Key Details

Teaches the fundamental principles and techniques to create and manage sheet metal designs in Fusion.

You’ll learn basic sheet metal concepts and techniques, and then build on this knowledge covering complex modeling practices for forming sheet metal parts, assemblies and drawings. Sessions include:

• Sheet metal overview
• The sheet metal environment
• Sheet metal operations
• Sheet metal design techniques
• Using flat patterns
• Documenting sheet metal designs
• The ‘K’ factor.

In-class or online

This course is available in-class at eight centres or live online.

Upcoming course dates

Accredited Fusion training

Armada is an Autodesk Authorised Training Centre (ATC), and our Fusion Sheet Metal Design courses are accredited by Autodesk.

Fusion Sheet Metal Design courses are hosted by Autodesk Certified Instructors from an engineering background with vast experience of using the application professionally. For further details, see Expert trainer.

Training guide and certificate

Course delegates receive:

• A highly-practical training materials, to refer to throughout the course and use as a refresher after.
• An e-certificate confirming successful completion of an accredited Fusion Sheet Metal Design training course. Click here to see an example of the certificate you receive.

After course support

Following Fusion Sheet Metal Design training, delegates are entitled to 30 days’ email support from their trainer to help with any post-course issues. For further details, see Support.

Prerequisites

Delegates should be familiar with the fundamentals of Fusion, i.e. have attended Fusion Essentials training or have equivalent knowledge through other means.

Fusion version

Training is based on the latest version of Fusion, running on Windows or Mac.

Our guarantees to you

We offer:

• A price guarantee that you’re getting the best value for money.
• A training guarantee that you’ll learn the concepts and skills you need.

General information

Course times

9.30am–4.30pm.

Payment

Payment for Fusion training can be made by:

• Bank transfer. Please call 01527 834783 for our bank details.
• Card. All major credit and debit cards accepted. Payment can be made securely online or over the phone. Card payments are processed by Stripe. Armada doesn’t record or store your card details.

Purchase orders

We accept purchase orders from UK-registered companies and public sector organisations.

Cancellations and transfers

You can cancel a booking on a scheduled training course, or transfer to a later course, without penalty providing you give us 10 working days’ notice. Any fees already paid will be refunded.

If you cancel a booking on a scheduled Fusion Sheet Metal Design course giving less than 10 working days’ notice, or request a transfer to a later course, a cancellation/transfer fee is payable. The fee charged depends on the notice period given. For details, see cancellation terms.

Different terms apply for the cancellation or postponement of an on-request course (one-to-one training or a ‘closed course’ for your group). For details, see course cancellations.

Terms and conditions

Training course bookings are subject to our terms and conditions.

Expert trainer

Carl Portman

Carl Portman has been an Autodesk-accredited instructor for 25 years, a College Lecturer (City and Guilds 3D modelling) for 15 years and a CAD consultant for 35 years.

Carl’s background is in engineering. He has vast design experience in a wide range of industries, including automotive, aerospace and medical, and he continues to carry out project work for a range of clients. Projects that Carl has completed include designing complete car plants for Jaguar Land Rover.

Carl has expert knowledge of:

• A wide range of 3D design applications used in engineering, including AutoCAD, Alias, Fusion 360, Inventor and SolidWorks.
• Machining, CAM and CNC.

Away from work, Carl’s passion is motorsport, and until recently he raced motorbikes. He knows Silverstone and Brands Hatch like the back of his hand, and he has the scars to prove it.

Course content

Sheet metal overview

• Introduction to sheet metal
• Sheet metal design methods
• Sheet metal styles

The sheet metal environment

• Faces
• Flanges
• Hems

Sheet metal operations

• Cutting
• Sheet metal punching
• Corner seams
• Folding
• Bending
• Creating holes
• Creating corner rounds and corner chamfers
• Work features
• Pattern features
• Mirror features

Sheet metal design techniques

• Sheet metal design approaches
• Using skeletal models
• Using legacy DXF^™ and DWG^™ flat layout geometry

Using flat patterns

• Flat pattern creation and cleanup
• DXF^™ and DWG^™ export

Documenting sheet metal designs

• Creating sheet metal drawings
• Sheet metal documentation
• Notating bend and punch tables

The ‘K’ factor

Live online training

Online training lets you participate in a live Fusion course from your place of work or home.

We do everything possible to make your online training experience as close as possible to actually being in the classroom. You can:

• See and hear our trainer, and the other delegates participating in the course…
  
• Watch our trainer demonstrate techniques in Fusion.
• Interact by speaking, or using chat.
• Share your screen with our trainer, and allow them to take control to explain something.

Like our in-class courses, online Fusion Sheet Metal Design courses…

• Are presented by Autodesk Certified Instructors.
• Give you plenty of opportunity to carry out assisted, practical exercises using Fusion.
• Offer 30 days’ email support from your trainer.

All you need is an Internet-connected computer with…

• Fusion installed. If you don’t have a current subscription to Fusion, you’re entitled to a 30-day trial that’s ideal for participating in training. We’ll send you a link to this. If you’ve already used your trial, we can lend you a license for the duration of your course.
• A webcam and audio capability. If your computer running Fusion doesn’t have these, you can use a second device, such as another computer or tablet. See Hardware recommendations for live online training for further details.

If there’s anything you’re not sure about we’ll do our best to help you. We won’t be able to assist with your Fusion installation, but we can provide details for Autodesk support who’ll be able to help you with this.

We provide everything else…

• Links to download the files, resources, etc. you’ll use in your course.
• A training guide. For most courses, you can choose from a printed copy that we post to you, or a PDF.

In the week before your course, we’ll send you an email containing everything you need to prepare for and participate in the training. Then, a couple of days before your course, we’ll give you a courtesy call to make sure you have everything in place and answer any questions you may have.

Please note that we are not able to record scheduled online courses for privacy reasons.

When you attend live online training, you’re participating in a real course, hosted by a real trainer, in real time