Designing Suspension Kinematics in 3D with No Solids in Fusion 360  

Great to hear! I did a few videos in this series based on a user request. While Fusion isn't the strongest at this sort of thing while other programs like Inventor and Solidworks have sketch blocks and lean more toward kinematic design, it is possible with Fusion :) We do have a site where we are selling courses. www.LearnEverythingAboutDesign.com Right now its mostly intro/beginner content but there will be more advanced topics going up now that the intro content is out of the way.

@@LearnEverythingAboutDesign I can design just about any part including a chassis and incorporate a mesh car body along with "dummy" models of engine packages and drivetrain. Where I get stuck is figuring out how to create my own proper geometry based upon specs like track width and upright mounting points. Do you use wyzant? I would love a tutoring session. Thanks

I do not use Wyzant, but my site LearnEverythingAboutDesign.com does have coaching options available. At the moment my time is a bit thin but free free to drop me an email about what you are looking for. support@caducator.com

Thanks Mario. In the video I just uploaded I added steering and also made an angled upper arm pivot to show how it is done. Dynamically things get really tricky once we start adding too much. Near the end I show how you can right click on a joint and temporarily lock it. So if you want to turn the steering 10deg, lock it and see what the suspension does you can. Motion studies are ok but honestly they haven't changed in 5+ years. I wish they would get some attention.

Glad it was helpful!

Hey Phillip, not sure exactly what you mean on shortcut. Moving specific joints can be tricky but you can right click on a joint you can use "Drive Joint" to move just that one joint. It will let you see what happens when you rotate just a single joint. I don't use any shortcuts for that(don't know if there are any). If you mean when applying an as built joint. After you apply a joint you can use the Right-click marking menu in the 12 o'clock position to repeat the last command. I don't use it but J is the shortcut for Joint and Shift+J for as-built. You can also use the S key to open a search box.

Thanks! So sadly no not easily. Software like Solidworks has the ability to plot points on screen and on a table. With Fusion the best you can do is Drive one of the joints and measure from a reference point. Basically you would measure the angle of the wheel relative to the midplane after driving something like the shock compression. I will see what i can put together. Its a "brute force" kind of solution and no automation to put it into a spreadsheet sadly.

Hey RaceCarEngineer, I recorded a video this morning showing how to measure and plot bump steer. Should go up in the next 30mins. Its a "Brute Force" way but hopefully it helps. Great suggestion!

@@LearnEverythingAboutDesign thank you. Great work.