Fusion 360 Add Bend Sheet Metal

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Fusion 360 add bend sheet metal.

The initial tab included the bend and the visible line and did not stand up in the folded state. In other words it was part of the sheet and in the folded state it was bent right over along with the rest of the sheet. Let s show how to create sheet metal bends folds flange unfold flat pattern and more. Don t forget guys if you like our vide.

After all a company s goal isn t to just create shapes in a cad program. When the part is manufactured the entire flat sheet metal shape will be bent by hand or by cnc bending tools to create the finished form. 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. 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.

In fusion 360 we will be able to toggle between the folded and flat design. So i unfolded just that bend cut away the tab with one extrude rebuilt the tab with the same extrude and it solved that issue. You can picture this by imagining the process of making a sheet metal component. The goal is to create an actual physical product.

Live stream i will share my sheet metal tips for taking things to the next level. Not only can fusion 360 bend up sheet metal it can also take your design all the way through to manufacturing your part.