{"id":8415,"date":"2017-09-12T09:32:06","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T16:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/?p=8415"},"modified":"2017-09-12T09:32:06","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T16:32:06","slug":"quick-tip-sheet-metal-gems-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/quick-tip-sheet-metal-gems-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"QUICK TIP: Sheet Metal Gems Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this week&#8217;s quick tip, I&#8217;ll show some of my best practices while using sheet metal in Fusion 360. While showing off these best practices, I&#8217;ll also go over some of the options using the flange tool.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Rule 1<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>My first best practice is related to <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/L6MMw-dfS8s?t=1m35s\">Rule #1<\/a>. Rule #1 was a best modeling practice coined by some of Fusion 360 expert users. This rule improves timeline management, component reuse, and more while designing in Fusion 360. Guess what? Rule #1 applies to sheet metal designs too. While designing sheet metal components, the flat pattern is essential to manufacture your design. In Fusion 360, we can only have 1 flat pattern per sheet metal component. It is best practice to have one sheet metal body per Fusion 360 sheet metal component. This way you can have a flat pattern for each component to create the manufacturing documentation (drawing, CAM toolpaths, etc.) for that component.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Watch this week&#8217;s quick tip to see this in action:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"QUICK TIP: Sheet Metal Gems Part 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_CPkUqedqhA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Make sure to check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/quick-tip-sheet-metal-gem\/\">Sheet Metal Gems Part 1<\/a> for some more awesome tips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you used sheet metal in Fusion 360 yet? 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