Fusion 360 workshop

First part recording: recording

Question: What CAD or 3D software you use?

Fusion 360 download

Link

get free trial with educational license.

Zoom, Pan and Orbit

middle mouse button

Zoom: roll the middle mouse button or Ctrl + Shift + middle mouse button.
Pan: middle mouse button.
Orbit: Shift + middle mouse button.

First Mission:

first assembly

Drawings download pdf

Motion Gen Pro Challenge!!!!

Motiongen..

Create a bar

everytime you draw a sketch, you need do define the sketch plane
Q for extrusion shortcut
pin the dimension tool cause it is useful

Body and Component

When we do assembly, we should make everything a component

Paste and paste new

Paste: add an instance

Paste New: add another instance

edit the second bar

insert Mcmaster Component

6627T53_Position-Control DC Motor

& ground the component

revolute jointj

J is the shortcut for joint

create 2 revolute joints

Activate and Isolate

Activate an object would activate the timeline of a component

Create the sliding groove

toggle colorful mode

Shift+N, or inspect toogle component color cycling mode.

Align objects

Modify, Align.. We usually align things first and then move it to get the right position.

Joint && As-built Joint

Joint: When the parts are not in right position & when it is easy to dimension the joint

As-built joint: When you already align every components and just want to make a joint without any potential translate

Timeline

By default Fusion will capture every change made to your design in a tieline. This process is called Parametric Modeling and is great when you need to capture specific features and define the relationship between parts.

Turning off design history allows you to work in a Direct Modeling environment. This lets you quickly create geometry without having to worry about individual features.

Joint Origin

Center point square, Middle point triangle, snap

Hover over the face and press control/command on mac

joint limits & rest & suppress joint

animate joints and animate models

motion study

Mission Two：create gears in Fusion 360

second mission reference image

Jennifer Townley - Squares

Jennifer Townley - Squares drawing pdf

Gear

constraint

pipe

rectangular array

motion link

rack and pinion

export drawings from fusion 360 to lasercut it

Mission Three

Martin Smith’s Spinning Heart Machine

bob potts pursuit image

Fusion file link: https://a360.co/3t9BW1a

bob potts pursuit 2

bob potts pursuit image

Fusion file link: https://a360.co/3t5Ltqf

Why fusion?

CAD drawing for lasercutting more complicated shape
Mcmaster friendly
A more light software compared to Solidworks
Sheetmetal, CNC, 3D print
Envision my project more in a design and artistic way instead of pure engineer, although I think sketch is more helpful in developing ideas
for me it is the most easy 3D software to use other than vectorworks

Why no fusion?

Because there are so many movements that can only be explored by physically building it.