topic Re: Convert solid to sheetmetal in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

Convert solid to sheetmetal

JverdenETX3D — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 06:56:39 GMT

I have this solid body designed for a client initially to print. Now the client wants to have it made in a sheet metal shop. Is there any way to flatten this shape so that a sheet metal shop could cut it and bend it?

Re: Convert solid to sheetmetal

Drewpan — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 07:02:27 GMT

Hi,

Short answer - yes.

As long as your design meets the Sheet Metal Rules criteria for bending, and eyeballing this design it should, you

can simply change to Sheet Metal and do a Convert to Sheetmetal

You will need a seam however to make a Flat Pattern. Simply add the seam and do the Conversion.

Should take about 2 minutes to fire up fusion, make the change and do the conversion.

Cheers

Andrew

Re: Convert solid to sheetmetal

Warmingup1953 — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 08:31:24 GMT

Yes...Maybe! can you share your Fusion file?

Re: Convert solid to sheetmetal

matthewrjacobs — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 22:09:19 GMT

@jhackney1972 has several good tutorials on sheet metal. below is one of many. Not all sheet metal looking bodies are capable of being flattened, or unfolded, it depends on how they were constructed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfecTvARXvU&t=218s