• Fusion

Introduction to Modeling and Design for Manufacturing

Outline
1

Getting started

Module overview
Course overview
What's new in this course
Get the software
Course resources
2

The basics of modeling

Module overview
Project overview
Create parameters
Link parameters and dimensions
Use symmetry and construction geometry
Create construction planes
Create extruded features
Create extruded cuts
Project edges vs. including them
Create a revolved solid
Use boundary fill
Create sheet metal parts
Practice exercise
Challenge exercise
3

The basics of assemblies

Module overview
The different ways to create components
Use scripts to create gears
Component color swatch and color cycling
Use McMaster-Carr parts in a design
Copy, paste, and paste new
Distributed designs
Create as-built joints
Create joints
Joint origins and midplane joints
Drive joints and motion studies
Interference detection and contact sets
Isolation and opacity control
Create groups and organize a timeline
Practice exercise
Challenge exercise
4

Exploring design tools for production

Module overview
Create draft during a feature
Create draft as a feature
Add ribs and plastic supports
Analyze draft on a design
Create holes and threads
Use a coil feature
Mirrors and patterns
Surface creation for complex geometry
Use surfaces to replace faces
Use surfaces to split bodies and faces
Practice exercise
Challenge exercise
5

Creating complex designs with form tools

Module overview
Introduction to forms
Create a form primitive
Add or remove symmetry
Manipulate faces edges and vertices
Convert BREP faces to forms
Crease or uncrease an edge
Insert edges and subdivisions
Repairs and modifications
Add a bevel
Work with a form as a BREP
Practice exercise
Challenge exercise
6

Course challenge

Module overview
Challenge exercise
7

Final test

Module overview
Start your final test
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Create sheet metal parts

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Video quiz

1. What tool in the Sheet Metal toolset must be used in conjunction with the Extrude tool to create cuts across bends that remain normal to the walls of the sheet metal component?

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