topic bend - is it not possible in Fusion 360? in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

bend - is it not possible in Fusion 360?

coreyN8F9F — Sun, 11 Jul 2021 12:09:19 GMT

Hi - I'm a beginner in Fusion 360 but I created a form below (after so many trials) and try to bend according to the ring shape, but it's just so hard to do it. (I did not draw the sketch for the form, Is there anyone could give me some tips to do this?

Re: bend - is it not possible in Fusion 360?

TrippyLighting — Sun, 11 Jul 2021 17:46:50 GMT

There is no bend tool available in the form environment.

Once you finish the form you might be able to get this done using some sheet metal tools, but this is easier done in Blender. You can then still re-import the quad mesh into Futons 360 and work with it there.

If you can share the file I might be able to demonstrate.

Re: bend - is it not possible in Fusion 360?

coreyN8F9F — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 15:24:40 GMT

Thanks and I would love to see how it works with your demonstrations (I wish I could understand the procedure tho) Here is the attachment, I really appreciate your help 🙂

Re: bend - is it not possible in Fusion 360?

TrippyLighting — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 16:12:49 GMT

I did this using Blender. Both, the Fusion 360 file and the Blender file (zipped) are attached:

I am not sure this would work with the sheet metal tools as T-Spline geometry is complex and the actual bend operation might fail.

Re: bend - is it not possible in Fusion 360?

g-andresen — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 16:43:51 GMT

Hi,

Porschering made in Fusion > Screencast

günther

Re: bend - is it not possible in Fusion 360?

TrippyLighting — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 16:48:36 GMT

I am happy to see that this works!

I've tried to convince the Fusion 360 team to implement this as a general modeling tool without the unneeded (in this case) sheet metal ballast but unfortunately have not been successful.

Re: bend - is it not possible in Fusion 360?

coreyN8F9F — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 22:01:22 GMT

wow I just woke up and saw what you have done, it's amazing and exactly same with what I had in my mind. do you recommend to learn how to use Blender if I use 'bend' often?

Re: bend - is it not possible in Fusion 360?

coreyN8F9F — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 22:07:38 GMT

or it would be very, very helpful for me if you could describe the procedure how you did this with Blender so that I could follow your path. much appreciated!! (I am able to follow the history for the sheet metal method in your file, thanks!)