Sheet Metal - Missing 'Swtich Rule' option ?

[neilVQYTN]

I have sheet metal part that I converted to sheet metal from a simple extruded solid part.

According to the product documentation there should be a 'switch rule' option available in the browser.

https://help.autodesk.com/view/fusion360/ENU/?guid=GUID-C6715DB0-D183-4CA8-BF7F-C9B84927D5BB

However for me all I see is 'View Rule' when I hover the mouse over the rule button in the browser. If I click it it goes to the rules list window.

So how do I switch my sheet metal rule to stainless steel from steel ?

[jhackney1972]

In your attached screen capture look at the end of the line just above the one you have highlighted, there is the control you are looking for.

[carl.j.barker · Accepted solution]

You cannot switch rules that were created by the convert tool.

You can delete the create in the timeline and re-do, picking the correct rule or

edit the created rule to match your requirements.

[neilVQYTN]

Thanks for looking at it John.

However unless I am looking at the wrong button this is what is happening:

• I put my mouse pointer over the button highlighted in yellow
• It then puts the 'View Rule' note below it (under scored in red).
• If I click on the button it brings up the window 'Sheet Metal Rules', which is not what I need.

My understanding from google is that it should be doing something like this which brings up a different window, the one I want, 'Switch Sheet Metal Rule' :

I think I am on the latest version of F360:

Fusion 360 2.0.17710 x86_64
Active Plan: Subscription
Windows 11 Pro 22H2 (22621.2506)

[neilVQYTN · Accepted solution]

Thanks for explanation Carl. That seems to make sense although its little frustrating needing to back track in history to before the conversion and re-do the post creation steps.
Indeed going back in the timeline before the creation it then allows me to see the 'switch rules' option.