How To Convert A Design To Sheet Metal with Fusion

In this video we are going to look at the Convert to Sheetmetal tool in Fusion. This tool doesn't work as expected so understanding what Fusion is looking for is key. We are going to walk through the steps needed to take your design to sheet metal.

[austinbarnett]

always making the most helpful videos! this is very useful, thank you!

[njtProductions]

Hell yeah brother exactly what i was looking for🤟

[S.G.W.C.]

Thanks for the vid. I'm actually the reason you made this vid. I asked a friend on the plasticity discord how to unfold my model for laser cutting. He asked you how to unfold it and shared my orange PC case screenshot lol. I will be doing a PC case build video eventually. The reason I wanted the pieces unfolded was to send to a company to off load the work. I actual found out they accept .step files so I didn't need to unfold the pieces. However, my files still weren't being read right by their software. Come to find out its just as you said in this video the solution was simple. I adjusted my file in plasticity to have slight bevels on all edges that were sharp before so that the program could read them as bends. I also converted all faces into sheets then thickened them so that they were all the same uniform thickness. Thanks again for making a video on the issue nevertheless.
Cheers!

[adambergendorff]

I look forward to trying the unfold/refold command next time I get stuck, Thank You!

[LCMx]

If you had done the fillets before the conversion you wouldn't need to unfold it.