Animating the folding process of a box designed in the sheet metal workspace.

[benjamin786UD]

So I've been using the sheet metal workspace to design some packaging in cardboard and I wanted to make an animation to show the people who will be assembling the packaging the order in which to fold stuff. I can't seem to see a way to animate through various folds though in the animation workspace? Is this sort of thing possible with fusion currently?

[benjamin786UD]

So I've been using the sheet metal workspace to design some packaging in cardboard and I wanted to make an animation to show the people who will be assembling the packaging the order in which to fold stuff. I can't seem to see a way to animate through various folds though in the animation workspace? Is this sort of thing possible with fusion currently?

[TheCADWhisperer]

Can you File>Export your *.f3d file to your local drive and then Attach it here to a Reply?

[TheCADWhisperer]

Can you File>Export your *.f3d file to your local drive and then Attach it here to a Reply?

[jeff_strater · Accepted solution]

I am not an animation expert, but I believe that the answer is "no".  The only things that can be animated in that workspace are camera transitions, component positions, etc.  There is no mechanism for animating design-level feature changes or sheet metal folding process today.

[jeff_strater · Accepted solution]

I am not an animation expert, but I believe that the answer is "no".  The only things that can be animated in that workspace are camera transitions, component positions, etc.  There is no mechanism for animating design-level feature changes or sheet metal folding process today.

[benjamin786UD]

That's what I thought, it's a shame as it could be really powerful for showing order of operations type stuff. I don't suppose you know if it's on the roadmap at all?

[benjamin786UD]

That's what I thought, it's a shame as it could be really powerful for showing order of operations type stuff. I don't suppose you know if it's on the roadmap at all?