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Transcript
00:02
Organize and visualize assemblies.
00:05
After completing this video,
00:06
you'll be able to
00:07
restructure and assembly and use isolate.
00:12
To get started in Fusion,
00:13
we want to open the supply dataset,
00:15
browser organized.
00:16
F3D.
00:17
Whenever we're dealing with assemblies,
00:19
the organization of the browser and the timeline are going to be critical.
00:23
As your designs become more complex,
00:26
you add more and more components and more and more features,
00:29
it can become an unwieldy process to find where things are in your design.
00:34
So what we want to do now is talk a little bit about how we can organize a design.
00:39
First,
00:39
if we take a look at the timeline at the bottom,
00:42
this is mainly created based on the organization and the design of your components.
00:47
As components are created or added to a design,
00:50
they'll be able to contain all of the features and sketches used within them.
00:55
So activating a component will simplify the view of your timeline.
00:58
But that's not always the case,
00:60
especially when we're dealing with imported components,
01:03
things that are commonly off the shelf components,
01:05
purchased and downloaded from a manufacturer.
01:08
So in some cases,
01:09
you may find that taking a look at your timeline
01:11
might be simplified by selecting,
01:14
right clicking,
01:14
and creating a group.
01:16
Creating a group of features that represent a certain step in your process can be
01:21
a great way to organize the timeline and keep it a little bit cleaner.
01:25
But let's also go ahead and take a look at the browser.
01:28
Currently,
01:29
we've got the round air cylinder component,
01:31
and then we've got a ball joint component,
01:33
we've got a pivot bracket component,
01:35
and then there are some individual components
01:38
for various things.
01:40
Right now,
01:41
we want to simplify this assembly.
01:43
We've got a rod end,
01:44
which includes the Heim joint and the ball.
01:47
So what we're gonna do is we're gonna create
01:49
a new component called ball joint rod end.
01:52
If we already have one under design,
01:54
we can simply select the components
01:56
and drag and drop them in
01:58
to create a subassembly.
01:60
If we have to create a new component,
02:01
it's as easy as just selecting a new component
02:04
and giving it a name.
02:05
In this case,
02:06
I'll call this rod end.
02:09
The same process is true,
02:10
we simply drag and drop the components into their main assembly.
02:15
Next,
02:15
we've got body
02:17
and shaft.
02:18
These belong to the round body air cylinder.
02:21
So we're gonna select and drag these and place them in their main assembly.
02:26
In this case,
02:26
we now have our pivot bracket,
02:28
our ball joint rod end,
02:29
and the air cylinder.
02:31
If we want to put all these together in a main assembly,
02:34
we can rename this raw end and call this
02:37
pneumatic assembly.
02:40
Then we can select everything,
02:41
drag it and drop it in the pneumatic assembly.
02:44
Keep in mind that as we do this,
02:46
we're adding more features to the timeline.
02:48
And keep in mind that any joints may be broken and you should
02:52
always go back and double check the mechanical motion of your assembly.
02:57
Another great way to work with assemblies is to be able to isolate components.
03:01
If we double click a portion of our design,
03:04
the entire component will be highlighted.
03:07
Then we'll have the ability to right click and isolate.
03:10
We can also do this directly from the browser as well.
03:13
Once we're done,
03:14
we can right click and unisolate to bring all the rest of the components back.
03:18
We also have the ability to right click
03:20
and change the opacity of certain components.
03:23
For example,
03:24
the main body of the air cylinder.
03:27
Let's go ahead and find the main body,
03:29
right click and go to opacity control,
03:31
making it 30%.
03:33
If we needed to see inside of the air cylinder to verify the overall travel,
03:37
we could do that by simply changing the opacity.
03:40
We want to set it back,
03:41
we'll just set it back to 100%.
03:44
We can also go to our inspection tools and display component colors.
03:48
This will help us easily identify features in the timeline,
03:51
as well as components in the browser.
03:54
For example,
03:54
the ball is shown in yellow.
03:56
It's shown in yellow on the screen,
03:58
as well as a yellow bar next to it in the browser.
04:02
There are many other ways that we can work with assemblies in fusion,
04:05
but understanding some of the basic concepts such as restructuring your assembly,
04:09
creating groups in the timeline,
04:11
as well as using isolate and unisolate,
04:13
can simplify your work on big complex assemblies.
04:17
After you're done,
04:18
feel free to save this,
04:19
but keep in mind that tools like display component color cycling
04:22
will be turned on for every open design.
04:25
So if you're not using that,
04:26
make sure that you do turn that off before moving on.
Video transcript
00:02
Organize and visualize assemblies.
00:05
After completing this video,
00:06
you'll be able to
00:07
restructure and assembly and use isolate.
00:12
To get started in Fusion,
00:13
we want to open the supply dataset,
00:15
browser organized.
00:16
F3D.
00:17
Whenever we're dealing with assemblies,
00:19
the organization of the browser and the timeline are going to be critical.
00:23
As your designs become more complex,
00:26
you add more and more components and more and more features,
00:29
it can become an unwieldy process to find where things are in your design.
00:34
So what we want to do now is talk a little bit about how we can organize a design.
00:39
First,
00:39
if we take a look at the timeline at the bottom,
00:42
this is mainly created based on the organization and the design of your components.
00:47
As components are created or added to a design,
00:50
they'll be able to contain all of the features and sketches used within them.
00:55
So activating a component will simplify the view of your timeline.
00:58
But that's not always the case,
00:60
especially when we're dealing with imported components,
01:03
things that are commonly off the shelf components,
01:05
purchased and downloaded from a manufacturer.
01:08
So in some cases,
01:09
you may find that taking a look at your timeline
01:11
might be simplified by selecting,
01:14
right clicking,
01:14
and creating a group.
01:16
Creating a group of features that represent a certain step in your process can be
01:21
a great way to organize the timeline and keep it a little bit cleaner.
01:25
But let's also go ahead and take a look at the browser.
01:28
Currently,
01:29
we've got the round air cylinder component,
01:31
and then we've got a ball joint component,
01:33
we've got a pivot bracket component,
01:35
and then there are some individual components
01:38
for various things.
01:40
Right now,
01:41
we want to simplify this assembly.
01:43
We've got a rod end,
01:44
which includes the Heim joint and the ball.
01:47
So what we're gonna do is we're gonna create
01:49
a new component called ball joint rod end.
01:52
If we already have one under design,
01:54
we can simply select the components
01:56
and drag and drop them in
01:58
to create a subassembly.
01:60
If we have to create a new component,
02:01
it's as easy as just selecting a new component
02:04
and giving it a name.
02:05
In this case,
02:06
I'll call this rod end.
02:09
The same process is true,
02:10
we simply drag and drop the components into their main assembly.
02:15
Next,
02:15
we've got body
02:17
and shaft.
02:18
These belong to the round body air cylinder.
02:21
So we're gonna select and drag these and place them in their main assembly.
02:26
In this case,
02:26
we now have our pivot bracket,
02:28
our ball joint rod end,
02:29
and the air cylinder.
02:31
If we want to put all these together in a main assembly,
02:34
we can rename this raw end and call this
02:37
pneumatic assembly.
02:40
Then we can select everything,
02:41
drag it and drop it in the pneumatic assembly.
02:44
Keep in mind that as we do this,
02:46
we're adding more features to the timeline.
02:48
And keep in mind that any joints may be broken and you should
02:52
always go back and double check the mechanical motion of your assembly.
02:57
Another great way to work with assemblies is to be able to isolate components.
03:01
If we double click a portion of our design,
03:04
the entire component will be highlighted.
03:07
Then we'll have the ability to right click and isolate.
03:10
We can also do this directly from the browser as well.
03:13
Once we're done,
03:14
we can right click and unisolate to bring all the rest of the components back.
03:18
We also have the ability to right click
03:20
and change the opacity of certain components.
03:23
For example,
03:24
the main body of the air cylinder.
03:27
Let's go ahead and find the main body,
03:29
right click and go to opacity control,
03:31
making it 30%.
03:33
If we needed to see inside of the air cylinder to verify the overall travel,
03:37
we could do that by simply changing the opacity.
03:40
We want to set it back,
03:41
we'll just set it back to 100%.
03:44
We can also go to our inspection tools and display component colors.
03:48
This will help us easily identify features in the timeline,
03:51
as well as components in the browser.
03:54
For example,
03:54
the ball is shown in yellow.
03:56
It's shown in yellow on the screen,
03:58
as well as a yellow bar next to it in the browser.
04:02
There are many other ways that we can work with assemblies in fusion,
04:05
but understanding some of the basic concepts such as restructuring your assembly,
04:09
creating groups in the timeline,
04:11
as well as using isolate and unisolate,
04:13
can simplify your work on big complex assemblies.
04:17
After you're done,
04:18
feel free to save this,
04:19
but keep in mind that tools like display component color cycling
04:22
will be turned on for every open design.
04:25
So if you're not using that,
04:26
make sure that you do turn that off before moving on.
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