Prepare CAD Model Demo

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PRESENTER: Once you open Fusion 360 from the File menu,

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click Open.

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Click Open from My Computer, and browse

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to where you've saved the Fusion archive and click Open.

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Here we can see we have a monitor

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stand with four identical arms that we will

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redesign in generative design.

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First, let's click Save from the Quick Access Toolbar.

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We'll save this into a project called GenExploration.

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If you do not have one, create it and then click Save.

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Click OK on the version description.

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From the ribbon, change from the Design

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workspace to the Generative Design workspace.

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We will need to make some geometry modifications

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to prepare the model.

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Isolating the arm we'll be using as a starting point,

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we need to create bodies that will be maintained

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and where the forces will act upon.

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These are known as preserves.

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We will need to leverage connector obstacles

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to represent bolts, as well as create

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bodies representing clearances.

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These are known as obstacles.

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Once completed with our edits, we

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can finish by clicking Finish, Edit Model,

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and begin setting up our design space.

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Connector obstacles will automatically

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be assigned as obstacle regions.

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Let's add the additional two bodies as obstacle regions

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and click OK.

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Hiding these will allow better visibility

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to selecting the four annular regions that we

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created to be our preserves.

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Once selected, click OK.