Designing Sheet Metal Parts in Fusion 360

I've had some requests to show the design process I use in Fusion 360 to make bent sheet metal brackets, so that's what we're doing today.

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[burgle]

Finally, a video that just concisely explains how to use the sheet metal tools. THANK YOU. Very well done and informative video. Adding this to my library.

[ck]

Thank you, this the first video I have found explaining that you need to make the base part a flange prior to moving forward.

[rickmellor]

Thanks James. I haven't tried sheet metal yet but now I feel like I can just dive right in.

[orange-micro-fiber]

That was great. I'm used to 3d printing so sheet metal and milling are really new ways of thinking.

[BrandonBurns]

Thank you for this sir. I needed to see it from you.

[AllenCavedo]

Fascinating. I’ve never seen sheet metal CAD before.

[paultrgnp]

Thanks James for another excellent video. Just what I needed to give me confidence to give the Sheetmetal function a try. 👍

[lsp]

Thank you. You are an excellent instructor and I enjoyed your easy to understand complicated program.

[EverettsWorkshop]

This is good to know - I have never used the sheet metal function of Fusion before, thanks for the basic step through

[karenfisher]

Thank you for the video! Very informative!

[guntiszarins]

When I cut thin parts I start with holes, slots and other part details and outside contour leave as final operation. Than there is larger area that is glued to plate and there is less chance that the part will detach from plate and ruin everything. That's just a suggestion as I do, but good job.

[doulos]

Dude I had no idea you could setup to mill bendable parts that is very cool!

[Th_ENGINER]

ON a completely unrelated note, I've been wondering while watching each video in which your lathe makes an appearance. When will you be doing a cam lock modification to the tail-stock? That damn wrench. lol Would make a great video tho.

[smfie]

Hi James!
A short question; I noted (in one of you recent videos) that you still have the temporary setup of your Electronic Feed Screw. Is this due to any unexpected problems or just because of time constraints and prioritizing other projects?
Regards
Bo, SM6FIE

[stephenoppl]

One of the things that I found to be missing in Fusion 360 sheetmetal is the option to add bend notes to directly to the part that are to be machined.
We cut out large amount of parts for a single project, and use the cnc machine with a felt pen to mark all parts with the name of the part as well as bend lines, angle and if the bend is up or down.
This is a comon practice in shops working with sheetmetal parts, yet with Fusion bend notes are only available on the 2d shop drawings.
Does anybody know of a good work around other than putting them all in manually? It becomes a chore doing it manually when working with hundreds of different parts.

[nicholascowlan]

Excellent video. Please could you tell me how long you have been using this package to get to the standard you are at now ?

[VorpalGun]

I'm way less interested in Fusion 360 after the recent license changes. As a hobbyist I can not justify the cost, and while the features that are still in the free version would be enough for me, I'm not keen on being locked into the software after they removed STEP export. And I don't know what they will remove next time from the free version.

[Michaelhood]

Thanks. I'm new to f360 im trying to figure out how to develop a part that has 7 flanges all folded in the same direction but 2 of the flanges will will be not equal with one line not parallel to other fold lines.

Because the part should taper in one area. I ha e been struggling to model the part

[almostanengineer]

My only issue with sheet metal in Fusion 360 is the lack of some features like seams, luckily I have an education license so I can just use inventor instead.

[alanwood]

Thank you James for the insight into Sheet Metal which I have never used so far. I am currently struggling with the Electrical module. Did you use Fusion Electrical to design the ELS interface board ?