Fusion 360 Sheet Metal S Bend

The goal is to create an actual physical product.

Fusion 360 sheet metal s bend.

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. 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. Not only can fusion 360 bend up sheet metal it can also take your design all the way through to manufacturing your part. You can unfold shapes made in model patch space but it s up to you to make sure you created a developable surface as there are no tools in fusion specifically designed for the task.

Link to vote for improved sheet metal tools in fusion. After all a company s goal isn t to just create shapes in a cad program. Properties are the root of how sheet metal designs behave. Thickness bend radius k factor relief shapes etc.

The flange tool itself will only create developable surfaces. Unfortunately sheet metal will only unfold developable surfaces. Omit bend extent lines omitting bend extent lines will not fully remove bend lines but will give only one line per bend rather than three.