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Learn clever new ways of sketching more efficiently in Fusion.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
4 min.
Transcript
00:03
Here we have a sketch.
00:05
And from this sketch, I want to extrude a solid body.
00:07
Although I can't, as we don't have a closed profile,
00:11
we want to diagnose and fix this sketch.
00:13
And one way to do it is to use a divide and conquer technique
00:17
to better understand why this sketch isn't working.
00:20
We can simply sketch them straight lines over our
00:22
profile to divide it into separate profile areas and therefore
00:26
easily locate the non closed profile area.
00:28
As you can see in the upper and lower regions here
00:34
by zooming in on the lower regions. First,
00:36
we can more easily see how these two end points are not connected,
00:39
also identified by the white dots
00:43
by simply dragging on this end point and snapping it to our target end point.
00:47
We can see this closes our profile.
00:52
We also have this area at the top
00:54
as you can see is not a closed profile.
00:57
And in this example, it does not have the two white dots.
01:01
In this case, you may find that there is a line on top of another line
01:05
which is also donated by a darker shade.
01:07
And to fix this, we just need to click on the line and delete it.
01:14
Now, we have our white dot
01:16
and can connect it to the target to get our closed profile.
01:22
Finally,
01:23
to quickly get rid of the unwanted lines, we can paint, select them,
01:27
press delete
01:28
and with our close profile, we can begin to turn this into a 3d shape.
01:38
Next, we have the slice command
01:41
in this design.
01:42
I want to add a cut out for a gasket to our valve body.
01:45
Although when I go to create this feature,
01:47
you can see our valve bonnet is in the way
01:50
I could go and hide the components or bodies from the browser tree.
01:54
Although there is another option directly in the sketch palette,
01:57
the slice feature,
02:01
I'll change the view slightly just so you can see this effect more clearly.
02:05
And when I go to select the slice feature,
02:07
you can see this essentially hides everything that
02:09
sits above that sketch phase or plane.
02:15
I can then cut extrude the material away.
02:18
And if we go to our section view,
02:19
we can see this has not affected the valve bonnet, just the body.
02:42
And finally,
02:43
we have our show profile feature.
02:46
If I unhide one of our sketches
02:49
you can see in this case, it is quite problematic as I want to revolve, cut this shape.
02:53
Although I can't select the profile, even if I hide the body.
03:06
In this case,
03:07
we need to make sure that the show profile option is selected in the sketch palette.
03:17
Now I can select this profile
03:19
and revolve, cut away the excess material from our valve bonnet.
Video transcript
00:03
Here we have a sketch.
00:05
And from this sketch, I want to extrude a solid body.
00:07
Although I can't, as we don't have a closed profile,
00:11
we want to diagnose and fix this sketch.
00:13
And one way to do it is to use a divide and conquer technique
00:17
to better understand why this sketch isn't working.
00:20
We can simply sketch them straight lines over our
00:22
profile to divide it into separate profile areas and therefore
00:26
easily locate the non closed profile area.
00:28
As you can see in the upper and lower regions here
00:34
by zooming in on the lower regions. First,
00:36
we can more easily see how these two end points are not connected,
00:39
also identified by the white dots
00:43
by simply dragging on this end point and snapping it to our target end point.
00:47
We can see this closes our profile.
00:52
We also have this area at the top
00:54
as you can see is not a closed profile.
00:57
And in this example, it does not have the two white dots.
01:01
In this case, you may find that there is a line on top of another line
01:05
which is also donated by a darker shade.
01:07
And to fix this, we just need to click on the line and delete it.
01:14
Now, we have our white dot
01:16
and can connect it to the target to get our closed profile.
01:22
Finally,
01:23
to quickly get rid of the unwanted lines, we can paint, select them,
01:27
press delete
01:28
and with our close profile, we can begin to turn this into a 3d shape.
01:38
Next, we have the slice command
01:41
in this design.
01:42
I want to add a cut out for a gasket to our valve body.
01:45
Although when I go to create this feature,
01:47
you can see our valve bonnet is in the way
01:50
I could go and hide the components or bodies from the browser tree.
01:54
Although there is another option directly in the sketch palette,
01:57
the slice feature,
02:01
I'll change the view slightly just so you can see this effect more clearly.
02:05
And when I go to select the slice feature,
02:07
you can see this essentially hides everything that
02:09
sits above that sketch phase or plane.
02:15
I can then cut extrude the material away.
02:18
And if we go to our section view,
02:19
we can see this has not affected the valve bonnet, just the body.
02:42
And finally,
02:43
we have our show profile feature.
02:46
If I unhide one of our sketches
02:49
you can see in this case, it is quite problematic as I want to revolve, cut this shape.
02:53
Although I can't select the profile, even if I hide the body.
03:06
In this case,
03:07
we need to make sure that the show profile option is selected in the sketch palette.
03:17
Now I can select this profile
03:19
and revolve, cut away the excess material from our valve bonnet.
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