Lars, thanks for the tutorial! To all of you looking for a sketch to import - you can find a similar drawing if you search for the following terms: "80/20 Inc., 1010, 10 Series, 1″ x 1″ T-Slotted Extrusion x 72″ drawing. Also, you can improve upon the design process by drawing only one half of the part and then mirroring it over the 45° construction line. That way you ensure the profile is symmetrical and, at the same time, avoid having to copy the identical dimensions over to the other side. :) Good luck.
My thoughts exactly. Being as lazy as he is (or claims to be), I would have thought he would have led with that. Regardless, a very illustrative video!
@11:50 this sums up a deep rooted issue in 360. For a new user this behaviour kills a new users ability to stay with learning and it really must be addressed. I have experienced this many times but persisted despite sometimes never knowing what was wrong (by starting again or just leaving it) . My suggestion is that 360 gives a window that feedbacks why it doesn't want to do such a basic thing like convert a line to a construction...
Lars, you might have saved some effort by creating "half" of the sketch and then mirror it against the line at 45 degrees - you would have to place much less measurements, so then creating a circular pattern on the sketch would not be so daunting :) Also, going this route, you could then mirror against the horizontal line and then mirror the right part against the vertical line creating the full sketch. Would appreciate your comment on this approach.
Interesting and informative. As a lesson on sketching stuff, it is very nice. However, there is a rule that seperates useful CAD from simply good enough: "Simple sketches, multiple features." Because you didnt follow this, editing the model later would be a nightmare. I would 1) extrude a square 2) extrude cut the center circle 3) extrude cut one slot in the center circle and then circular pattern it 4) extrude cut a rectangle (0.256 wide) to make part of the upper channel cut. 5) extrude cut the parallelogram to complete the top channel 6) fillet as necessary 7) circular pattern the features to duplicate the channel. Each thing can be edited independently. I would probably also use parameters, but that is just me. Just tried it and it took about 10 minutes. Not sure it is quicker, but it seemed easier.
Thanks for your wonderful channel. As a retiree from law enforcement I need new challenges. My new challenge is to learn this software. Your teaching style/method is excellent. If I had to pay what this software was worth I never would get started.
This was great as we were at college doing this in another piece of software and this made so much more senses. Also I prefere F360 to what the college uses. Thanks
If you want to change a line in a construcion line you have to choose the line first and then click the symbol (you have done it the other way). You can do it a little bit quicker, only mirror the half of the quater, mirror line 45 degree.
Some really good tips in this video, Could have included downloading an ipt file from 80/20 and then using Fusion's import to bring it in. But i like how you handled a drawing in from canvas
Specific to this video, I think you could've/should've built 1/8 sketch versus 1/4 and done a mirror around that 45. As you did it, there were errors in the width of the main stem, given you had to define everything twice. I'm just learning, and still finding your videos super helpful. As I learn more though, I think that perhaps you're skipping over some of the common rules (rule #1) and perhaps could hammer home a bit more about good practices: naming, components, relationships, etc. Thank you so much for sharing all of your knowledge in such an easy to access format.
Thank you for your verry good presentation, I like it! 😘 I've designed CIM/CAD/CAM systems from 1980 to 2000 I have also taught them at universities and in companies. With Soli dworks I have worked from version 2003 to 2016, "I love it", 😍 BUT Fusion 360 is FREE 😍 and it's the right Thing for the makers. 😊 Sure, there are still a lot of wishes left and some react strangely.😗 But that has been the case for 40 years with all software systems, from Windows to Adobe and Eagle to Solidworks. My only sincere regret is that the simulation is not included in the free version.😔😪 Happy Easter and stay healthy everyone
"Aaaaand NOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWW!" XD Hahaha! I love your light-hearted and upbeat attitude, helpful tips and very thorough instruction Lars! Thank you - very much appreciated!
Another great video. I noticed, and you have probably seen it or had it pointed out: Your sketch line that is near the center hub, that is suppose to be perpendicular to the radial horizontal line, did not get a perpendicular constraint established. You mentioned that was the constraint you were assigning but the perpendicular icon did not get established. Totally got the point of the video and as always, entertaining.
I created one sketch. started from center and made the circle then I started making squares off circle center and then just trimmed the edges for the 1 slotted cut out pattern and extruded it then did polar array with feature. Took no time at all. Also the little slots on the inside at center circle I just figured the end circles were half the thickness of 0.087" to 0.04375" and the center was on a circle that was half the thickness of where the circle and the inside cuttout face of the slot is. Good Video. I don't use the Canvas unless it doesn't need to be exact.
Lars it doesn't seem to be symmetrical to the 45 degree. But I get what your saying. The arrow shaft was parallel to each other but not to the 45 if I'm wrong so sorry!
Hi! Thank you for your video, always interesting to see how you work! Hoverwer, I think you've made a little mistake. First I've noted some assymmetry of two diagonal lines, related to central 45degree line. Then I've started sketching by myself and I've found the point that you went wrong way: at 26:51, you've made an assumption that inner "fillets" radius is 0.87/2. That gave you two constraints that completed the sketch. However. these two fillets should have only "equal radius" constraint, and the missing constraint is "0.256/2" from horizontal center line to the bootom point of lowest arc (that "couples" the one you have - from vertical line to the left point of arc) the second
I use Aluminium 6061 struts all the time at work with a similar profile, and have had to model a lot of them before. It was interesting to see how a pro tackled the same issue.
Very good job explaining Lars…. All of these softwares are getting so close in methodology. But I do like the shortcuts Fusion 360 allows. Thanks for the effort.
I Thank You for Everything - for Sharing from Your Knowledge with Us and for Your Time to do That ....There are No words to say that , other than : Thank You - Thank You ....
Thanks again for the great tips Lars! Maybe it's against CAD 'standards' but it would be good to see dashed radius dimension extensions where they are greater than the radius endpoints.
Great video as always Lars. Just one comment for this and your other videos: It would be so helpful if you also uploaded the files used for this tutorial in the description. Thank you for the consideration.
I learn so much from your videos. I like to follow along and model what you model as you do. In this video, or any video, it would help if you posted a link to the drawing of the 80/20 or what ever drawing you reference in the video, in the comments.I finally noticed the label in the lower right corner of the canvas and searched fir the title. Lesson accomplished!
Hi Chuck Pickering Thank you for watching! You know what...I could totally do that I think...I might need one more cup of coffee to think about this, but I like the idea of having a download link of each of my models in the description...wow, did it really take almost 200 livestreams for me to think of this :-) Thank you Chuck :-)
In Fusion 360, you must select the line first, then transform it into a construction line (or press 'x') - he was selecting the transform, then the line, which doesn't work.
Hi Lars, I am a complete noob to this software, and this particular tutorial have helped me a lot with understanding the basics together with the DiResta table tutorial. Now I notice that you are making all the perpendicular lines have a parallel relationship with X and Y axis. Making it easy to get the symmetry and lock everything into place. Is it just me but does the 80/20 T-slot profiles actually have pitched angles, around 1.3degrees?
I think in this case you could draw 1/8 of the profile. In drawing however horizontal and vertical profiles are a bit different. Also there was 4 ears to center hole. Is it possible to draw this without defining tangent cirlcle radiuses? Imho what we really want to specify is that some of them are equal.
Hi Laars, Thank you for your advice and tutorials. I am brand NEW and I am discovering and learning from scratch. 15 days ago I wanted to print a support that slides along this type of rail (a support for 3D Printer tools). I had not looked on RUclips and I imagined the following solution: I simply imported the rail from McMaster-CAR components. A simple offset allowed me to create my support with the necessary clearance. I think it was easier, faster and above all much more precise. What do you think? Thank you.
Great tutorial--worked great for me. I just made a screenshot of the 8020 diagram you posted at the start, and made a PNG file...and followed it through. You forgot the little central notches, but those are very simple to add using the exact same techniques you show in the video. One thing I miss though, compared to Solidworks, is the Ctrl-8 shortcut to quickly get a view normal to the face I'm working on. Is there some sort of shortcut I'm missing there Lars? Another nice feature in SW is that hitting the spacebar gives you the "view cube" where you can just use your mouse to just select the face you want a normal view to. In F360 it seems that you have to move the mouse all the way up into the right upper corner, and then rotate the little view cube there. I have a SpacePilot Pro device though, so that helps a lot. More so than in SW actually, as I don't use it there very often--because you can just depress the little center mouse wheel (if you have one) and spin the model; whereas in F360 that action just translates the model. Handy, but not quite the same thing. It seems as though I read somewhere that there is a setting in F360 that gives SW-like shortcuts. Is that correct? I'll have to investigate that some, because it would sure be handy to teach this old dog some new tricks... Thanks for the video! EDIT: Here's a link to the PNG file I created, if anyone wants to use it to follow along with this tutorial. filebin.net/jqw81wck2xddrv3f/8020.png
Oh, duh... www.autodesk.com/shortcuts/fusion-360 Google is my (long lost?) friend. Shift+wheel-press spins the model! Then, 'C' (in the model, not a sketch) gives you the option to click on the surface you want a normal view to. And...it automagically starts a sketch on that surface. Sweet.
Hi Tom B Thank you for watching! You can also go into the preferences and set you mouse for SolidWorks so you don't have to hold down shift. Have an awesome day! Best, Lars
I found it, thanks. There's one thing that's still a bit frustrating for me though. When I hit the 'c' key to get a view normal to a surface I select (equivalent to Ctrl+8 in Solidworks), I get the normal view alright...but I also get an open sketch automatically. If I want a sketch there, then that's fine. But much of the time I don't want to have a sketch--I just want a view normal to that surface. So I can click on "Stop Sketch" in the Sketch Palette. But the problem though is that you still get a new sketch entry in the feature tree down at the bottom. And since these aren't named by default, you'll end up with a number of empty sketches after a while...thus making it harder if/when you decide to go back and edit a non-empty sketch in the future. So you'd think the Fusion folks would give us a way to just get a quick normal view to a surface, without needing to create a new sketch. Is there such a thing? Ctrl-8 doesn't do it after I set the Solidworks preference in the "Pan, Zoom, Orbit shortcuts" field in the Preferences GUI. I've been searching online for a solution and other than the "Look At" option (which seems to require mouse clicks to initiate), I can't seem to find anything in terms of a quick command/shortcut to get me there quickly.
Starting to duplicate your example but noticed when I made the straight line (~12:34m) then held the left mouse (actually track pad) the tangent curve did start like yours, but as I proceeded up the 45 degree side the curve continued to "curve" and didn't follow the straight portion. If I stopped after the initial curve then went straight with the start of another line extension I could follow all the curves. Don't know why the difference, I am using a MacBook Pro, but that shouldn't matter.....I guess?
Hi Lars I have done the three very informative videos for absolute beginners. Wich video is next? what is the optimal order to do your videos? Best regards
Incredible timing Lars. I was trying to find this in the materials list. A chap who's drawings I am using to create my first CNC Router table has Item24.nl profiles of aluminum extrusion that were generated in Autodesk Inventor. The ones pictured were 80x160mm in use as the gantry support element, and on which the Hiwin 20mm rails were bolted to. (Linear bearings /rail). This cross-section is far more complicated than a simple 1x1" and I seriously doubt that the gentleman went thru this process. So how did he do it? This 80-160 profile has 12 x 8mm slots.
You might want to check out www.8020.net. You have to create an account, but it looks like they have CAD files for all of their products that you can download.
JB I feel as if I am having an out of body experience here. Or perhaps it is simply the egg on my face! :-) I just grabbed a file in "Inventor 2018" from 80/20 and have brought it into F360 via the cloud upload, and it was very satisfactory indeed. Of course I am not quite sure how to deal with it as a component in my CNC Router drawing. Now if this is easily available, then Lars must be made aware. gosh I feel like I dwell under a rock some days.
Very Informative video. I followed this video and made a similar extrusion. After the final step of combining the bodies together, I got a extrusion. But the different surfaces of the extrusion behave independently and when you try to move the complete extrusion, only the surface which you select seems to be moving. I hope I am able to clarify my question. How do you really combine this as a single body? Thanks
Hi Vishesh Shishodia Thank you for watching! Sounds like you had each extrusion as a component instead of combined bodies. Components will have to be joint or rigid grouped together....Hope this is useful in your detective work :-)
I'm very curious how to set up the cnc machining. How to get Fusion 360 to cut the parts out of a large sheet of plywood without cutting the plywood into smaller pieces first? My setup always chooses a random entry point and then starts cutting, with a large piece of plywood that usually means crashing the tool into the wood. How can I tell Fusion to create entry points first and not waste too much material.
Yes that answers half of my question, the problem is still that fusion crashes into the material, like in your example, the bit just plunges to the bottom of the 1 inch thick material.
This was actually painful to watch. SolidWorks 4 Life!! 😆 🤣 😂 It would have been easier to just draw half what you did and use a mirror or pattern feature. That would have been the laziest way. Lol
I've designed CIM/CAD/CAM systems from 1980 to 2000 and have worked with Solidworks from version 2003-2016, "I love it", BUT Fusion 360 is FREE and it's for the makers. Sure, there are still a few wishes left and some react strangely. But that has been the case for 40 years with all software systems, from Windows to Adobe and Eagle to Solidworks. My only sincere regret is that the simulation is not included in the free version.
Hi Chris Molloy Thank you for watching! It is a CNC control simulator. It is used in education so students can test their CAM g-code before they go to a real CNC machine
Item24 does provide 3D -2D CAD files for everything but Fusion360!! . I have put in a request to make them available. This would be fantastic. Please look at their site to see the support data for their line up. Danish and Dutch aren't similar are they? Printed word is not well served by Google Translate for the Nederlands.
You start early. Good morning Lars. If you wish to follow through with the topic of the series 80/20 also has downloads of CAD for a few profiles check that out if you have time. Of course 3rd party in this case and for other 3D design software like Solidworks for instance, perhaps this might be usable with the cloud convert feature ....You are such a productive chap, it would embarrass most I am sure.
TYP, stands for typical which means that the extrusion dies are made to those values but the aluminium extruded can vary within a set quantity. This is usually provided, since sometimes you need to make something that can slide freely but tightly in all extrusions of that design.
www.autodesk.de/campaigns/fusion-360-for-hobbyists www.autodesk.co.uk/campaigns/fusion-360-for-hobbyists You need an Autodesk account and you need to select "personal / maker" use.
If you guys are having trouble importing this into fusion 360 then you can find help here: ruclips.net/video/G7vj9w7bs7U/видео.html&ab_channel=TheMechaWorksIndustries
I would say you complain too much. You can always press pause or close the browser tab, or head of this channel, and find something else to watch. Loads of people like his videos and tutorials and (maybe/maybe not) all his talk... Some people should also just learn to listen some times.
Stupid comment! rudimentary UI? useful and complex software have a pretty long learning curve. But how to explain it to a lowiq who's angry because he has to use F360?
Really this over 30 years old software house is taking money for software not even word the price of one CD-Rom medium if there weren't the simulation part. But first they need to get rudimentary shit ready. I think Blender will run your crap over in no time.
Oh my gawd I finally got my 20 x 20 x 1200 mm extrusion extruded with out a die but much pressure by some whatever constrains even skewing it inbetween.
Autodesk is Z CAD firm in the world! Please don't be that stupid by comparing Blender - I'VE BEEN USING SINCE ITS BEGINNING - to F360! They have different purposes and are complementary! Only a lowiq could not understand that! Hard to fix stupid...
Lars, thanks for the tutorial!
To all of you looking for a sketch to import - you can find a similar drawing if you search for the following terms: "80/20 Inc., 1010, 10 Series, 1″ x 1″ T-Slotted Extrusion x 72″ drawing.
Also, you can improve upon the design process by drawing only one half of the part and then mirroring it over the 45° construction line. That way you ensure the profile is symmetrical and, at the same time, avoid having to copy the identical dimensions over to the other side. :)
Good luck.
Why not diagonally mirror so you only need to draw 1/8th of the overall geometry?
My thoughts exactly. Being as lazy as he is (or claims to be), I would have thought he would have led with that. Regardless, a very illustrative video!
@11:50 this sums up a deep rooted issue in 360. For a new user this behaviour kills a new users ability to stay with learning and it really must be addressed. I have experienced this many times but persisted despite sometimes never knowing what was wrong (by starting again or just leaving it) . My suggestion is that 360 gives a window that feedbacks why it doesn't want to do such a basic thing like convert a line to a construction...
Don't you just select the line and press X to convert to a construction line? Or is that only in the newer version of Fusion?
Awesome Lars. New things I learned: Double click to end a line; Adding an arc to a line segment in process.
Lars, you might have saved some effort by creating "half" of the sketch and then mirror it against the line at 45 degrees - you would have to place much less measurements, so then creating a circular pattern on the sketch would not be so daunting :) Also, going this route, you could then mirror against the horizontal line and then mirror the right part against the vertical line creating the full sketch. Would appreciate your comment on this approach.
Hi Alex Zarenin Thank you for watching!
Yes, you are totally right. Pick the easiest way that gets you to the end fastest :-)
My thoughts, exactly:) In fact, I JUST NOW created a part w/ the same symmetry!
P.S. Interested in your thoughts on mirror sketch vs. mirror 3D. TIA.
Interesting and informative. As a lesson on sketching stuff, it is very nice. However, there is a rule that seperates useful CAD from simply good enough: "Simple sketches, multiple features." Because you didnt follow this, editing the model later would be a nightmare.
I would
1) extrude a square
2) extrude cut the center circle
3) extrude cut one slot in the center circle and then circular pattern it
4) extrude cut a rectangle (0.256 wide) to make part of the upper channel cut.
5) extrude cut the parallelogram to complete the top channel
6) fillet as necessary
7) circular pattern the features to duplicate the channel.
Each thing can be edited independently.
I would probably also use parameters, but that is just me.
Just tried it and it took about 10 minutes. Not sure it is quicker, but it seemed easier.
Thanks for your wonderful channel. As a retiree from law enforcement I need new challenges. My new challenge is to learn this software. Your teaching style/method is excellent. If I had to pay what this software was worth I never would get started.
This was great as we were at college doing this in another piece of software and this made so much more senses. Also I prefere F360 to what the college uses. Thanks
If you want to change a line in a construcion line you have to choose the line first and then click the symbol (you have done it the other way). You can do it a little bit quicker, only mirror the half of the quater, mirror line 45 degree.
Hi genial65 Thank you for watching! And for the great comment.
Have an awesome day!
Man, I always learn tons of cool stuff from your vids. Thanks so much for taking the time to share with us!!!
You are so very welcome :-) Thank you for watching!
Mr Lars Christensen! Thank you very much for spending so much time for us for explanation, very useful!
I'm mostly a poly modeller (although I used some cad back in university) and your videos are helping me to get a bit less stressed with Fusion. Thanks
TG
Videos like this may be about basic concepts but for someone like me who is learning CAD, awesome information. Thanks for doing this!
Cool stuff, I was thinking - couldn't you just make one half of that sketch and mirror it along the 45 degree construction line?
yes
Some really good tips in this video, Could have included downloading an ipt file from 80/20 and then using Fusion's import to bring it in. But i like how you handled a drawing in from canvas
I totally would have done that sketch the hard way. This brings back memories from drafting classes before CAD. I really enjoy watching your videos.
That is awesome to hear Bob Justison .Thank you for watching the videos
Specific to this video, I think you could've/should've built 1/8 sketch versus 1/4 and done a mirror around that 45. As you did it, there were errors in the width of the main stem, given you had to define everything twice.
I'm just learning, and still finding your videos super helpful. As I learn more though, I think that perhaps you're skipping over some of the common rules (rule #1) and perhaps could hammer home a bit more about good practices: naming, components, relationships, etc. Thank you so much for sharing all of your knowledge in such an easy to access format.
Hi Ted Gaunt Thank you for watching!
Yes, my videos are for sure not perfect. Move forward with caution :-)
Select line and click X to make it a construction line ;)
Thank you for your verry good presentation, I like it! 😘
I've designed CIM/CAD/CAM systems from 1980 to 2000 I have also taught them at universities and in companies.
With Soli
dworks I have worked from version 2003 to 2016,
"I love it", 😍 BUT Fusion 360 is FREE 😍
and it's the right Thing for the makers. 😊
Sure, there are still a lot of wishes left and some react strangely.😗
But that has been the case for 40 years with all software systems,
from Windows to Adobe and Eagle to Solidworks.
My only sincere regret is that the simulation is not included in the free version.😔😪
Happy Easter and stay healthy everyone
"Aaaaand NOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWW!" XD Hahaha! I love your light-hearted and upbeat attitude, helpful tips and very thorough instruction Lars! Thank you - very much appreciated!
You are so very welcome :-) Thank you for watching!
I really wanted to see you use the symmetry around the 45 degree construction line!
Is there a video where you do that :-)?
I was thinking the same thing...
I thought that’s what he was getting at in the beginning
Another great video. I noticed, and you have probably seen it or had it pointed out: Your sketch line that is near the center hub, that is suppose to be perpendicular to the radial horizontal line, did not get a perpendicular constraint established. You mentioned that was the constraint you were assigning but the perpendicular icon did not get established. Totally got the point of the video and as always, entertaining.
I created one sketch. started from center and made the circle then I started making squares off circle center and then just trimmed the edges for the 1 slotted cut out pattern and extruded it then did polar array with feature. Took no time at all. Also the little slots on the inside at center circle I just figured the end circles were half the thickness of 0.087" to 0.04375" and the center was on a circle that was half the thickness of where the circle and the inside cuttout face of the slot is. Good Video. I don't use the Canvas unless it doesn't need to be exact.
Lars it doesn't seem to be symmetrical to the 45 degree. But I get what your saying. The arrow shaft was parallel to each other but not to the 45 if I'm wrong so sorry!
once again, absolutely the best explanation and demonstration. Thanks so much.
Hi!
Thank you for your video, always interesting to see how you work!
Hoverwer, I think you've made a little mistake. First I've noted some assymmetry of two diagonal lines, related to central 45degree line.
Then I've started sketching by myself and I've found the point that you went wrong way: at 26:51, you've made an assumption that inner "fillets" radius is 0.87/2. That gave you two constraints that completed the sketch. However. these two fillets should have only "equal radius" constraint, and the missing constraint is "0.256/2" from horizontal center line to the bootom point of lowest arc (that "couples" the one you have - from vertical line to the left point of arc) the second
Hi Станислав Купряхин Thank you for watching!
Good work!
Thank you for posting this video. You have a new subscriber. Keep up the great work.
I use Aluminium 6061 struts all the time at work with a similar profile, and have had to model a lot of them before. It was interesting to see how a pro tackled the same issue.
Hi Jack Bryan Thank you for watching!
Click the line/lines then the construction icon. Not the other way round
Thanks, I’m learning a Fusion and it helped a lot.
Glad to hear that. Thank you for watching
It is easier to click on each dimension's arrow tip for calibration on canvas.
It's way more precise
I have started to prefer body pattern instead of sketch pattern as then I can easily add lines without have to redo the patterning.
Very good job explaining Lars…. All of these softwares are getting so close in methodology. But I do like the shortcuts Fusion 360 allows. Thanks for the effort.
I Thank You for Everything - for Sharing from Your Knowledge with Us and for Your Time to do That ....There are No words to say that , other than : Thank You - Thank You ....
Awesome tips, From a new guy thanks, I had forgotten all about double click terminate line segment. Thanks
Lars, I really got a lot out of this. Thumps up
That is awesome to hear El Flaco Denver .Thank you for watching the videos
28:45 we are missing .584/2 dimension here ;)
A great lecture, I have to translate automatically to try to understand each step. But the steps are quite detailed ... thx thx
Still good in 2020, thanks maaaan
Awesome tutorial! I have learned so much by following along with you. Many thanks!
You are so very welcome :-) Thank you for watching!
Thanks again for the great tips Lars!
Maybe it's against CAD 'standards' but it would be good to see dashed radius dimension extensions where they are greater than the radius endpoints.
Hi Phil B Thank you for watching!
Honestly, I am not sure about the drafting standards on that. But you have a point
How would you go about fixing those tangents that didn't match up?
WOW! One of the most useful videos so far - so many answers in there :) Love Fusion. BTW the inner web was not central to the 45deg line ;)
That is awesome to hear davek0974 .Thank you for watching the videos
Great video as always Lars. Just one comment for this and your other videos: It would be so helpful if you also uploaded the files used for this tutorial in the description. Thank you for the consideration.
I think you could have simplified by using symmetry tools.
I learn so much from your videos. I like to follow along and model what you model as you do. In this video, or any video, it would help if you posted a link to the drawing of the 80/20 or what ever drawing you reference in the video, in the comments.I finally noticed the label in the lower right corner of the canvas and searched fir the title. Lesson accomplished!
Hi Chuck Pickering Thank you for watching!
You know what...I could totally do that I think...I might need one more cup of coffee to think about this, but I like the idea of having a download link of each of my models in the description...wow, did it really take almost 200 livestreams for me to think of this :-)
Thank you Chuck :-)
Now, how would you draw it so that it respects the spec 100%?
(Your inside radii were so-so)
one Dimension was missing and some radius dimension was to much.
In Fusion 360, you must select the line first, then transform it into a construction line (or press 'x') - he was selecting the transform, then the line, which doesn't work.
You make this all so easy! Thanks!
You are so very welcome 😊
This is a excellent tutorial thanks for your great work
You are so very welcome. Thank you for watching 👍😊
Great class. Really needed this info. Sawdstmakr.
nobody seems to be pointing out that instead of repeating the dimensions, you could just use the simetry constraint with the 45º line
Hi Lars,
I am a complete noob to this software, and this particular tutorial have helped me a lot with understanding the basics together with the DiResta table tutorial.
Now I notice that you are making all the perpendicular lines have a parallel relationship with X and Y axis. Making it easy to get the symmetry and lock everything into place.
Is it just me but does the 80/20 T-slot profiles actually have pitched angles, around 1.3degrees?
I think in this case you could draw 1/8 of the profile. In drawing however horizontal and vertical profiles are a bit different. Also there was 4 ears to center hole.
Is it possible to draw this without defining tangent cirlcle radiuses? Imho what we really want to specify is that some of them are equal.
Superb video! Thank you Lars
You are so very welcome :-) Thank you for watching!
Hi Laars,
Thank you for your advice and tutorials. I am brand NEW and I am discovering and learning from scratch.
15 days ago I wanted to print a support that slides along this type of rail (a support for 3D Printer tools).
I had not looked on RUclips and I imagined the following solution:
I simply imported the rail from McMaster-CAR components.
A simple offset allowed me to create my support with the necessary clearance.
I think it was easier, faster and above all much more precise.
What do you think?
Thank you.
Hey I think that lars is aiming his teaching style that helps the general audience get more efficient long term.
A very good tutorial, I really enjoyed it!
Thank you Grazer-One
Hi Lars, great tut as usual. One thing though, the two lines at 45 degrees are not symmetric with the center line.
Hi Hallyster1961 Thank you for watching!
This was just amazing!!! Thank you!!!
You are so very welcome :-) Thank you for watching!
Great tutorial--worked great for me. I just made a screenshot of the 8020 diagram you posted at the start, and made a PNG file...and followed it through. You forgot the little central notches, but those are very simple to add using the exact same techniques you show in the video.
One thing I miss though, compared to Solidworks, is the Ctrl-8 shortcut to quickly get a view normal to the face I'm working on. Is there some sort of shortcut I'm missing there Lars? Another nice feature in SW is that hitting the spacebar gives you the "view cube" where you can just use your mouse to just select the face you want a normal view to. In F360 it seems that you have to move the mouse all the way up into the right upper corner, and then rotate the little view cube there. I have a SpacePilot Pro device though, so that helps a lot. More so than in SW actually, as I don't use it there very often--because you can just depress the little center mouse wheel (if you have one) and spin the model; whereas in F360 that action just translates the model. Handy, but not quite the same thing.
It seems as though I read somewhere that there is a setting in F360 that gives SW-like shortcuts. Is that correct? I'll have to investigate that some, because it would sure be handy to teach this old dog some new tricks...
Thanks for the video!
EDIT: Here's a link to the PNG file I created, if anyone wants to use it to follow along with this tutorial.
filebin.net/jqw81wck2xddrv3f/8020.png
Oh, duh...
www.autodesk.com/shortcuts/fusion-360
Google is my (long lost?) friend. Shift+wheel-press spins the model! Then, 'C' (in the model, not a sketch) gives you the option to click on the surface you want a normal view to. And...it automagically starts a sketch on that surface.
Sweet.
Hi Tom B Thank you for watching!
You can also go into the preferences and set you mouse for SolidWorks so you don't have to hold down shift.
Have an awesome day!
Best,
Lars
I found it, thanks.
There's one thing that's still a bit frustrating for me though. When I hit the 'c' key to get a view normal to a surface I select (equivalent to Ctrl+8 in Solidworks), I get the normal view alright...but I also get an open sketch automatically. If I want a sketch there, then that's fine. But much of the time I don't want to have a sketch--I just want a view normal to that surface. So I can click on "Stop Sketch" in the Sketch Palette. But the problem though is that you still get a new sketch entry in the feature tree down at the bottom. And since these aren't named by default, you'll end up with a number of empty sketches after a while...thus making it harder if/when you decide to go back and edit a non-empty sketch in the future.
So you'd think the Fusion folks would give us a way to just get a quick normal view to a surface, without needing to create a new sketch. Is there such a thing? Ctrl-8 doesn't do it after I set the Solidworks preference in the "Pan, Zoom, Orbit shortcuts" field in the Preferences GUI. I've been searching online for a solution and other than the "Look At" option (which seems to require mouse clicks to initiate), I can't seem to find anything in terms of a quick command/shortcut to get me there quickly.
Thanks alot. I now know how to d some of 3D modeling thanks to you. I did the vacuum head now this :D. im a pro!
That is awesome to hear StarCitizen Modding .Thank you for watching the videos
Np, thanks for making them in such a watchable way and spreading your knowledge.
You need to select the line first and then hit construction (or x hotkey) not the other way around I think.
Thank you Jack Bryan
who the hell gave this a thumbs down all good stuff thanks Lars
bots
Thank you so much
Mate, that grey box on the wall behind you has me intrigued. What the hell is it?
its a control panel from a HAAS machine
Good skill and nice trick
Starting to duplicate your example but noticed when I made the straight line (~12:34m) then held the left mouse (actually track pad) the tangent curve did start like yours, but as I proceeded up the 45 degree side the curve continued to "curve" and didn't follow the straight portion. If I stopped after the initial curve then went straight with the start of another line extension I could follow all the curves.
Don't know why the difference, I am using a MacBook Pro, but that shouldn't matter.....I guess?
You are awesome!
Thank you Rodrigo Teixo :-)
Hi Lars
I have done the three very informative videos for absolute beginners. Wich video is next? what is the optimal order to do your videos?
Best regards
Hello, I don't know if there is a specific order, but you might like this playlist ruclips.net/p/PL40d7srwyc_NopbOnJ4IARIvSrTT1pp5m
Thank you very much 👍👍👍🍺🍺🍺
thank you for video
These type of videos where do a sketch off a drawing that are great. How you go about it.
Thank you Andrew Olear
Incredible timing Lars. I was trying to find this in the materials list. A chap who's drawings I am using to create my first CNC Router table has Item24.nl profiles of aluminum extrusion that were generated in Autodesk Inventor. The ones pictured were 80x160mm in use as the gantry support element, and on which the Hiwin 20mm rails were bolted to. (Linear bearings /rail).
This cross-section is far more complicated than a simple 1x1" and I seriously doubt that the gentleman went thru this process. So how did he do it? This 80-160 profile has 12 x 8mm slots.
You might want to check out www.8020.net. You have to create an account, but it looks like they have CAD files for all of their products that you can download.
JB I feel as if I am having an out of body experience here. Or perhaps it is simply the egg on my face! :-)
I just grabbed a file in "Inventor 2018" from 80/20 and have brought it into F360 via the cloud upload, and it was very satisfactory indeed. Of course I am not quite sure how to deal with it as a component in my CNC Router drawing.
Now if this is easily available, then Lars must be made aware. gosh I feel like I dwell under a rock some days.
so nice thanks a lot
You are so very welcome :-) Thank you for watching!
Very Informative video. I followed this video and made a similar extrusion. After the final step of combining the bodies together, I got a extrusion. But the different surfaces of the extrusion behave independently and when you try to move the complete extrusion, only the surface which you select seems to be moving. I hope I am able to clarify my question. How do you really combine this as a single body? Thanks
Hi Vishesh Shishodia Thank you for watching!
Sounds like you had each extrusion as a component instead of combined bodies. Components will have to be joint or rigid grouped together....Hope this is useful in your detective work :-)
Thanks a lot!
Awesome * 2!
Thank you Mike Clynes
When calibrating the scaling of the canvas it would have been better to use the actual dimension call outs rather than the sides of the part.
learned something today
well done
Thank you wael alabrouni
I'm very curious how to set up the cnc machining. How to get Fusion 360 to cut the parts out of a large sheet of plywood without cutting the plywood into smaller pieces first? My setup always chooses a random entry point and then starts cutting, with a large piece of plywood that usually means crashing the tool into the wood. How can I tell Fusion to create entry points first and not waste too much material.
Hi Arjan de Haas Thank you for watching!
I think you might be looking for this video:
ruclips.net/video/00_6u1J0xkA/видео.html
BEst,
Lars
Yes that answers half of my question, the problem is still that fusion crashes into the material, like in your example, the bit just plunges to the bottom of the 1 inch thick material.
This was actually painful to watch. SolidWorks 4 Life!! 😆 🤣 😂
It would have been easier to just draw half what you did and use a mirror or pattern feature. That would have been the laziest way. Lol
I've designed CIM/CAD/CAM systems from 1980 to 2000 and have worked with Solidworks from version 2003-2016,
"I love it", BUT
Fusion 360 is FREE
and it's for the makers.
Sure, there are still a few wishes left and some react strangely.
But that has been the case for 40 years with all software systems,
from Windows to Adobe and Eagle to Solidworks.
My only sincere regret is that the simulation is not included in the free version.
Cool!
Thank you Antonio Catani
Cheers
yo all over the internet butifull !!
Thank you arie d
Whats that thing over your right shoulder on the shelf?
Hi Chris Molloy Thank you for watching!
It is a CNC control simulator. It is used in education so students can test their CAM g-code before they go to a real CNC machine
Item24 does provide 3D -2D CAD files for everything but Fusion360!! . I have put in a request to make them available. This would be fantastic. Please look at their site to see the support data for their line up. Danish and Dutch aren't similar are they? Printed word is not well served by Google Translate for the Nederlands.
Hi Chris Leech Thank you for watching! I will have to check out that site!
Naaa, Danish and Dutch are way different :-)
You start early. Good morning Lars. If you wish to follow through with the topic of the series 80/20 also has downloads of CAD for a few profiles check that out if you have time. Of course 3rd party in this case and for other 3D design software like Solidworks for instance, perhaps this might be usable with the cloud convert feature ....You are such a productive chap, it would embarrass most I am sure.
i love your videos but i dont understad why u use inch since u live in europe :(
Hi Luis,
Sorry about not using metric :-) I've lived in the US for the past 22 years.
@@cadcamstuff ok sorry for that.
If all the measurement are TYP, shouldn't it state a range of error?
Hi Hyss Thank you for watching! I am not sure what you mean by that?
TYP, stands for typical which means that the extrusion dies are made to those values but the aluminium extruded can vary within a set quantity. This is usually provided, since sometimes you need to make something that can slide freely but tightly in all extrusions of that design.
always a plesher
Great! A Fusion 3D tutorial by Tommy Wiseau.
where can i download this software
www.autodesk.de/campaigns/fusion-360-for-hobbyists
www.autodesk.co.uk/campaigns/fusion-360-for-hobbyists
You need an Autodesk account and you need to select "personal / maker" use.
If you guys are having trouble importing this into fusion 360 then you can find help here:
ruclips.net/video/G7vj9w7bs7U/видео.html&ab_channel=TheMechaWorksIndustries
Real shame you did this in inches.
It is an easy conversion of 24.1 :-)
@@cadcamstuff 25.4!
it is just bla bla bla
Hi Jeg Tak Thank you for watching!
Yes, That is what my wife also is telling me :-)
Have a great day!
Ha! And he's also a gentleman - very refreshing!
Who needs inches? Plumbers.
you speak too muts
I would say you complain too much. You can always press pause or close the browser tab, or head of this channel, and find something else to watch. Loads of people like his videos and tutorials and (maybe/maybe not) all his talk... Some people should also just learn to listen some times.
Was that mutts or much?
Crap. I can't change a value by using cursor keys? Insanly ancient technology
Stupid comment! rudimentary UI? useful and complex software have a pretty long learning curve. But how to explain it to a lowiq who's angry because he has to use F360?
Really this over 30 years old software house is taking money for software not even word the price of one CD-Rom medium if there weren't the simulation part. But first they need to get rudimentary shit ready. I think Blender will run your crap over in no time.
Oh my gawd I finally got my 20 x 20 x 1200 mm extrusion extruded with out a die but much pressure by some whatever constrains even skewing it inbetween.
Autodesk is Z CAD firm in the world! Please don't be that stupid by comparing Blender - I'VE BEEN USING SINCE ITS BEGINNING - to F360! They have different purposes and are complementary! Only a lowiq could not understand that! Hard to fix stupid...
@Irish Viking No I only related to snapping of elements.
you are talking too much and waste our time in all of your fusion videos
You dont have to watch it you know :D