Learn Sheet Metal Basics (and Avoid Mistakes!) in Autodesk Fusion

Learn the basic tools needed to create Sheet Metal parts in Autodesk Fusion.
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Autodesk Certified Instructor Ollie takes us through all of the key tools for Sheet Metal modelling. He explains how to set up sheet metal rules and create sheet metal components. He goes through how to use the Flange, Bend and Rip tools, including the height datum and bend position options. Finally, he shows you how to create flat patterns, unfold your design and export a sheet metal component as a DXF or into Fusion’s manufacture workspace.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:15 What is sheet metal in Autodesk Fusion?
00:46 Creating a sheet metal component
01:29 Changing a component’s sheet metal rule
01:54 Create or edit your sheet metal rules
03:37 Flange tool
05:57 Height Datum options in Flange
06:56 Bend Position options in Flange
08:07 Corner Conditions in Flange
08:40 Bend tool
09:38 Rip tool
10:49 Creating a flat pattern
12:40 Editing a flat pattern design
13:27 Folding & unfolding sheet metal components
15:15 Manufacturing a sheet metal component
16:06 Thanks for watching!

[@Mustafa-hz9dl]

I'm new to Fusion but have a decade of design experience in SolidWorks. I found it a very good, easy to follow guide to the basics of sheet metal design in Fusion.

[@dragboatdamon]

This video is awesome! Can we get Sheet Metal Hemming pretty please?

[@jutto64]

Thank you, great video. Looking forward to the next one 👍👍

[@FPVtrix]

Im training my jr engineers on this right now and I think you saved me a weeks worth of explaining lol 🙏🙏🙏

[@Te4mUp]

You watched a 17 minute video in 3 minutes?

[@hikoncept1]

​@@Te4mUpLOL 😆 😅 That's 8x speed.

[@FPVtrix]

@@Te4mUp some of us already knows what it covers lol

[@sebastianmichalski5318]

GREAT VIDEO!

[@WhyplayGaming]

Can you turn a solid object into sheet metal? Or a way to wrap a sheet metal around a solid object?

[@emanggitulah4319]

I still hope more features will be added to sheet metal in the future. Such as convert a solid shape to sheet metal like in Solidworks for example. Where you click on the faces of the solid and it will automatically be converted into a sheet metal. This would be especially helpful for complex shapes

[@adskFusion]

Hi! We really appreciate your feedback and thoughts. There is the option to turn a solid body into a sheet metal body. It is called "Convert to Sheet Metal" and can be found within the create menu of the sheet metal tab. We would love to hear if this meets your requirements, and if not what the feature would do differently to improve your workflow :)

[@emanggitulah4319]

@@adskFusion thanks for getting back. yes I am aware of this command, but it doesn't derive the faces of a cube for example into a sheat metal. it needs to be flat/ shelled. A better experience would be if I can select the face of a solid that I would like to become sheet metal....

[@adskFusion]

Thanks for clarifying, feedback like this is incredibly valuable! I will pass on the feedback to the development teams ☺️ In the meantime I hope the video was helpful for you and that it enabled you to complete your work with the currently available tools!?

[@pocopoco3468]

Hello fusion- can't add my machine for Additive manufacturing machine simulation, in machine builder for AM machine kinematics window is not given. When are you planning to fix?

[@adambergendorff2702]

Excellent starting out video, Fusion really needs a normal or perpendicular to surface function. It can be very time consuming figuring out work arounds when you have an irregular shape cutting through an angled surface. Sheet metal should also have a more detailed error function. It is smart enough to tell you there is an error, but many times doesn't tell you where, that is ridiculous.

[@joeltunbridge2328]

I would like the option to remove bend reliefs or minimise them. folding mainly thin metals, 3mm, 2mm and 1.6 etc a tight relief does not normally cause problems. I do lots of bespoke metal work and find my self often extruding the releifs on the flat pattern to create a nice tight edge after folding. A workaround I do use is changing the bend radius to 0.1mm.

[@adskFusion]

Hi Joel! Have you tried adjusting your corner conditions within your sheet metal rules? Specifically, the "Tear" relief shape might create the results you are looking for. Unfortunately, we didn't have time in this video to go through all of the specifics of the corner conditions options, however this article we have explains them in a lot of detail: help.autodesk.com/view/fusion360/ENU/?guid=SM-RULES-REF Let us know if that works for you!

[@richardbishop6752]

Add the ability to do curved bends!!!!!!

[@Trancelebration]

you can do a flange from any sketch?

[@venko3211]

How to draw canvas over sketch drawing

[@adskFusion]

Hi Venko, Would you be able to give a little more detail of what you are looking to do, and hopefully we will be able to help you achieve it!

[@venko3211]

@@adskFusion import image file through canvas option then make actual size after draw sketch.

[@adskFusion]

@@venko3211 Thank you for explaining! Whilst we don't normally do this after drawing the sketch, you can calibrate your canvas for the sam result. You can do so by right clicking on the canvas in the browser and clicking "Calibrate". This will allow you to make your image it's real life size in Fusion so your drawing is at the correct scale ☺ Check out our short on how to do this: kzbin.info8UGsjuV84_E

[@venko3211]

@@adskFusion Thanks for your reply.

[@venko3211]

Please send how to do sketch on over image

[@gkoornhof]

Day 44 of asking for Dark Mode in Fusion 360

[@Mirage5892]

There is a dark mode. You can change the workspace backdrop color by going through the menus on the little computer screen on the bottom just above the timeline

[@gkoornhof]

​@@Mirage5892 Unfortunately that doesn't change the UI. I know about changing the "environment", it's not good enough for what I am looking for.

[@kurtclark8560]

Of all the things they can fix on the mac UI, dark mode is several thousand from the top of the list

[@pufferfish0567]

Put on sunglasses.

[@Sirsoyuz]

Hi Autodesk. Please make a drawing containing, say 11 sheet metal components, then try and add them to actual drawings and get it manufactures...it is impossible....what a mess... Unbelievable!

[@Te4mUp]

Learn how to fix bugs because this program is atrocious

[@seabreezecoffeeroasters7994]

Learn how to at least attempt to make a point with minimum one specific example. Appearing on each of these bleating the same BS helps no one and makes you look like a trolling dill.