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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

Creating a model by adding material using the Revolve tool

In this section, we will learn how to use the Revolve tool by creating a sketch profile of a doorknob model and then revolving that sketch around a central axis. We will employ the method of material addition (see Figure 5.1). There are many real-world items that can be created this way, such as a coffee cup, a lamp, or a doorknob, which is what we will be working on today.

Before we get into any of that, though, let’s first understand the design intent of what we are creating. Will this piece be intended for manufacturing or 3D printing, or will it be used for 3D rendering? Let’s assume that this piece will be used for 3D rendering. This way, we can concentrate on the usage of the Revolve tool. We will get into more details about manufacturing and 3D printing in later chapters.

Creating a sketch profile

Now that we understand what we are creating this piece for, the next step is to create the sketch...