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EP 1000 Fusion 360

Introduction to Fusion 360

Why use Fusion 360?

  • It is an integrated CAD, CAM and CAE software.
  • Can consolidate your product development process.
  • Provided free for educationsl use (requires registration)
  • Easy to learn and master, with lots of online tutorials

    • We started our first CADD lesson on week 3, and started by learning the user interface on Fusion 360 like the Toolbar, Viewcube, Navigation bar, and we slowly progressed from there.

    Class work

    Ex 1 : Name Tag

  • dimensions: 30mm x 70mm x 4 mm
  • rim of 1.5mm thickness around the edges, height 2.5mm
  • key-ring hole of 4mm, re-enforced with 1.5mm rim
  • name or design/pattern 0.5mm below surface
  • base of name tag 1.5mm thick

    • Ex 2 : Lego Brick

    This is by Kevin Kennedy’s video tutorial on the drawing of a Lego brick. I have learned to use the rectangualr pattern tool to make our lives easier, and also the fillet tool, which helps smoothen the circular edges of the lego brick.

    Ex3 : Extrudes and Planes

    This object is made up of 20 cubes (20mm) glued together and then shelled to a thickness of 4mm

    Ex4 : Mug with Handle

  • dimensions: 50mm (diameter), 80mm (height)
  • Include an arc at the base of the mug
  • let the mug’s thickness be about 2.5mm
  • add a handle (ear) of thickness 6mm of your choice

    • take pic

    1) Take pic of mug

    Choose desire mug, take a photo of it and download and put into Illustrator.

    2) Trace

    Use the photo as underlay and use pen tool to trace over. Trace half the mug as we need to use the revolve tool later, and trace the handle fully to extrude out.

    put in fusion

    3) Put in fusion

    Select the lines traced and file>export>export as> export to .svg then fo to fusion, insert> insert svg> insert from my computer, and find for the file, insert on the front plane

    revolve

    4) Revolve tool

    Offset a thickness of the mug and make sure to close the shape! Then go to surface>create>revolve, select the cup sketch as the profile and revolve around the z-axis, angle - 360

    Model

    5) Fillet

    'F' key shortcut for Fillet

    Click on the outer most rim of cup and I fillet about 0.5mm

    Piano

    6) Sketch the handle

    Create> sketch and insert another .svg of the handle on the front plane

    Harmonica

    7) Extrude handle

    'E' key shortcut for Extrude

    Select the handle sketch as profile and extrude symmetrically

    wee

    8) Fillet

    'F'

    Select the outer most curvature of handle and do a fillet. Fillet the inner rim of the mug too. Done!

    Ex5 : How to model a Hexnut

    This is following Kevin Kennedy’s video tutorial on the modelling of a hex nut.

    Ex6 : Chess piece - Knight

    Design a Knight chess piece:

  • Base: 30mm
  • Height: 50mm
  • Head thickness: 5mm
  • Use a template for the head
  • The base should be hollow

    • knight

    1) Choose a knight chess piece

    Download and put into Illustrator, trace, and export to a .svg

    2) Offset thickness

    Offset dist about 2mm. Make sure to close of the shape also.

    put in fusion

    3) Revolve

    Can create a midline (to revolve around), select the base sketch as the profile and revolve around the z-axis, angle - 360

    revolve

    4) Extrude knight's head

    Create sketch on the front plane, insert the .svg file of the knight's head, extrude symmetrically ~4mm

    Assignment: Musical Box

    We are to create a closed box with a movable lid, specifications are as follows:

  • Must have a movable lid
  • Height: 50mm
  • Must be able to accommodate “mechanical handcranked music box movement”
  • Drawn and modelled in Fusion 360
  • Can be glued together (no nails, hinges etc)
  • Must be “decorated” in some manner

    • After we are done setting the dimentions and have decided the tabs and movable lid, we export it to a .dxf file and prepare to laser cut. More info on how I complete this parametric box can be found from my Home page> Laser cutting, or you can click here.