Apply direct modeling tools

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apply direct modeling tools.

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After completing this video,

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you'll be able to recognize the application of press pool to modify a feature,

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recognize the application to move copy to move a feature

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and identify the use of delete to remove a feature.

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Infusion 3 60. Let's begin with the supplied data set receiver plate dot S T E P.

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This step file is an intermediate cad format.

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This means it doesn't contain feature history like a design created in fusion 3 60

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When we receive a design like this by default.

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Fusion 360 will have the timeline or history capture turned off.

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So the first thing we need to do is right click at

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the very top of our browser and capture our design history.

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This will convert it to what's called a base feature and then any new

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features we add or change on this model will be captured in our timeline.

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There are a handful of direct modeling tools that we can use

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infusion 360 that can be used to change the size of features,

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relocate features or remove them all together.

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So let's get started by going to our

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modified dropdown and noticing that we have press

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pool which is one of the tools we're going to be using move copy and delete.

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These are the three main direct modeling tools that we're going to be focusing on.

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First. Press pool is a tool that actually invokes a couple of other commands.

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This can be used to modify existing features

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or create new offsets or changes to geometry.

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For example, if I select the fill it on the outside of the part,

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I can begin dragging this and changing the radius value of it.

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It begins at a .5" radius and we can modify this by reducing that radius value.

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If we select Okay then we have now changed the geometry

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now in a case like this.

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Note that there is no history that's being captured in the timeline

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and this is because using press pull in this case will either offset

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geometry that was previously created infusion or

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make direct edits to the geometry.

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If we wanted to capture the history of the change of that,

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we would need to select it.

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Use modify delete and then apply a new fill it with the correct radius value of .25.

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Now in the timeline we've captured the delete feature as well as the

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feature.

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If we use press pool one more time and we select this other fill it here,

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notice that there is an offset type offset is

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automatically turned on to use the existing feature first.

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Whenever possible,

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we can manually force a new offset value which will set this

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to zero and then we can modify it by a specific amount.

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Notice how this is not changing just to fill it in this case,

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but instead it's moving the entire geometry that maintains tangent C

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Because of this.

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When we select OK, we're going to get an offset face feature in the timeline.

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Once again, depending on how we use these features inside of fusion 360,

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it will determine what we get in our timeline.

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If we take a look at press pool one more time and this time I select an edge,

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it's going to invoke the filet command

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command will automatically create a Philip feature inside

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of our timeline once we select Okay,

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Once again,

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it's because we used the press pull on an edge and it created a fill it for us.

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If we use press pull on a face that has tangent C with a new offset,

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it will create an offset feature.

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If we simply delete an edge or in this case a fill it and apply a new fill.

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It will have a delete feature and we'll have our new Philip feature

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when we take a look at a tool like move copy.

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Move copy can be used to move geometry around by selecting specific bodies,

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components, sketch entities or even faces.

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By default move object will be set to whatever you have currently selected

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in this case. Nothing was selected. So it'll default to a body.

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I'm going to change this to faces and then I

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want to select the inside of one of these boars.

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When I do this note that the coordinate system icon inside the hole

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is pointing off at an angle if we want to reset this,

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we can use set pivot point and we can re select the

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location and then we can use the OK or done checkmark.

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So click, right click and then we can select OK.

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Or you can pick any location you want and then select OK.

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This is helpful if you want to move geometry in a certain direction

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orientation because you can reset that pivot point based on a specific input

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in this case, even though our pivot point is in the middle,

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it's going to be moving that whole.

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You can see here that there is geometry on the bottom of this part.

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And if we rotate this around

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as soon as we start to overlap that geometry,

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you can see that it's beginning to cause some problems.

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Now there will be instances where this tool will not work for you,

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especially if you're trying to create an overlap from existing geometry.

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However,

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it does let us move this freely around on our part until

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we run into a situation where we're overlapping some existing geometry.

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If I do tend to overlap that and say okay fusion 3 60 in

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some cases is able to patch that geometry to give us a result.

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However, the onscreen preview might not give you the same indication of that

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once again we can also select our features for example,

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we can select the inside faces of this boss here and we can use move

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copy which will default to be faces and we can move this slot around.

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We can also use that same selection using press pull to resize that slot.

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So for example, if I select these outside faces and I go to my press pull tool,

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I can resize the size of the slot

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once again, this can be a new offset or it can be automatic based on your selection.

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So the direct modeling tools will give us

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some level of control over imported models,

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but they can also be used on models you've created in fusion 360.

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In some instances you might decide to use

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direct modeling tools downstream of the original creation

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rather than to go back to the original features.

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It's important to note that press pool when used on a model

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created in Fusion 3 60 will automatically edit the previously created features.

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So for example, if there's sketch geometry or an extrude,

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it can modify the dimensions in those features

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without having to create a new offset.

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Just pay attention to which settings you're using when you use press pull,

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move copy or even delete at this point.

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Let's make sure that we save any changes that we

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made to the design before moving on to the next step