Fusion Modeling Best Practices
After years of watching and helping other model with parametric design tools, I have collected a list of best practices. These apply to if you are new to Fusion or a CAD veteran moving from another design tool.
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Rounding Model Variables to Fractions
Sometimes you need to round model variables to a specific fraction.
For example cut stock may come in 1/8 or 1/4 or any other inch increment.
I recently had a case here I needed to get a 1/4 in rounded value that included
a precise distance + extra
Planarize Tspline edge loops or vertices
As you layout TSpline faces and edges you might introduce some waviness. This
makes sliding edges and moving edge loops harder than need be and can cause
uneven surfaces. One tip to creating great TSplines surfaces is managing the
control cage and creating flowing patch topology/edge chains.
To clean
Move a Distributed design across projects
Here is a detailed description on how to move distributed designs. This will
only work for the 3D data.
Start Fusion and in the data panel find the item you want to export.
Click the "i" next to this item and in the area that expands click the link to
Changing the ownership of your first sketch
Sometimes I’m so eager to get started on a design that I create a sketch and
place it on the origin and get right too it.
Once I’m ready to extrude I realize #$!!%, this needs to be in a component not
at the root of the assembly.
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