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Sheet Metal in Fusion 360 | One Product. Unlimited Possibilities.

In this installment of the One Fusion 360 series, we are going to take a deep dive into some of the benefits of sheet metal.

What’s New – Derive

Join Bryce in this 360 Live as he walks you through Derive – a powerful new workflow in Fusion 360.

Quick Tip – Ground vs. As-Built Joint

Take a look at this tip to learn if you should ground the first part of an assembly, or make an as-built joint?

Events 

Online: Drawings Deep Dive – Learn about creating and editing drawings inside of Fusion 360. See how to create custom title blocks, templates, and learn some tips on 10/31 at 1 PM EDT. Register here.

Online: Getting Started – Generative Design – Learn how to get started with generative design and how to integrate it into your product development workflows on 11/1 at 10 AM EDT. Register here.

Online: Direct Modeling – Get up to speed with direct modeling techniques in Fusion 360 on 10/25 at 1 PM EDT. Register here.

Your Ideas from the Fusion 360 IdeaStation

We take your suggestions very seriously as they help to shape Fusion 360, so please share your ideas and vote for new features / enhancements you would like to see. Here are a few submissions from the week:

• 2D Text on a Radius Path – Any word on when the ability to draw 2D text that follows a given radius will be available?
• Extending an Extrusion to Faces, Planes, or Next – When using Extrude function…currently can only Extend to “Distance”, “To Object” and “All”. It would be great to have more options to extend to such as” Faces, Planes and Next (which tags to next available feature in that direction).
• Custom Thread or at Least a Helix Function – I really need a custom thread function (I design all kinds of bottle closures) where you can create a custom thread by sweeping a sketched profile along a helix without rotating or twisting.

Have a story to share? We would love to hear more about you and how you’re using Fusion 360! Shoot me an email at Shannon.McGarry@autodesk.com