Fusion 360 Sheet Metal Tutorial

[acourtjester]

Here is a great video for laying out sheet metal for fire pits or other projects.

[plasmanewbie]

Great video, thanks Tom

[adbuch]

Tom - that video looks interesting. I will need to watch it in detail to see what he is doing. It looks like he is designing a suspension part for a vehicle. You mention fire pits. Here is one method using Fusion 360. It would probably be easier to just do the fire pit with blank sides and add the artwork in another program like Inkscape or similar - but you can also create the entire fire pit with artwork and cutouts using Fusion 360. When finished, you will have a nice 3D visualization of what the finished part will look like.

David

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Also - here is a link to the slide show of the above steps uploaded to my Google Drive.
David
https://photos.app.goo.gl/3W8BQwhWXQNbazFW7

[acourtjester]

Great work David, One thing he shows in the video is after all is done he transfers the separate parts/bodies to the same plane. So they are all laid on a flat sheet for plasma cutting, Nested.

[adbuch]

Thanks Tom! I have not yet watched the video in detail with sound turned on, I just skimmed thru it. I do see that he has a technique for placing all of the parts on a single plane - and I expect this is useful - particularly if you are using Fusion 360 for the Cam and post processing. I'm not sure if all of the parts can be exported as a single dxf (or not). I will need to watch the video and take notes.

For me, I don't need or use Fusion 360 for cam/post processing. What I need is dxf files to import to Design Edge for cutting. I do know that may of the Langmuir table owners do use Fusion 360 for everything. I still hear complaints about hang-ups or very slow processing of cut paths for complex files - artistic type stuff.

I will keep you posted.

David