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Thank you so far. Amazing videos! day 2 for me and got to here already :-) and freestyling a bit too with emboss tool on dog bowl etc. All your videos have been of great help! For every body that designs a screwdriver handle the proper brand screwdrivers have 6 grooves in handle and those should allow for a ring spanner to fit over the handle to help with force to turn. Just wanted to share this and a big big thanks for your amazing videos.
Thank you for the great tutorial as always! I found it easier to add the final fillet before the rectangular pattern and select the fillet feature as well when doing the rectangular pattern so you don't have to repeatedly select edges.
This model is small enough that it likely won't cause problems unless one has really old/low-spec computer. However, I did not complete it that way as it is generally advised to never pattern Fillets in Fusion. It can cause major latency issues with assembly files. Just something to keep in mind should you ever work on larger assembly files :)
Too fast. You are running when we need to walk. Day 1 - you should do things but explain how the model is represented. What is the relationship between sketches, bodies, components and projects?
Thanks for the feedback Bill. I'd recommend watching the lessons all the way through once, then a second time if you're trying to follow along and model it.
This is a really informative video, thank you. I'm having a problem applying the fillet to the edge of the bolt thread. I can do both to 0.9 but it still gives a slight flat edge, not a complete round-over. The second I try 0.1 I get an error, and it does it with anything larger than 0.92 as well. I can't do it at all with the internal nut thread, I get an error with anything greater than 0.0. What can I do to achieve the complete roll-over? My experiment is using an M20x2.0, so while the overall radius of the test is larger the thread pitch is identical to the example. edit: managed to achieve a similar result by doing a "full round fillet" and selecting the two other faces of the threads to form the roundover between. Now to print and see how it goes.
I would recommend resetting to the default layout. View menu > Reset to default layout. You can also use the shortcut letter "D" to get the dimension tool.
Kick ass course Kevin. Seems like I've caught up. Assume there are 5 more coming? Would be awesome to have a video covering designing around parts like case around an Arduino or light matrix.
This was extremely helpful! I have the latest 2024 version, but I had no issues following your great tutorial. I'm used to design in Blender and TinkerCAD, so Fusion 360 is a whole other way of doing things. Your tutorial here has been extremely valuable - thanks for making it!
My understanding is Mastercam is for toolpath setup and doesn't have much in terms of editing the source mesh file. However, you can edit the mesh in Blender, Meshmixer, Fusion (limited mesh capabilities) and many other mesh based modelers.
Hi, Product Design online I'm From India. Here is 3d file use which format is rlf/stl?? I'm a Artcam Designer & i also operate cnc router. I make various types of 3d design . I looking for a job Can you help me? @product design online
my sketch is "overly constrained" so I can't change the degree, its already at 12.1 degrees but I was just wondering how I would change it if needed. should I set the degrees first? and my tangent arc keeps making an enormous circle, idk what i'm doing wrong ... scratch that last one, it suddenly worked as demonstrated.
If you ever get the overconstrain error message it's likely that an automatic constraint was applied somewhere that you didn't realize/expect. You would have to delete it. Sometimes the auto-constraints can be picky based on how you sketch the lines/geometry.
Thank you for the videos! Just love it! Could someone help please? What is the easiest (correct) way to do left handle so that text is not "mirrored"? Or is there the way to change the text on mirrored clone (not changing the original text) so that it is in right direction?
Is there a way to quickly find all overlapping lines that are hard to find, such as two rectangles butted up together? The center line would be doubled up in terms of a cutting path. So, I stumbled on your video, and was not sure if you covered this in another chapter of the series. The place that has the laser cutter uses that they'll be illustrator primarily but I'm wanting to have precise measurements a little bit more controlled than the image Trace method.
Unfortunately, there is no way to automatically detect all the overlaps in Autodesk Fusion. DXF and SVG files can vary greatly depending on what program they came from.
Trying this. I have good uses for using surfaces but always have trouble. your tutorial helps but I have trouble with the trim, I select the cutting surface then the surface to trim but the whole surface thats supposed to be trimmed disappears what is wrong? Edit: I see. the cutting surface has to also cut through an edge of the surface being cut or it won't work
I printed it out and it came out pretty good (FDM), but immediately one of the snap-fit tabs snapped off (when removing supports) Using a .6mm nozzle I am going to go back down to .4, hopefully for an extra profile - I would also recommend making the positive tabs a bit beefier and perhaps even filleting them to the interior surface to strengthen. Do you have any recommendations for other snap-fit tabs?
After creating the shell and hollowing that out, fusion no longer lets you select the bottom face, just selects the bottom of the block instead without any real way of grabbing that bottom face of top part.
Great course but I am having a problem with Day 2. My canvas opens above the bottle component and is very faint. I get into trouble trying to add the spline because I cannot see the bottle outline clearly. When I imported my image I closed the origin file (clicked the eye), selected the front plane...which highlights as faint blue. Still canvas doesn't open like yours in your tutorial?? I suppose I could increase opacity of the image...but am I missing something?
Try removing the canvas and reinsert it. When you go to insert again, select the origin plane in the Browser instead of the middle of the screen. Make sure you select it from the origin folder that is nested under the Bottle component. It sounds like yours referenced the parent level origin for some reason. If it still happens, please share a link to your file.
I'm trying to self teach myself all of this currently and this has helped a lot with some awesome tricks of Fusion. Thank you very much, now I have to learn how to add teeth on the inside of the inner cavity so the hinge has a snap to place connection to it if that makes sense!
This is a great tutorial, but at the section analysis part, my case is a little bit too small for the PCB (there's some intersecting). Would be great if you showed what to do if the section analysis shows any issues instead of just how to turn it on.
@@ProductDesignOnline I muscled through it and made a really sweet case... trial by fire! It's actually not so bad once you learn it's quirks and can stop fighting it. Thanks for getting me started.
Several ways to achieve that. The easiest that I could explain via text would be to have another loft below the first one (that lofts to the same or thinner end point), then connect the sides with a Loft or patch tool. You can use additional 'rails' with the loft if looking for very specific shape.
@@ProductDesignOnline Thanks! I'd be very interested in seeing how to model the Schist disk, an ancient artifact with complex geometry. It looks to me like the mold for a lost wax casting.
What lessons are you stuck on? Fusion is always updating (monthly) so there will always be small discrepancies. I usually only remake lessons when the workflow has changed.
Of course it is easier to copy single surface than the solid body. But in that case you need to thicken 3 bodies instead of 1, so it may be even more expensive.
It's not and I've tested and confirmed that with the Fusion team. Pattern/copy is more taxing than thicken due to how parametric features are processed.
@@CrashUK28 You would have to upload to Google Drive or another file sharing service and use that link. Note that some links get flagged as spam as RU-vid, so let me know in a separate reply if you respond with a link.
If you have a single-part file and no plans to copy the component, then creating a component is not needed as the default file in Fusion acts as a component itself (if you were to insert the file into another).
@@ProductDesignOnline thank you so much for the answer you are the best. That what you told me is the problem that i had in one project of mine. I copy something that it wasnt component and everything went bad from that point. This is the reason i started youre tutorials.
