Extrude the desired profile in a new component.
Fusion 360 sheet metal unfold drawing.
This is shown in the screencast below.
To get things started choose the unfold tool from the sheet metal workspace.
These tools make sheet metal design much easier and more accessible for those of us who do not design sheet metal pieces professionally.
Activate the flat pattern.
A component may be shown as a sheet metal component.
Locating the unfold tool.
To unfold choose the face that will remain stationary then select the bends to unfold.
Create a 2d drawing of the component from step 5.
Hide the extent bend lines.
Recently autodesk released a suite of tools for designing sheet metal parts in fusion 360.
Now the body can be selected in the unfold command.
Unable to unfold a part in fusion 360.
This integration ensures a design change made anywhere in the process from concept to production will reflect everywhere.
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 unfold the body convert the body to a sheet metal part.
This will bring up the unfold dialog box.
Fusion 360 is the only tool to integrate design to manufacture.
Now you get why fusion 360 s sheet metal is different.
Project the body or desired profile.
Only sheet metal bodies can be unfolded.