with sheet metal design in fusion 360.

Edge height is 10mm by default editable from 0 1 to xxxmm. 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. Fusion 360 has released the sheet metal modeling environment. The goal is to create an actual physical product.