Brian Hutchings
Well-Known Member
Ron Gingers reply is spot on. It took me some time to realise this but once I'd grasped the concept, things became much easier.
Brian
Brian
Hi Ron, - Don't forget, though, with Fusion - go into Design, pick a plane to sketch on - sketch all of the lines, arc's, program in all of the dependancies (if any and you want to make it parametric), once the sketch is correct - exit sketch, and then extrude, extrude-cut, etc. In the end you want one body. Then jump over to Manufacture and start to lay out the mill or lathe parameters to cnc machine it. I love Fusion - it's super simple to work with.Maybe some guys are having trouble on the difference between CAD and solid modeling. With fusion you dont want to draw LINES, you want to draw solid objects, like cubes and cylinders. You then manipulate the objects by doing things like extruding, cutting. It is very much like you do things in the shop- you start with solid objects and hack away at them until you get a part. Fusion has the one huge improvement over the shop in having the long needed 'putting on' tool.
Think Solid object, not lines and arcs.
How did you manage to get both the front and the back views at the same time?Ikrestorer....yes you need to use the constraints, which can be a PIA, but down the road they are imperative. You using the "join" or "joint" function to put these together? I am sure there are many ways. Personally with what I do I split most of my drawings down one plane in the middle as I make casting plugs.
For example, I effed up some holes on these two parts, one not straight, one wrong drill for the tap, anyhow, human right? (I haven't been using 360 that long, maybe a year or two, so I know little, but somehow seem to be able to figure it out. That is one of the nice things, with the basics under your belt you can pretty much figure out how to get anything done.) So contacted the seller of the kit, no response. I am not one to wait around so in about a half hour I drew up one - printing now.
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As you can see, well not so well, but it is a very complicated part. Yes, I drew on most of my knowledge of 360, but looking good on printer so far. Here is photo of drawing. Haven't figured out how to get into PDF yet, but down the road....LOL
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I'm with CNC-Joe here - Ron was right in saying that you forget all that line and curve nonsense and start thinking 3D shapes (and in fact, I go further - just forget all you ever learnt about 2D drafting and pretend that you are starting from scratch. It really is easier that way!) However, as Joe says, you get a whole lot more flexibility if you start with a sketch, extrude, etc. Takes a little bit more getting used to, but using just the 3D shapes is like sticking to using files when you are standing next to a fully-tooled vertical mill!Hi Ron, - Don't forget, though, with Fusion - go into Design, pick a plane to sketch on - sketch all of the lines, arc's, program in all of the dependancies (if any and you want to make it parametric), once the sketch is correct - exit sketch, and then extrude, extrude-cut, etc. In the end you want one body. Then jump over to Manufacture and start to lay out the mill or lathe parameters to cnc machine it. I love Fusion - it's super simple to work with.
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