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Improving CAD Designs with Autodesk Fusion 360

By : Kevin Michael Land
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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

Inserting a scanned image into Fusion 360

The image that we will work with is an ancient Asian sword that I found in the finest of the cheap, local dollar stores. We will learn how to import this image into our project folder and bring it into the design workspace:

Figure 14.1 – An Asian sword example

Figure 14.1 – An Asian sword example

  1. Let’s start by opening Fusion 360 and starting a blank Fusion 360 design file:
    1. Click on the Save icon, create a new folder within the PACKT publishing project folder, and name it Ch14 Image Insert. Then, save it with the filename Image Insert.
  2. Download the Sword.png image from the Ch14 GitHub folder link, as mentioned in the Technical requirements section.
  3. Click on the Data Panel icon in the top-left corner of Fusion 360 to open your work folder location:
    1. Navigate to the Ch14 Image Insert folder and then click on the Upload button.
    2. Click on Select Files, locate the downloaded Sword.png image, and click on the Upload button.
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