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Improving CAD Designs with Autodesk Fusion 360

By : Kevin Michael Land
Book Image

Improving CAD Designs with Autodesk Fusion 360

By: Kevin Michael Land

Overview of this book

Autodesk Fusion 360 has become an indispensable tool for designers, tinkerers, and engineers worldwide thanks to its versatility that allows for large-scale assemblies and smaller, quick 3D prints. If you’ve faced challenges with learning Fusion 360, this book will help you overcome them and build the confidence to design your own projects, explaining step-by-step instructions and the purpose of each tool. In this book, you’ll dive into the design workspace and learn sketching fundamentals such as setting up a component, recognizing when a sketch is fully constrained, and parametrically flexing models. Through trial and error, you’ll work on multiple easy-to-build projects to create simple, useful items that can be quickly 3D printed for use around the house and then advance to much bigger projects that require joint connectivity and large assemblies. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to sketch fully parametric designs, translate them into 3D models, and create your own unique designs.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
1
Part 1: Simple, Fun Projects for Around the Home
7
Part 2: Bicycle Water Bottle Holder Project
13
Part 3: FORM Modeling Techniques
17
Part 4: Working with 2D and 3D Scanned Images

Creating the slider body

For the slider in the front, we will now make Holder 02 the active component and create another vertical bottle support. We will then move back to Holder 01 and cut out a section for Holder 02 to slide into as any geometric changes you make should be made within that component as it will make it easier to locate within the timeline. We will switch back to Holder 02 and create the slider portion and then add an as-built joint to it to allow it to slide. Follow these steps:

  1. Make Holder 02 the active component by going to BROWSER on the left side of the screen, mousing over the Holder 02 name, and clicking on the dot that appears to make it solid. Your Holder 01 model will become transparent.
Figure 9.26 – Changing Holder 2 to the active component

Figure 9.26 – Changing Holder 2 to the active component

  1. Click on the CREATE SKETCH tool and select the top face of the bottle holder. Your screen will change to an overhead view of the bottle holder.
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