Create a 2d drawing of the component from step 5.
Fusion 360 sheet metal unfold drawing.
A component may be shown as a sheet metal component.
Now the body can be selected in the unfold command.
These tools make sheet metal design much easier and more accessible for those of us who do not design sheet metal pieces professionally.
Unable to unfold a part in fusion 360.
To unfold the body convert the body to a sheet metal part.
Only sheet metal bodies can be unfolded.
In the sheet metal workspace you can fold and unfold the design in order to see the.
Recently autodesk released a suite of tools for designing sheet metal parts in fusion 360.
To unfold choose the face that will remain stationary then select the bends to unfold.
This will bring up the unfold dialog box.
Hide the extent bend lines.
Now you get why fusion 360 s sheet metal is different.
When selecting the unfold command the model body becomes transparent.
Create a sketch from an offset plane or on the flat pattern.
Extrude the desired profile in a new component.
This is shown in the screencast below.
Locating the unfold tool.
But fusion 360 doesn t just integrate the process from design to flat pattern.
The body is a brep body rather than a sheet metal body.
To get things started choose the unfold tool from the sheet metal workspace.
Project the body or desired profile.