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.
Changing sheet metal thickness in fusion 360.
Sheet metal thickness is typically specified as a gauge rather than a direct measurement as it is presented in fusion 360.
Users are unsure how edit the extent of a flange along a particular edge.
This must be changed within the edit flange dialog box.
Then i did what any engineer would do jump in head first.
Right click on the top component of the design in the browser tree.
But judging by the reaction of the fusion 360 community to the announced changes to.
We re calling these sheet metal rules in fusion 360.
Properties are the root of how sheet metal designs behave.
In the new ui the sheet metal environment is located in the tabs above the icons.
Our intention is to provide you a simple way to build your library by providing you with a handful of starter rules you can copy edit and save to your library.
The screencast below details this process.
Steel stainless steel and aluminium both in metric and imperial values.
Old user interface prior to august 2019 update.
Thickness bend radius k factor relief shapes etc.
If sheet metal does not appear there enable parametric modeling mode by capturing design history.
Change is inevitable and a part of life.
A pro version is available if you ever need it which has sheet.
How to edit flange extents in the sheet metal workspace of fusion 360.
There is no option to access the sheet metal tab in the fusion 360 design toolbar.
So to figure out the thickness you want to use for the material it is useful to refer to a chart of sheet metal specifications.
The sheet metal rules in fusion 360 helps control the different sheet metal settings like thickness bend radius and reliefs.
Your sheet metal manufacturer or supplier should have a document detailing the availability.