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In this exercise you'll practice how to edit an existing Form body, use Insert Point, use Crease/Uncrease, and use Insert Edge.
Exercise
Transcript
00:01
This is a practice exercise video solution
00:05
for this practice exercise. Let's get started with the supply data set crease dot f.
00:10
Three D.
00:11
We want to take a look at some of the form
00:12
tools and you'll notice that this design doesn't have any history.
00:16
We're currently working on the form
00:18
and you can see that we have form tools available
00:21
whenever working on a design that doesn't have history.
00:24
The form tools will be directly accessible
00:26
without having to go into the contextual environment
00:29
for this example,
00:30
let's carry on working without history and let's explore
00:33
ad increases and additional edges to control the geometry.
00:36
The first thing that I want to do is go to modify
00:39
and insert point and I want to finish off this section here.
00:42
Notice that it's asking me to upgrade the version.
00:45
If you ever open an older version of a fusion 3 60 T. Spline body.
00:50
There are new features that get added from time to time.
00:52
It will be asked to upgrade the body
00:55
or say, okay,
00:56
and then we'll go ahead and select these two end points and insert those edges
00:60
from here.
01:01
Let's go ahead and double click on this edge
01:03
and notice that it stops at the star point.
01:05
Will hold down, shift and double click on the next edge.
01:07
Then we'll go to modify and we want to insert a crease
01:11
crease. Will add a hard edge to the design.
01:14
This will be able to be Phil it'd when we convert this to a surface or a solid.
01:18
Let's go ahead and take a look at adding some additional features.
01:22
I'm going to double click this edge and go to modify and insert edge.
01:27
We want to add this edge relatively close
01:30
and we'll say, okay,
01:31
so you can see that.
01:32
We've added a new feature here, We've added a little bit of a crease.
01:36
And then we've also added this section which is relatively close together
01:40
to view this without edges.
01:41
We can go to our display settings and change our visual style to shade it,
01:45
which is also controlling the number four on the keyboard.
01:48
This will help us get a better idea of the shape of the design we're working on
01:52
For me, the crease doesn't really look great.
01:54
So I want to make sure that I remove the crease and
01:57
I add a smooth edge like we did on the handle.
01:60
To increase an edge. We can double click on it.
02:03
We can go to modify and select, increase
02:07
this will remove the crease from that edge. And we can say okay
02:10
when we have an edge like this that isn't continuous because it ends at a star point.
02:14
We aren't able to simply insert an edge to all areas.
02:17
What we need to do is insert an edge on part of it and then complete it on the other side.
02:22
We could also select the inside loop which is complete and insert an edge here.
02:28
This will allow us to drag it out towards this edge
02:30
and then we can say, okay,
02:32
once again control and four on the keyboard will allow us
02:35
to remove those edges and take a look at the results.
02:38
This looks pretty good so far but I want
02:40
to make a few last minute adjustments so control
02:43
in six to bring my edges back and I want to pull this in to do this.
02:47
I'm going to go into my box display
02:50
which is also salt and one on the keyboard
02:52
and this will help me make my final adjustments.
02:55
I want to narrow up the handle in this area using modify and edit form.
02:60
Want to make sure that I select all the vertex is of interest,
03:02
holding down the shift or control key
03:05
once I have these, I'm going to view this from the right hand side
03:08
and pull this inward slightly.
03:10
I want to repeat the process up a little bit.
03:13
So I'm going to select this vertex C and this vertex C.
03:17
And go ahead and pull that in just slightly.
03:21
Also note that we can move entire edges at the same time and not just versaces.
03:25
So let's go ahead and pull those back just a little bit.
03:28
And lastly we want to double click on this edge. And from that right hand view
03:33
we are going to pull that out just slightly
03:38
To go back to our smooth display.
03:40
We can do it inside of the edit form dialogue by
03:42
going down to the selection options and going to smooth display.
03:46
We can also again use Alton one and Alton three on the keyboard.
03:50
Last check,
03:51
controlling four to get rid of the edges and just double check the handle shape.
03:55
Everything looks pretty good here. I'm happy with the results.
03:58
So I'm going to say control in six
04:01
if you're ever working in the forms environment on a direct model without history.
04:05
Under utilities, you have the option to convert
04:08
when we convert the body.
04:10
We can select the T.
04:11
Spline body and we can convert it to a surface
04:14
or solid depending on if it's closed or open.
04:17
In this case, we can also determine edges that we want to keep
04:20
if we want to maintain certain edges when the surfaces are created.
04:23
We can double click on those and that will help us maintain those edges.
04:28
Once we say, okay,
04:29
it'll create a surface body for us and
04:31
you'll notice during the conversion those edges were kept
04:34
because this body is symmetric. The edges were kept on the other side as well.
04:38
This can help for downstream manipulation of the design and something
04:41
that's not available when you're creating foreign bodies while capturing history
04:46
at this stage.
04:47
Let's make sure that we note in the body's folder,
04:49
we still have the original form body
04:51
as well as the converted surface body.
04:53
This is another great methodology to continue working on forms
04:57
and make multiple versions while maintaining an original form body.
05:00
You can also select a form body.
05:03
You can right click and copy it
05:05
and select the Bodies folder
05:07
and paste it
05:08
so you can have an exact copy that you can convert to a surface or a solid,
05:12
and maintain a new copy that you can manipulate and add new features.
05:16
At this point, let's make sure that we do save this design before moving on.
00:01
This is a practice exercise video solution
00:05
for this practice exercise. Let's get started with the supply data set crease dot f.
00:10
Three D.
00:11
We want to take a look at some of the form
00:12
tools and you'll notice that this design doesn't have any history.
00:16
We're currently working on the form
00:18
and you can see that we have form tools available
00:21
whenever working on a design that doesn't have history.
00:24
The form tools will be directly accessible
00:26
without having to go into the contextual environment
00:29
for this example,
00:30
let's carry on working without history and let's explore
00:33
ad increases and additional edges to control the geometry.
00:36
The first thing that I want to do is go to modify
00:39
and insert point and I want to finish off this section here.
00:42
Notice that it's asking me to upgrade the version.
00:45
If you ever open an older version of a fusion 3 60 T. Spline body.
00:50
There are new features that get added from time to time.
00:52
It will be asked to upgrade the body
00:55
or say, okay,
00:56
and then we'll go ahead and select these two end points and insert those edges
00:60
from here.
01:01
Let's go ahead and double click on this edge
01:03
and notice that it stops at the star point.
01:05
Will hold down, shift and double click on the next edge.
01:07
Then we'll go to modify and we want to insert a crease
01:11
crease. Will add a hard edge to the design.
01:14
This will be able to be Phil it'd when we convert this to a surface or a solid.
01:18
Let's go ahead and take a look at adding some additional features.
01:22
I'm going to double click this edge and go to modify and insert edge.
01:27
We want to add this edge relatively close
01:30
and we'll say, okay,
01:31
so you can see that.
01:32
We've added a new feature here, We've added a little bit of a crease.
01:36
And then we've also added this section which is relatively close together
01:40
to view this without edges.
01:41
We can go to our display settings and change our visual style to shade it,
01:45
which is also controlling the number four on the keyboard.
01:48
This will help us get a better idea of the shape of the design we're working on
01:52
For me, the crease doesn't really look great.
01:54
So I want to make sure that I remove the crease and
01:57
I add a smooth edge like we did on the handle.
01:60
To increase an edge. We can double click on it.
02:03
We can go to modify and select, increase
02:07
this will remove the crease from that edge. And we can say okay
02:10
when we have an edge like this that isn't continuous because it ends at a star point.
02:14
We aren't able to simply insert an edge to all areas.
02:17
What we need to do is insert an edge on part of it and then complete it on the other side.
02:22
We could also select the inside loop which is complete and insert an edge here.
02:28
This will allow us to drag it out towards this edge
02:30
and then we can say, okay,
02:32
once again control and four on the keyboard will allow us
02:35
to remove those edges and take a look at the results.
02:38
This looks pretty good so far but I want
02:40
to make a few last minute adjustments so control
02:43
in six to bring my edges back and I want to pull this in to do this.
02:47
I'm going to go into my box display
02:50
which is also salt and one on the keyboard
02:52
and this will help me make my final adjustments.
02:55
I want to narrow up the handle in this area using modify and edit form.
02:60
Want to make sure that I select all the vertex is of interest,
03:02
holding down the shift or control key
03:05
once I have these, I'm going to view this from the right hand side
03:08
and pull this inward slightly.
03:10
I want to repeat the process up a little bit.
03:13
So I'm going to select this vertex C and this vertex C.
03:17
And go ahead and pull that in just slightly.
03:21
Also note that we can move entire edges at the same time and not just versaces.
03:25
So let's go ahead and pull those back just a little bit.
03:28
And lastly we want to double click on this edge. And from that right hand view
03:33
we are going to pull that out just slightly
03:38
To go back to our smooth display.
03:40
We can do it inside of the edit form dialogue by
03:42
going down to the selection options and going to smooth display.
03:46
We can also again use Alton one and Alton three on the keyboard.
03:50
Last check,
03:51
controlling four to get rid of the edges and just double check the handle shape.
03:55
Everything looks pretty good here. I'm happy with the results.
03:58
So I'm going to say control in six
04:01
if you're ever working in the forms environment on a direct model without history.
04:05
Under utilities, you have the option to convert
04:08
when we convert the body.
04:10
We can select the T.
04:11
Spline body and we can convert it to a surface
04:14
or solid depending on if it's closed or open.
04:17
In this case, we can also determine edges that we want to keep
04:20
if we want to maintain certain edges when the surfaces are created.
04:23
We can double click on those and that will help us maintain those edges.
04:28
Once we say, okay,
04:29
it'll create a surface body for us and
04:31
you'll notice during the conversion those edges were kept
04:34
because this body is symmetric. The edges were kept on the other side as well.
04:38
This can help for downstream manipulation of the design and something
04:41
that's not available when you're creating foreign bodies while capturing history
04:46
at this stage.
04:47
Let's make sure that we note in the body's folder,
04:49
we still have the original form body
04:51
as well as the converted surface body.
04:53
This is another great methodology to continue working on forms
04:57
and make multiple versions while maintaining an original form body.
05:00
You can also select a form body.
05:03
You can right click and copy it
05:05
and select the Bodies folder
05:07
and paste it
05:08
so you can have an exact copy that you can convert to a surface or a solid,
05:12
and maintain a new copy that you can manipulate and add new features.
05:16
At this point, let's make sure that we do save this design before moving on.