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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

Summary

In this chapter, we covered the basics of working with a scanned mesh model. We were able to bring the mesh into Fusion 360 and clean the model by removing any extra faces and then patching up any extra holes. We then created a solid model base and combined the two so that it could be placed into the Manufacturing space to be 3D printed.

Congratulations! You have completed this chapter and, hopefully, all the previous chapters as well. There is a lot more to accomplish using Fusion 360 and I hope this book gives you some great ideas on how to create, design, and 3D print your wonderful and amazing ideas. Please post your creations to my LinkedIn page and let me and the world see what you were able to accomplish. I’d love to see what you have done. Good luck, and I hope you have as much fun as I do while working in Fusion 360.