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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 inner frame

Let me start off by saying that I’m not a woodworker. I’ve worked in a shop environment and picked up a few tricks of the trade, but I am not by any means a full-on craftsman. So, the interior of this chair is my best guess of how I would make this chair. If you want to build a chair like this, please reach out to a craftsperson who I’m sure will help sketch out some great ideas:

  1. Since we will add an internal framework, we can use the Section Analysis tool to view the interior of the model. Click on the INSPECT drop-down arrow and then click on Section Analysis. The SECTION ANALYSIS pop-up window will open, asking you to select a cut plane. Click on the YZ plane, and a preview of the section will open. Note that there are lines within the model. These are called hatch lines, which will change depending on the material used and represent the inside of the material. Since the lines go all the way through, this means that the object...