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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

Adding parts from McMaster-Carr

We will need to add a slider for Holder 2 and a screw for the rear mount to connect to the bicycle pole. We will start with the slider first. We need to first add a cut in the top of Holder 2 so that the screw will be set in a small amount and not interfere with any bottle that we place on top of it. Let’s get started with the steps:

  1. Remove the As-Built Joint slider that we added in the previous chapter by right-clicking on the Slider1 name and then selecting Delete. We will add it again once we add in the McMaster-Carr parts:
Figure 10.8 – Removing the As-Built Joint slider

Figure 10.8 – Removing the As-Built Joint slider

  1. Activate Holder 2 and then create a sketch on the top face of the bottle holder:
Figure 10.9 – Holder 2 activated and sketch face selection

Figure 10.9 – Holder 2 activated and sketch face selection

  1. Go to CREATE | Polygon | Circumscribed Polygon. Select from the center point dot (red arrow) and drag horizontally, and type in 8mm to...