Fusion 360 Form Mastery - Part 4 - The Design Approach  

Thanks gazi!

Thanks Adam! This channel wasn't meant to be focused on Forms, but it was a need I was happy to fill. There is always more forms content and i still have another car series on my todo list. What sorts of things are you trying to model with forms? Maybe I can point you to a specific video to speed up your learning. Thanks for the sub!

@@LearnEverythingAboutDesign I’m still trying to figure out what exactly it is I want to do with all this. I build scale models and do some 3D printing to “enhance” some kits. The more I learn, the more I realize I need to learn. I’m not a designer or an engineer, just a tinkerer looking to build a skill set that may one day gel into a side gig or micro business. I see 3D printing as an interim step-like a proof-of-concept. I’m interested in creating forms that can be scaled-up to create molds (e.g., for concrete, carbon fiber parts, or resin-pouring). That’s a whole other area of study, though, that I haven’t yet figured out how to tackle-I know it can be a complicated process.

For sure. I have done wet layup and vacuum bagging work in the past. I have done it for car parts and motorcycle bodywork mainly. One of my longer term projects on this channel is to complete my car model, design some fenders and manufacture them off the CAD files. That was the original goal I had here was more of a design and make channel. But it is still growing and I don't have the time to dedicate to that project at the moment, but one day! Any questions don't hesitate to ask or email me support@caducator.com I worked in motorcycles and in automotive research before getting into training. I did most of my professional design work in Solidworks, Inventor and NX and have focused on Fusion 360 for the past several years to get back into the masses. Other CAD tools are just out of reach for most and that is where Fusion 360 really bridges the gaps! You don't go from a free license to $10000 to do something commercially. You go from Free to $360/year. Scalable :) The biggest hurdle for designing "kits" is really to get good quality data off the parts into CAD. Really takes an investment in high end scanning equipment or a lot of time and adjustment developing molds for parts. I have used scanners to reverse engineer surfaces on cars and motorcycles. The hobby stuff won't cut it and needs to be higher end for anything other than a 1 off. Keep that in mind. Places rent them for reasonable prices per week. To learn using photogrammetry or consumer grade scanners will work.

More to come! Stay tuned

I wish i was fluent in Portuguese :) Glad you were able to get through most of it.

Glad to hear that! The shortcuts for Forms are a bit hidden. When you are in EditForm the shortcuts for all the selection methods are displayed but ones like Extrude aren't as far as I know.

@@LearnEverythingAboutDesign Great, keep up the good work mate.

Even though it doesn't apply to ships the videos i did on the MR2 Fender Flare might be useful to see how to lay out details and features. There was an update I cover in video 20 something for the Match tool. You can associate it with a sketch and keep the relationship. When I have modeled ships in the past they have been with sketches and surfaces so I can't say I have tried yet. If you have a ship in mind feel free to email me a picture at support@caducator.com and I am happy to give it a shot.

This one was/is still a big pain!

Sadhu, Fusion fixed this issue so now the pos/neg value does flip the side of the offset visually!

You're very welcome!

you can enable symmetry on a freeform body but it applies to the entire body. If you need the pod area to be a certain shape you can use sketches, edges of surface/solids or even a scan mesh as a reference. The Pull tool will let you pull a form down to a mesh. The Match tool will let you pull a form edge to the edge of a reference surface.

Awesome, thank you!

You are very welcome

Glad it was helpful!

Great!

Sorry you are having trouble! what types of projects are you doing? Have you done any of the projects in the series like the Ear bud?

ouh yeah my bad. i actually didn’t follow specifically. i guess ill give the earbuds a try first then. tq

Until you add/move/extrude anything it won't. As soon as you extrude an edge, there will be a difference for where that edge is in Smooth vs Box. Using the Utilities > Make Uniform will bring them back closer. So in the end the edge layout will be in different positions but the actual surface(if still truly flat) will be the same.

Interesting! Since I don't use a Mac I haven't run into this. Is that true if you hold down CMD while selecting? With forms there are a few ways to select but either CTRL/CMD or Shift are the goto option. I did a search and couldn't find anyone else who has posted this question so hopefully the Command button works. Let me know.

@@LearnEverythingAboutDesign yes. The CMD worked out. Thanks a lot. You’re the best ❤️

@@stairwaysbrand7708 on my Mac mini, Shift also works to allow selection of multiple edges. And I have to use control in order to get the view to change, Ctrl-3 smooth display, Ctrl-1 Box display, etc. What I couldn't figure out was how to do the Extrude + Bevel at 25:08 using a MAC.

Thanks!!

Can you explain what it is doing Minra?

@@LearnEverythingAboutDesign the shape is not behaving same way as yours...I shall try again

the timestamp you have is the end of the video. Which part was problematic? I have a beginners guide to freeform modeling on my website as well www.learneverythingaboutdesign.com

Not sure I follow James. What do you mean?

@@LearnEverythingAboutDesign You fake doing the wrong thing very well, by which I mean is comparing the wrong way with a better way is a very good way of teaching it's not being funny you are being inclusive by not being against show a way that is not so good, and I like It.

@@jamesheald567 Now that I understand :) Thanks James! Since this video was done there has been a ton more forms videos. I feel like I learn something new each time I use them. If you are looking for something specific don't hesitate to ask.