But judging by the reaction of the fusion 360 community to the announced changes to.
Changing sheet metal thickness in fusion 360.
Thickness bend radius k factor relief shapes etc.
The sheet metal rules in fusion 360 helps control the different sheet metal settings like thickness bend radius and reliefs.
A pro version is available if you ever need it which has sheet.
We re calling these sheet metal rules in fusion 360.
Steel stainless steel and aluminium both in metric and imperial values.
Properties are the root of how sheet metal designs behave.
Your sheet metal manufacturer or supplier should have a document detailing the availability.
This must be changed within the edit flange dialog box.
Right click on the top component of the design in the browser tree.
So i opened my machinery handbook and flipped to the gauge table and bend allowance chart.
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.
Then i did what any engineer would do jump in head first.
There is no option to access the sheet metal tab in the fusion 360 design toolbar.
If sheet metal does not appear there enable parametric modeling mode by capturing design history.
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.
In the new ui the sheet metal environment is located in the tabs above the icons.
Old user interface prior to august 2019 update.
How to edit flange extents in the sheet metal workspace of fusion 360.
Fusion 360 comes with a default library of sheetmetal rules.
The screencast below details this process.
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.