How To Use Sheet Metal In Fusion 360

In the new ui the sheet metal environment is located in the tabs above the icons.

How to use sheet metal in fusion 360.

Fusion automatically creates a flange starting from the modeled edge that follows the sketch contour. Not only does this help people learn how to use the sheet metal tool quickly after a while i found myself just using the repeat last command right click drag up over and over. Old user interface prior to august 2019 update. This tool reminded me of the press pull command in fusion 360 which turns into extrude offset faces or fillet depending on the item being selected.

Select sheet metal from the workspace switcher define the sheet metal rules to correspond with the imported part go to create flange select the sketch from step 12 as the flange profile. In the flange command remember to go to the sheet metal workspace he selects the sketch contour as the first profile. Then he selects the edge the flange should start from. Link to vote for improved sheet metal tools in fusion.

There is no option to access the sheet metal workspace in fusion 360 there is no option to access the sheet metal tab in the fusion 360 design toolbar. In this quick tutorial video synergis eds applications consultant dave breiner looks at the new bend feature within autodesk fusion 360 sheet metal.