Fusion 360 - What can you really do with the Sheet Metal -

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[@monstertrucker35]

Easily the most helpful video that I’ve watched on the sheet metal tool, to date. Thank you.

[@gozzzart2450]

lars it is impossible not like your work you are even much better than before in very clear voice that is something to do

[@ehjones]

Great video, thank you! Sheet metal also allows sketching onto a cylinder too - in sheet metal, sketch a circle and trim a tiny nick to make it incomplete (i.e. trim 0.2mm of the circumference). Create the flange to make the cylinder. To unfold the cylinder you need a flat edge to mark as stationary - so at the 0.2mm gap, extrude one of the surfaces by 0.1mm. Unfold and mark the outside face of the extrude as stationary. Sketch on the now flat cylinder as necessary and create whatever you need, then refold the cylinder, and extrude the other surface by 0.1mm to complete the cylinder. I found this online somewhere.

[@coloradyo]

This video has helped my so much! Thank you for making this video!

[@kiarashheravi2077]

that final (project) is going to be very helpful while you are using the press brake to form your sheet metal, because instead of setting up the machine to make 3 individual bends, now we only need to do a single ben, which saves us a lot of time and effort. thanks for sharing this it is more than helpful!

[@jamiegoldman2073]

thanks lass, great videos. you are my go to learning tool for fusion!

[@michaelbrocato7535]

Lobe the video i am actually learning sheet metal in fusion on the same project. I am building a bottom pan for my cnc machine out of sheet metal so this was perfect thanks for showing the basics

[@darrenhamaoki4015]

Over a year after I still love your informative videos.

[@PetrEhrlich]

Thanks a lot. That was really helpful for me.

[@bossytroy]

Still a super beginner, but I learned so much from this. Thanks again!

[@ratbagley]

You're the best, thx Lars.

[@HybridiHippo]

For here i say, think what you want and fusion comes along with your thoughts. Nice clean intro for sheatmetal tool. Thnx again Lars... :-D

[@cadcamstuff]

Hi HybridiHippo Thank you for watching!

[@ruftime]

Thank you Lars!

[@howardramsay6656]

Your method of training is excellent. You have me hooked on Fusion 360 and so this is what I’ll be doing for 2023.

[@rufustoad1]

Your right I just wish he was still available in 2023!!

[@panagiotiselsisi7752]

Learned a few things today!That was a great tut vid!

[@cadcamstuff]

That is awesome to hear Panagiotis El Sisi .Thank you for watching the videos

[@izharbahru6716]

Thanks Lars!

[@The_Unobtainium]

14:19 - Lars what I miss a lot in F360 is mirror across a line like in AutoCAD 2D - just clikcing two points to define a mirror line. Every object/component has it's own origin so two points are enough to define mirror plane. Next: mirroring could be done by clicking 3 points to fully define a mirror plane. Now if we need to mirror some object we need to use 'construct -> offset plane...' (unless we're mirroring across main origin plane like you did in the video) and so on just to create a mirror plane. Greetings, Wojtek

[@morris2005]

Awesome tutorial, thanks :-)

[@cadcamstuff]

You are so very welcome :-) Thank you for watching!

[@jeanmichelpuybouffat1985]

thank you can i do use a curve .csv anf use sheet metal workspace to create a body or componen to 3D print after

[@tomthompson7400]

very good tutorial

[@donpepe1990]

Thanks!

[@Flowexc]

Very very nice, thanks for the great Vids, greetz from germany

[@cadcamstuff]

You are so very welcome :-) Thank you for watching!

[@matthewfeeney9792]

Hi Lars, Great video of just what I was about to make - a coolant pan for my Tormach 770 PCNC. I am following your design of creating a main sheet metal part then projecting the sides to enclose the part. I was wondering if you know of a way to convert the projected part to a sheet metal part and then have the ability to put a flange on it. I am putting a 1" return on my design and want the sheet metal part to match up with the sides.

[@Contarius9]

This is amazing, thank you so much for this tutorial.

[@JulianMakes]

love your videos Lars, i'm now getting into the sheet metal stuff. You replied to my comment a couple of years ago, i asked why when you make a circle it's in diameter, but when ever you select that circle afterwards, fusion only tells you it's radius... This is silly. You agreed with me at the time, but i see, it's still like this. I hate having to open calculator all the time to double every damn radius! how about add diameterr aswell as radius? cheers lars love the tutorials o7

[@revtmyers1]

Years ago I did design for corrugated displays. This would have been extremely useful then. We used Artios, which is great for packaging since it's totally geared towards that, but it would have been so handy to have something more flexible.

[@DallyYankees]

Yes, i totally agree with you. Right now, im trying to forget functions in Artios so that im able to adjust myself to Fusion 360.

[@lloydgreenwood2425]

Thats exactly why im here. i am a corrugated structural designer and thought learning this could make a difference in my career

[@kellysprayberry8163]

Awesome as usual Lars!

[@cadcamstuff]

Thank you Kelly Sprayberry

[@kellysprayberry8163]

So just this morning an issue with a sheet metal curb come up for my company. We make LARGE hvac units. The customer is asking if we have any structural data on our curbs. The curb is an assembly of multiple broken panels bolted together. is it possible to run a structural analysis on a multipart curb assembly using Fusion 360? I've played around with the simulations but haven't gotten too deep in their use.

[@RobSteel117]

What then becomes the manufacturing process that uses the sheet metal model? I assume we created the model to feed it to some sort of cutting machine? Is there a way to automate the press brake machine?

[@abigaildayan6237]

this is amazing, thank you so much(:

[@cadcamstuff]

You are so very welcome :-) Thank you for watching!

[@abigaildayan6237]

Thanks for the reply! could you maybe explain how to use sheet metal to creat 4 equal curved sides? I'm trying to creat something and cannot curve it the way I want to.

[@martinfarrow2825]

Can you do the slot and tab command that is in solidworks?

[@PT1040]

As usual Lars, nice intro to sheet metal. One thing I noticed ( and maybe you've already mentioned a smart way of doing this in other videos) is that often times, I imagine for expediency sake, when you do cuts through material you just extend the cut out a random distance. A long time ago I discovered this can be a bit of a pain or dangerous because if I go back and change the model enough and that offset distance doesn't cover what I want I lose its effect. So normally when I do cuts through material I ensure I go to a certain outside face I want it to hit for sure as opposed to using distance. That's one thing I've really discovered about 3D modeling, it becomes very important to do clean modeling otherwise we end up plagued by little errors as we change things Hey maybe you could do a best practices video on 3D modeling!!

[@cadcamstuff]

Hi Phil Thalmann Thank you for watching! Great comment! Yes, you are totally right.....Need to add that topic to the list

[@scottaero]

nice Man

[@richardspeelman1885]

Hi Lars, The corners are all open and i like to have them tear. Is it possible to use a similar command like Corner Seam as in Inventor?

[@fonzzizzle]

Is there a way to unfold a drawn elbow?

[@booshong]

Great video! Sorry if this has been asked before, but how are you doing that super smooth orbiting/camera control? It almost seems like you're using some kind of secondary controller.

[@darrenhamaoki4015]

Is a 3Dconnexion Space mouse

[@neilgower2558]

Yet another school day 😁

[@jasbirrana4764]

sir can you please tell me that how to make a hem feature in fusion 360..

[@jeanmichelpuybouffat1985]

can we start from a 3D curves and build a model with sheet metal

[@GwerderAkkordeon]

Great !

[@cadcamstuff]

Thank you GwerderAkkordeon

[@The_Unobtainium]

9:54 - Lars is there a tool to set the angle in respect to main coordinate axes instead of in respect to the previous surface we're pulling the flange from? Think of it: we do not want to make any math like "i want that flange lookin upward so previous bend was 10 deg so now i have to set 80 deg to get 90 deg...". Instead it would be nice to have some tools we know from AutoCAD 2D where mouse pointer can snap to vertical/horizontal lines. I hope you get my point:)

[@landlockedviking]

Looks great! How does cam integrate with this?

[@cadcamstuff]

Hi landlockedviking Thank you for watching! Check out this livestream: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6maiKp-fMesaa8

[@sebastiandelamaza8440]

Hi, im trying to make a sheet metal part from a dxf file that includes all the bends, the parts are already cut and im trying to figure out how to make the flanges of the edges without making new flanges from every edge of the base but with the sketch that i have, i don´t know how to explain it very well but what im trying to avoid the process you show here, don´t know if there´s other way of making it, great video btw

[@cadcamstuff]

Hi Sebastián De La Maza Thank you for watching! I don't think we have a good solution to your problem, sorry. The tools in Fusion really just want to start from scratch

[@MrSimrad]

how do i get the black lines on my work, i do not have them

[@brettwilletts]

Can you show how to do a screw then make it a flat pattern for exporting to a plasma cutter? As you can't do it in inventor, but is possible in solidworks. Would be great if it's possible in fusion 360. Thanks.

[@cadcamstuff]

Hi BAW Thank you for watching! Make a screw and then flatten it???? I can not picture this....Can you email me a picture?Please? Would love to see this. [e-mail]

[@brettwilletts]

Hi Lars, thanks for getting back to me. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKu5oIBpm9SYbdk This is a link to a video showing how I have to do it in solidworks at the moment, but I would love to be able to do it in fusion 360 as I much prefer Autodesk products. Thanks. On a completely different topic is it possible to make a sheetmetal component then make another sheetmetal component but of a different thickness or would you have to make them as separate files and then bring them into an assembly? Keep up the great work you are doing, you have a great way of explaining things without it sounding really complicated.

[@jontyhofer6106]

Hey Lars, been doing some Sheet metal drawing up. Ran into a slight problem. When I cut a piece completely loose i can no longer form a flange on it. Tried making it a component which is what i really need for it to be and still no go. Whats up with that, im stumped.Its basically a channel with access holes in it. The access covers are going to be my different components. I need to have a flange on one of them.

[@cadcamstuff]

Hi jonty hofer Thank you for watching! I might need more coffee. Can't picture what exactly you are trying to do. Can you send me a screenshot? [e-mail]

[@SupaNautica]

Hey Lars, can you build a boat hull, show us the different ways it can be done? Sheet Metal / Model etc Not too much detail, but a general speak about the different ways and what might be the best / easiest ways.

[@cadcamstuff]

Hi SupaLexy CH1 Thank you for watching! Like that idea! I will put it on the list. Best, Lars

[@timewarp0077]

Yes please, something like this? ftp://ftp.formz.com/pub/formz/PDF_files/tutorials/boat_hull.pdf

[@KalebQi]

I cannot unfold the sheet metal if I choose "outside" but it works fine if I choose "adjacent." I really would prefer outside because it doesn't line up correctly using adjacent

[@cadcamstuff]

Hi Kaleb Israel Thank you for watching! I am not sure exactly whats going on...You are welcome to email me your [e-mail] or for a faster answer check out the forum forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360/ct-p/1234 Best, Lars

[@KalebQi]

Posted to Forums here: forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360-support/outside-bend-position-flange-causes-the-sheet-to-no-longer/td-p/7933095 My shared project is here: a360.co/2HkmUA1 Hopefully I won't have to bug you via email if someone responds in the forum first. Thank you. Without your videos I likely wouldn't have been confident enough to buy this software. Keep up the great work

[@marcellemay7721]

That was very helpful. Question? Using this pan as an example, how would we go about saving this as a dxf file for cutting on the plasma cutter?

[@TheMartinson3]

I found the easiest way if you just want a DXF is to create the flat pattern. Then make a new sketch and project the profile of the flat pattern onto the sketch you made and exit the sketch. Then you can right click on that sketch you just created and save as DXF file. hope that helped!

[@marcellemay7721]

Luke Martinson Oh, I see....so you basically can only save a sketch as a dxf file...Am I hearing you right?

[@TheMartinson3]

yes I think you get what I'm saying. basically I make a sketch of whatever I want to cut on the plasma cutter and then you are able to save that sketch as a DXF file

[@cadcamstuff]

+1 Luke!! Now, you could also use the 2D cutting tools in Fusion to create the code for your plasma cutter. Check out this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6maiKp-fMesaa8

[@marcellemay7721]

Lars Christensen Thanks Lars. I'm waiting for fusion to get to its refined state to use it for creating gcode. I currently use a program called sheetcam for creating my gcode and all my tools and feeds and speeds are saved in that program. If fusion gets to the point that it has automatic nesting, and importing tool files , I would probably make the leap over to fusion, but right now, I think it would just be to painful. 😂

[@The_Unobtainium]

Lars, so what exactly to do to make that "wierd looking drain' perfectly round AFTER folding as i.e. I want ot push a pipe through the element?

[@lordraw]

105bogus I want to know the easiest way to do this, too. All I can come up with now is to model the pipe and use that to cut the sheet metal.

[@ehjones]

Sketch after the fold, using a plane perpendicular to the direction you need the pipe to be.

[@benoymathew5593]

Hi Hello Lars , Please tell me how to orient a model flat on a plane that one chooses to place it. My model is freeform with one surface flat. I want to orient the flat surface flat in relation to -say plane XZ.

[@cadcamstuff]

Hi Benoy Mathew Thank you for watching! Hopefully this is helpful: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5bNg6VjjphkbZY

[@bryanlagrange3837]

Great video presentation Lars. Great tip with using the extrude command within sheet metal to connect faces. I took a slightly different approach to the above project and shared it with you (using [e-mail]) let me know what you think of that approach. One of the changes was to use the mirror functions and combine features in the model environment to create the symmetrical sheet metal part. I also made the corners seams with a corner to corner fit up for welding purposes. One side note, I noticed that in the video you are experiencing the same issues I am experiencing when having a flange extend to the face of another flange and coming up short (18:16 point in your video and you noticed it did not come up to the point when you created the rectangle cut out). If all the bends were 90 degrees there is no issues but when it extends to a flange that is at an angle different than 90 degrees and is not directly connected (or near) the flange you are extending, it comes up a material thickness short even though you selected up to face.

[@cadcamstuff]

Hi Bryan Lagrange Thank you for watching! Love it! There is so many great ways to get to the result! I have to look a little into the flange extend issue.... Have an awesome day!

[@fawkyooo7377]

How do we turn the flattened image into a DXF file? to use on say a plasma cutter? also how to we add a bend to only a section of the panel? i can send some DXF files of what im looking to do from F360 im currently welding all my joints it would be nice to learn how to get to know the software more to save time by not having to brake out the welder and just use a break for some of the stuff lol.

[@fawkyooo7377]

i figured it out not hard at all :-) I love watching these videos deft nice being able to work on screen before wasting material i use to only make one offs because it was always hand made i now have a 5x10 plasma and this software is awesome.

[@reecerichards6024]

Slightly off topic.....what brand plasma did you buy and how have you been finding it?

[@charliedidio7421]

Will this do lap /riveted seams?

[@cadcamstuff]

Hi Charlie Didio Thank you for watching! At this point it will not. It is only two months old, and I know they have some very smart developers on this....Could be in the works

[@btzee]

hey man, come back on youtube, missing your fusion360 tutorials immensely!

[@cadcamstuff]

Thank you so much for posting this :-) My Fusion skills are pretty rusty

[@btzee]

@@cadcamstuff Cannot thank you enough for the Fusion tutorials!! It is very sad to see how the focus on Training on Fusion has completely been sidelined, the focus on building community which was earlier present, seems to have been given up!!... Not only for the mechanical, even for the Electronics part (after Eagle integration), the less said the better! You were the bright spot of Fusion Team and Community, do return!!!

[@MrMcfestival]

hej Lars jeg er vild med dine tutorials. jeg er ved at tegne en stol til Dronning Margrethe som virkelig har sat mine evne på en prøve. Alle benene er 5 kantede og har nogle mærkelige vinkler i forhold til de almindelige planer. jeg ved ikke om du har tid til at hjælpe mig? vil du have min e-mail eller hvordan kommer vi i kontakt med hinanden hvis du har tid? kh. martin dahl

[@cadcamstuff]

Hi Martin, I'm sorry. I'm pretty busy these days. Maybe try the Fusion forum or the Fusion Facebook group

[@The_Unobtainium]

18:18 - Lars can ypu explain us what is going on here? You've dragegd the flange to a specified point, but here: 18:50 we clearly see it doesn't work this way. Why is that?

[@Audio_Simon]

I'd love to understand this too! It did the same thing on my system. It was particularly insistent about this when making the single flange side. Can we not use constraints in sheet metal?

[@gozzzart2450]

with white hair that is the rest of my comment

[@shubhamharale6086]

Please check your email as soon as possible. I have sent my video request and drawing in it. Please its very important.

[@cadcamstuff]

Check your email 👍😊

[@stormq8]

Fusion 360 tutorial by Christopher Walken

[@denko7088]

Thousands of people from around the globe are watching and appreciating your work. However, in some countries, individuals can't afford these boats. Why aren't you choosing to teach them to fish, instead of simply handing them the fish? By this, I mean, why aren't you creating a step-by-step video tutorial on how to build a boat that is cost-effective and simple enough for anyone to make? We need this type of empowerment and skill development.

[@larrybud]

Why don't YOU make a video? Jesus

[@wernichtscharneck5368]

@@larrybud Best comment here

[@j77364]

😂