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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 sketch lines and dimensions

We can now add the sketch geometry to generate the 3D model. Let’s first adjust the location of the image so that the tip of the sword is placed close to the origin dot. The reason why we will want to move the image is because it will give us a better center location if we want to mirror the sword on the opposite side:

  1. Open the Canvases folder in the BROWSER window on the left-hand side, and then right-click on the Sword image. Then, select Edit Canvas.
Figure 14.7 – The Edit Canvas tool location

Figure 14.7 – The Edit Canvas tool location

  1. With the EDIT CANVAS window open, we can now move the image:
    1. Drag the X Distance arrow by about 20.4 inches.
    2. Then, drag the Y Distance arrow in the negative direction by -.13 inches to place the tip of the arrow close to the origin dot; it may not be exact, but it’s close to what we need. Click OK to complete the command.
Figure 14.8 – The EDIT CANVAS tool options to move the image

Figure 14.8 – The EDIT CANVAS tool...