( Fusion 360 ) How to Convert A Photo to a Cnc File using Fusions Canvas Tool. (Langmuir Systems) 

3 years later and you're still helping people. Thank you for this vid! Also, thanks for the tips on how to take the pictures

tip from a professional photographer: you should absolutely NOT be close to the thing you try to repro photograph - you should use a tele lens for that (over 100mm focal length), that way perspective distortion is cut to an absolute minimum. if you use a wide angle, like lets say a gopro, you wont be able to get an accurate part no matter how close you get to it, in fact the closer you get to it, the worse distortion gets. so if your phone has a tele lens, go ahead and use that over the wide angle lens.

I am a beginner at 60 years old. Do thank you kiddo!! Helped out

you don't have to guess the center of a circle, you can center a circle by drawing a 3 point circle instead by picking 3 different points on the circle/arc.

Been mentioned, but deserves repeating. If you can fit it on a scanner, scan it. Preferably alongside a ruler or square for calibration. If you take a photo, use grid lines in camera and align with drawn lines or ruler. Perspective can be really deceiving, and trying to calibrate a shape with edges and corners that are fuzzy can introduce serious errors.

Man this video was a huge help to me. I’m an experienced manual machinist. Just got into 3d printing and bought a crossfire CNC table too. Have my best friends duramax in my shop doing an EGR delete this weekend. The company he ordered the kit from shorted us one of the block off plates and the r didn’t realize it until everything was off the motor. Thanks to your video I was able to use the gasket to cut a new plate and I’m about an hour from being done with his truck so he can work tomorrow. Keep up the good work young man!

I actually laughed when I saw the finished part, I just think it's so cool that you can make all this stuff on a computer and in a few minutes or hours you can have that part in your hands. Good video for beginners like me, you got a subscriber

Use tangent arcs next time.. Use the line command until you get to the start of a curved section, then use tangent arc from the line and follow the curve. Using the centre point arc tool will also save you a lot of clicks that you'll need to complete to trim the full circles you drew. It's also a good idea to use flat edges, as far apart as possible to scale off of. Not circles.. The larger the distance used to scale, the smaller your error will be. If there are no straight edges to use, you can always place a ruler or something of known length, that is as thin as possible on the surface before you take a photo. I print a 10mm grid and cut it to size then glue stick it on to the part. But always measure the points to ensure the grid printed correctly.

The more I learn about fusion 360 the more incredible that software is!

Have a ruler or tape measure in the photo !!!

Thanks, very nice short clear tutorial. Some thoughts. To reduce the "forced perspective" aspect, it's better to be farther away, rather than closer. Perspective is based on distance from the image. Think about taking a pic of someone's face from up close with a wide angle lens (huge nose effect), vs. moving back and taking the same pic using a normal or mild telephoto lens (less perspective distortion). Getting square to the plane of the object is also key. Especially if you're having someone else take the pic from their own location, ask them to put some items with known sizes in the same image frame. For example a ruler could be placed along side the object. Also could place coins of a known diameter at the 4 corners of the image and elsewhere to provide exact local scale information. The coins can be placed on the background or on portions of the object itself. You can also get the person taking the pic to measure the diagonals from the 4 coins to provide accurate overall scale (just be sure you know whether they measured from the "inner" or "outer" edges of the coins).This lets you determine whether mis-alignment of the camera sensor plane and the object's plane is significant. If it is, the coin images in the photo will be different sizes. You can then use photoshop or another tool to correct this, or you can take these differences into account when tracing the object outline.

I am a beginner in 3d printing and Fusion 360 your video is life saver. Thank you

Great video. I find that using the biggest dimension for calibrate makes for even greater dimensional accuracy.

Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video. I just ordered a new langmire plasma cutter. And a new computer. And a new computer. I'm also going to use Fusion 360 and you made it so much easier to photocopy something and then be able to make it into a part. Thank you so much man look forward to a bunch of videos. Wish you would talk a little louder for us deaf old men :-)

Thank u, in the first vision it looks very difficult but when I watched ur video, it's too easy Thank u again

This is by far one the best Fusion 360 videos. Sure mots other go into more detail but you went at a pace that was easy to follow and not make my damn head hurt. keep up the good work.

I've done similar recreations. If your customer has access to a flat plate scanner and can lay the part on the glass and scan it in, then you get super great accuracy. Also, have them measure the part at the widest corners so that you can properly scale the photo/ scan.

Great clip, you did more in this clip than hours with fusion 360 support actually could do. Thank you.

New Fusion 360 user, this was one of the more informative videos I've come across.. Thanks!

Flat bed scanners are pretty good, too especially if it's a big part. The only issue is that if it's thick, the scanner light casts a shadow. But leaving the scanner open and shining a light on it helps. You can also put your phone or tablet on top of the part screen down with a white image. It's a weird method, but it makes nice crisp lines.

If the customer can scan the part with a ruler next to it under an A4 scanner you'll have a scale and a undistorted perspective closer to reality as best as possible. Works good for flat parts in your video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge

Very interesting! As soon as I learn Fusion 360 better I'll try the tips you put out, thank you.

I learned a new trick with Fusion 360. Thank you.

Nice. With copying unbroken parts, I often just make my photo black and white and up the contrast then simply bitmap trace it in Inkscape and export as an svg. I can then extrude, mod and 3D print or cut as I like.

THANKS, I was looking for something like this

I've been using sketchup for woodworking for years but this looks like a much better program for CNC or 3D printing. Thanks for the walk thru!

That's incredibly useful to know. thank you.

Thanks for sharing. This has been immensely useful for things I do around the shop. 👍

F'n FANTASTIC!!! Thank You for sharing your insight and experience using this software! Extremely grateful and motivated to go BUILD STUFF!!! Thanks Again!

I did not know about the scale function. That alone made this video very helpful. Thanks

Subbed brotha! Thanks for the tips. I'm new to Fusion 360 and I can use all the help I can get. Great vid.

2024 and it's still actual tutorial. Thank you, you really helped me

thanks for bringing this to my attention.

Thanks Alex I fabricated a tractor attachment and had no idea how I was going to put it on a computer. This was very helpful. Thanks for the video.😁👍

You can also just type "3/8" and it should work as well. Thank you for the tips!

You are amazing Alex! Thanks for another great video!

Great to the point video and the best part was... no stupid music to wreck it... Also some good tips in the comments. I am very well versed in manufacturing but new to fusion360. This helped a lot. Thank you.

I've been looking for a good way to do this in Fusion 360 for 3d printing,, (I'm new to 3d modeling) so thanks for the great tutorial. This is going to help greatly!

Yes very helpful, just what i have been looking for, thanks.

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Right to the point, this is what youtube was about in the early days. Great Stuff!

My interest in getting a Langmuir just went up big time. Great info!

Excellent video with each step clearly explained

4:20 this helps immensely. I had no idea I could do this! This will save me so much time. However there are better ways to get even more accurate. Like measuring the hole with calipers (in this case having the customer do so) I know there are standards but with this piece being damaged you never know what happened if anything with that potion of the piece. also your dots are off I would have used the grid to make sure the dots were at 0 and 180. I’m not sure how much this matters to you but in my use cases my tolerances need to be within a 32nd of an inch or so.

Great instructions! Thank you.

Great video, nicely explained, thanks!

New subscriber! Thanks for sharing. Your explanation is clear and easy to follow and understand. Keep up the great work. Looking forward to seeing more.

dude your channel looks like it's right up my ally. Cool intro!

LOVE IT!

That was a great tip. Thanks for sharing.

Good info. Thanks for sharing.

Fntastic video. This is how all the tutorials should be. Simple and explained, then Done!

very cool indeed bro, thanks for the tip👍😁

Great detailed video. Easy to follow. Thank you,

Can't imagine why you'd ask a customer to measure just a circle diameter for reference when there's a perfectly good 90* in the upper left corner and bottom. Multiple points of reference for sanity check. Also, have them use an accurate rule to measure tip to tip on the top and bottom of those 90s and when they're done, lay that rule next to the part when they snap the photo. A lot of guessing going on here, which means you'll need a lot of luck in the end for this part to fit.

Great job, enjoyed the video and scaling it was enlightening.👍

Wow, didn’t know you could this (I’m old 😁)get info, thank you!

Great video! It really helped me to get into fusion360. Thank you

Nice, to the point video. Thanks.

thanks, will be trying this....looking forward to more

Thank you for this! Just made a new sub

This video was very helpful. I am just starting to look at Fusion 360 and not really a computer person. Thanks for sharing.

Excellent and simple. Thanks!

Awesome video! Ive been doing some research into the software side of CNC plasma cutting and what it takes to make the drawing files. Subscribed for more of this!

Quality content. Keep it up man!

Really well done, informative, straight to the point video with tons of technique insights. Bravo.

Thanks, you are very talented and humble

This was great. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome video my man! Keep up the great work.

Thanks for the video happy to have found this video. Seems very helpful, planning to get into 3d printing been watching videos

Very cool. Thank you for the info

Just learning . But also being into motorbikes this is also excellent . Thanks for that 👌

You did a great job. Do more videos like this one.

Super helpful. CAD/CAM noob here.

Thanks I learned a new skill today. Stay safe.

Well done. E-machine shop is much faster, free and you can even order the finished part to be made directly from the software delivered to your door. Brilliant service.

Thank you for showing how this is achieved, you have helped me out a few times with this video.

great information - thx for sharing

If your part is flat like a gasket. And small enough. The best accuracy can be obtained by using a scanner.

Thanks for sharing

That was frickin' awesome!

Great video, this is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks

Thanks for the share dude!

Excellent video EXACTLY what I was looking for. Thank you! 🔥👍🏼🔥

I just bought a Crossfire pro, that video was amazing. That is going to make drawing part super fast. I can sketch out the part on paper the import it, and draw right over it!!!

very helpful and well explanation thank u

This a fantastic tutorial, can't wait to apply it. Thanks for the step by step! Cheers

I like it.Thank you.

Anything of scale within the photo will help us keep native scale awesome video I am custom fab awesome subscribed!

Great video. I'm gonna share this on the Langmuir facebook page. They'll love it!

Excellent thanks

Man this video is priceless. I didn’t even know you could do that .

Handy, thanks! 👍

Super helpful, thank you!

Very Good. Anyone that is prepared to share information on RU-vid. Always deserves a Thumbs Up. Thanks for posting this video. All the best with your channel. Peter

Thanks! Quick and easy video.

This was really helpful. Thank you.

Very helpful thank you

I found it very informative. Fusion 360 is very powerful. Use a 6 inch scale in photo. Oh, stand still doing your taping. Lol

I use the canvas technique all the time, taking a really good photo is important, i use an iPhone to line up the cross hairs to make sure im looking directly down on the object, also make sure there are no shadows which will obscure the edges. Larry