The flange feature is located at about 4 o’clock if you right-click and drag in that direction. We’ll be using the flange tool a lot, so I like to use the marking menu. We can now use the flange tool to start the box. In this scenario, the dimensions for the width and length happens to be the same, but I recommend creating different parameters in case you decide later on that you want them to be different. I’ll then set the dimension of one side to the width parameter and the other side to the length parameter. I’ll draw this off of the origin point on the XY origin plane. To start the box I’m just going to use the center rectangle command. From here, we’ll have to switch the rule, which allows us to select our custom “Pizza Box” rule. I’ll toggle open the sheet metal component, and you’ll see there is a rule option nested underneath. Now that we have our sheet metal rules defined, we’ll have to apply them to our Pizza Box component. For now, I’ll leave everything else set to the defaults and I’ll save this. These settings can also be changed at any time as we work on the design. This means that everywhere we have two bends that intersect we’ll end up with a squared-off relief shape. I’ll toggle open the “2 bend intersection” folder and I’ll change the relief shape to “square”. The last thing I want to change is the relief shape. Because the corrugated cardboard will collapse on itself, we want this to be smaller than the thickness. The next thing we need to do is define the bend radius, which is under the “Bend Conditions” toggle. This is typically only used for sheet metal, as our corrugated material isn’t going to stretch, so we can just set this to 0. Put simply, you can think of this as defining how much the material can be stretched. The second option is the “K factor,” or the ratio of the neutral axis to the material thickness. I’ll change the thickness to 2.2mm, or the thickness of the corrugated board. I’m going to change the name to Pizza Box. I’m going to open up the sheet metal rules and I’ll create a new rule by clicking the “new rule” icon to the right of any of these preset rules.
Generally, the first thing you want to do while setting up a new box or packaging design is to define the sheet metal rules. One reason is that you’ll be able to take advantage of the flange feature, creating realistic bends.Īnother reason is that we can use the “Create Flat Pattern” feature to turn our 3D model into a 2-dimensional pattern, which can then be used with a laser cutter, CNC router, vinyl cutter or a number of other machines. There are several advantages to using sheet metal tools while creating packaging designs in Fusion 360. We’re going to set up the sheet metal rules in just a minute, so for now, I’ll just select any one of these presets and I’ll click “OK”.
This will ensure that our defined sheet metal rules are linked to this component. The important thing here is that we need to select the “sheet metal component” option. We’ll first need to create a new component. I’ll also create and set the length parameter to 355mm since the box is square.Īt this point, we have our parameters complete, so we can now select the “Sheet Metal” tab in the toolbar to take advantage of the sheet metal tools. Then, I’ll create the width parameter and I’ll set it equal to 355mm. I’ll create a height parameter and set this equal to 45mm. I figured it would be fun to create a pizza box, as it’s something that just about everyone has seen in real life. To get started, I’m going to set up some user parameters for the box. To check the prerequisites for this tutorial and to grab the dimensions that I use, head to /18… that’s /18. Before we get started you should know that this tutorial is aimed at intermediate level users or those who understand the basic functionality of Fusion 360. We’ll take a look at utilizing the sheet metal tools, so you can export the 2D pattern as a DXF file for your desired machine.
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By the end of this video, you’ll know how to layout box designs in Fusion 360.
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