Sheet metal flanges

Use the Flange tool to create a sheet metal base flange, contour flange, edge flange, or lofted flange based on the profiles you select in Fusion.

You select the flange profiles, then adjust its settings like:

• Flange Type
• Distance, Height, and Direction to extrude a flange
• Flange Width Type to adjust its position along a sheet metal edge
• Orientation of the sheet metal material
• Bend Position
• Miter Corners when two or more flanges would otherwise overlap
• Forming Type to represent the intended manufacturing method for lofted flanges
• Facet Control for the bends on lofted flanges
• Sheet Metal Rule if one hasn't been assigned to the component yet
• Overrides to the sheet metal rule

When there are sharp corners in a flange profile, Fusion creates bends that use the Bend Radius value from the Sheet Metal Rule.

Edge flanges

You can select different combinations of sketch geometry and sheet metal edges based on the type of Edge Flange you want to create:

• Base Flange: Select a closed sketch profile to create a base flange.

  

• Edge Flange: Select sheet metal edges to create edge flanges.

  

• Contour Flange: Select an open sketch profile to create a contour flange.

  

• Join Contour Flange: Select a sheet metal edge and an open sketch profile on a plane that is normal to the sheet metal edge to join a contour flange to an existing flange.

  

Lofted flanges

You can select two closed sketch profiles or two open sketch profiles to create a Lofted Flange.

You can adjust the Forming Type based on the intended manufacturing method for the sheet metal component: Brake Form or Die Form.

The sketch profile geometry must consist of straight lines and arcs. If you need to use spline profiles, use the Edge Flange type instead.

• Closed profile

  

• Open profile