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Prepare mirrored forms (car fender) to be able to form them on a CNC router with Incremental sheet metal forming method

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Prepare mirrored forms (car fender) to be able to form them on a CNC router with Incremental sheet metal forming method

Hello Guys, i am not expecting magic, because i thought already by myself about how to solve the problem, but also i am completly new to forming in Fusion 360. I am building a car (MB W201 190E form 1989) and i want to design my own bodykit. I wish i could build some parts of the bodykit, like the fenders and side skirts and some other parts from sheet metal by Incremental sheet metal forming on my CNC Router. This plan might be a bit senseless, because its for sure easier to just mill out molds with 3D milling and build it out of "forged carbon fiber", BUT it somehow it would be more original to connect the sheet metal fenders with the original sheet metal fenders through welding. I hope you understand what i mean.

So, with the help of a YT tutorial i created my first fender. Its just for testing and learning - later i will scan the car with a 3d scanner and will do it correctly, but i already come to my first problem. I thought i will mirror the fender and somehow connect both of them, so that i will later be able to form both fenders (or sideskirts) at once, because only one side might not be possible due to the form it has. Unfortunately the have not straight ends/edges, so when i want to butt them together there is space between them and if i connect them with the "merge edges", the form changes at bit and also i will later not know exactly where the original edges of the fenders are to seperate them with e.g. a sheet metal saw. (this is actually a problem that i could somehow solve, but cutting out a a foil or sticker, put it on the formed sheet metal and cut along the edge of the sticker)

 

I attached a couple of pictures with descriptions, as well as the file. Maybe more experienced Fusion 360 users will find a solution for that problem. If not, then i will just go with the forged carbon fibre method and do only some smaller details with sheet metal forming.

Thanks in advance!

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