Create sheet metal components

Learn how to create sheet metal components in Fusion.

Create a sheet metal component from scratch

1. Use the sketch tools to create a 2D sketch profile.
2. Click Finish Sketch from the Sketch Palette to exit sketch.
3. If you are in the Solid tab, switch to the Sheet Metal tab.
4. Click Flange from the Create drop-down.
5. Select the sketch profile.
6. Specify how to apply a material thickness of the base flange:
   • One Side: Creates the material thickness on one side from the selected sketch profile.
   • Other Side: Creates the material thickness on the other side then the selected sketch profile.
   • Symmetric: Creates the material thickness using the selected profile as the mid-plane of the new flange.
7. Select whether to create a new body, or a component.
8. Click OK in the Flange dialog. Note that the Sheet Metal component is marked with an icon in the browser.

Create a new Sheet Metal component using the sheet metal rule

1. In the Design workspace, Solid or Sheet Metal tab, click New Component from the Create drop-down.
2. Make sure that the New Component radio button is selected.
3. Specify the name of the new component.
4. Check Sheet Metal Component box.
5. Select the desired sheet metal rule.
6. Click OK.
7. Create the 2D sketch profile, and click Finish Sketch from the Sketch Palette to exit sketch.
8. If you are in the Solid tab, switch to the Sheet Metal tab.
9. Click Flange from the Create drop-down.
10. Select the sketch profile.
11. Click OK in the Flange dialog. Note that the sheet metal component Sheet Metal component is marked with an icon in the browser.

Tips

• A sheet metal component cannot be converted back into a regular component.
• Once created, a sheet metal body cannot be moved to another component or be copied and pasted.