Sheet metal - Attach body that follows fold

[ufanders]

Hi there,

I've designed a flexible PCB in the Electronics portion of F360, and imported the board into a sheet metal body for folding. My question is: Is there a way to attach bodies (electronics components in my case) to the sheet metal do when you fold it, the attached components follow the fold? Right now they stay in the same place they were.

I don't need to edit the components on the sheet metal or anything, so combining them with the sheet metal body would be fine. Is this a thing>

Thanks!

[TheCADWhisperer]

@ufanders 

 Components and Joints.

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

[ufanders]

Hi CW,

Sure the PCB in question is attached! 

[ufanders]

Hi there,

Do you have any suggestions I can try?

[jhackney1972]

Any Body joined to the sheet metal body will become sheet metal and unfold with it.  The sequence of joining or combining is the trick as the sheet metal must be the body being joined to.   I look at your model and it does not make any sense as to what you want to follow the sheet metal, the circuit board is lying on the sheet metal base body.  In the animated GIF below, the block body was Extruded using a Joint to the sheet metal body so unfolding the sheet metal carries the block body.