Been working on easy ways to do this....more to come later....
Here is a sample model with results. I could have done any pattern or design just chose this because it has been asked for so many times.
This took about 2 or 3 min to do.
Phil Procario Jr.
Owner, Laser & CNC Creations
None of the current tools can do that... script?
Michał Lach
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The tools are not in Fusion yet...well sorta not in Fusion yet...I will talk more about how I did it later.
What if you need surface details wrapped for things like hand grips...
Phil Procario Jr.
Owner, Laser & CNC Creations
You might find this interesting....
Did the team ever think about using the tools for this kind of work?
Phil Procario Jr.
Owner, Laser & CNC Creations
More information...ok...everything you need to know to find out how I did this is on the Fusion preview forums.
@dieter made a post that shows the basis to create stuff like this. I already knew how to do the base for this before his post but it got me thinking since rarely use tools in the conventional ways I began testing "other" uses for the tools that are coming out soon and here we are. A very usable method to create geometry that was very hard or next to impossible before.
To answer your question yes I used the new sheet metal tools to achieve this completely in Fusion.
I hope this opens peoples minds to thinking outside the box to achieve their end goals instead of complaining about missing functionality all the time....
The Fusion team wanted to know our workflows to help them enhance the tools....I needed to be able to do stuff like this all the time as I rarely work on basic sheet metal designs. My designs create more advanced sheet metal forms so I needed to figure out a way to achieve this with the first round of tools they are going to be offering rather then complain about what is missing...
More to come....
Cheers
Phil Procario Jr.
Owner, Laser & CNC Creations
@PhilProcarioJr no wonder your my favorite EE that very cool.
@PhilProcarioJr: Is this limited to cylinders? Still very useful, even if that is the case. Very clever... I like it.
Jeff
A staff member haveing to ask a user, Hell what you done wrong @jeff_strater LOL 
IF you build your ship in the sheet metal environment then yes you could do that, but with the first round of sheet metal tools it would be difficult to build a ship....not impossible but difficult. Since there are no loft tools in sheet metal "yet" you will still have to use your current methods.
This will work on anything created in the sheet metal environment. The only thing it won't work on is organic forms, but because the sheet metal development team said "at some point they want to support such models" even that should be possible then.
Have you ever seen anyone use tools as unconventional as I do? The development team is all the time telling me I use tools in ways they never thought to use them.
@Anonymous
Phil Procario Jr.
Owner, Laser & CNC Creations
@PhilProcarioJr Nup that's why I always read what you do, one question can it do a oval shapes and Jeff new I was being cheeky.
I think it can....I will check tomorrow.....
I knew you were being cheeky too...LOL
Phil Procario Jr.
Owner, Laser & CNC Creations
This specific shape it quite easy to create in Fusion without the Sheet Metal. If you or anyone wants to know how, please let me know.
Cheers / Ben
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@Beyondforce wrote:This specific shape it quite easy to create in Fusion without the Sheet Metal. If you or anyone wants to know how, please let me know.
Yes, particular this is easy to achieve. Couple of sketches for 3D-rail. Plane along the path. Sweep, Loft or Pipe. Mirror and Circular Pattern. Combine using Cut.
Once again you completely missed the point of this thread...
Now show me your model flattened?
Phil Procario Jr.
Owner, Laser & CNC Creations
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