We re calling these sheet metal rules in fusion 360.
Fusion 360 sheet metal thickness.
For this project i am using 18 gauge aluminum 5052 which is 1 02mm thick.
Steel stainless steel and aluminium both in metric and imperial values.
Your sheet metal manufacturer or supplier should have a document detailing the availability of sheet metal gauges in different materials.
So to figure out the thickness you want to use for the material it is useful to refer to a chart of sheet metal specifications.
Fusion 360 comes with a default library of sheetmetal rules.
Thickness bend radius k factor relief shapes etc.
Learn fusion 360 sheet metal basic tutorial for beginner how to create new rule and change thickness check it out.
Fusion 360 has all the necessary tools to specify different rules for your sheet metal parts thickness bend radius corner relief etc now here is the fun part actually making some sheet metal.
Sheet metal thickness is typically specified as a gauge rather than a direct measurement as it is presented in fusion 360.
Fusion 360 has released the sheet metal modeling environment.
Properties are the root of how sheet metal designs behave.
Let s show how to create sheet metal bends folds flange unfold flat pattern and more.