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  • Live Stream - Confused? Frustrated? Not on my watch :-)...Check out a couple cool tricks to modify an STL fil. This is Fusion 360 AND we will chat about your comments and questions.
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  • @egonsvensson2728
    @egonsvensson2728 5 лет назад +5

    Hi Lars!
    To get rid of triangles on plain faces I usually just choose one of them and hit delete (And If that doesn't fix it, I'll delete another triangle, until it becames one face) . Fusion repairs it to one face without triangles in 95% of the cases :) Keep up the good work!

  • @wolf9545
    @wolf9545 6 лет назад +1

    Another easy way to take flat faces (non-radius faces) and get rid of the triangles is to:
    You can do this after you have converted your mesh file into a BREP. While the design history is turned off, go into the PATCH workspace. Click on MODIFY, MERGE. Click on the SELECT CHAIN option in the pop-up window and then click on a face.
    Once you hit OK give Fusion a little bit and it will take all those triangles that make up a flat side and combine them together. This won't work on any radius or curved areas but you can do what Lars did to help with those problems.

  • @oldsjunkie1
    @oldsjunkie1 5 лет назад +2

    Thanks for putting in the effort to make very informative content Lars. I find it odd so many comments are upset by the run-time and apparently offended by the "dismissal" of thingiverse... Any time a man with your level of expertise is willing to share some of it, only a fool would complain! Learning a lot and looking forward to more great direction.

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  5 лет назад

      Thank you so much 👍😊 appreciate you taking the time to comment and watch

  • @side54723
    @side54723 4 года назад +14

    start at 3:00

  • @neoxphoenix85
    @neoxphoenix85 6 лет назад +4

    Thanks a lot for this tutorial Lars :D
    If like me you don't have "Convert to Brep" by right clicking the model, just go to "Modify > Mesh > Mesh to Brep".
    Also make sure like Lars said to disable "Capture history" by rightclicking the top tree, at the bottom (Catpure Design History)

  • @ronsites2694
    @ronsites2694 5 лет назад

    Thank you for this video! I have been struggling with resizing some holes in an STL file and I think you have just solved my problem. I can't understand why someone would complain about your videos. You have taken your time and experience to help others, if they don't like it then go away or make your own videos.

  • @eric8737
    @eric8737 5 лет назад +1

    Once again, another great video. I'm learning fusion 360 to model my own stuff to 3d print. I'm going through a few of your videos a week. Really appreciate your efforts.

  • @ThrottleStopGarage
    @ThrottleStopGarage 5 лет назад +1

    Life saver Lars! Thanks so much. Your videos are always CRYSTAL clear. I had this exact problem and your solution saved me about a day!

  • @TTTrouble
    @TTTrouble 5 лет назад +1

    Thanks a lot for this video. I think a video series on how to repair a variety of different STL files to customize them before getting them ready for 3d printing would be very helpful. It seems like there are a variety of tips and tricks that are google-able but not really consolidated into one series very well, and it is for sure a commonly searched problem. I suspect a series focused on that would get a lot of traffic, but I could be wrong.
    Anyways, thanks again for teaching, it was a very informative video.

  • @chrisleech1565
    @chrisleech1565 6 лет назад

    You know Lars, yours is hands down the best channel for Fusion360 I am spending my entire weekend with your uploads :-) playing catch up and working on my very first designs. We are all richer for knowing you and all your good works buddy!

    • @chrisleech1565
      @chrisleech1565 6 лет назад

      P.s. the remark about the mesh circle being a wantabe was very humorous indeed. . A close up of the STL mesh is very cool at first blush. I first was aware of it years ago but not receptive yet

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  6 лет назад

      Thank you Chris! Really happy that the content is useful!
      Have an awesome day!

  • @ChoksAmryingIsBack
    @ChoksAmryingIsBack 2 года назад

    With your videos my learning curve will shrink drastically. Thank you.

  • @MonkeyBoy_Prints
    @MonkeyBoy_Prints 6 лет назад

    This is definitely more what i'm looking for as I am using your tutorials to learn fusion so I can design my own things for 3D printing. I learn a lot from watching your videos and actually enjoy your content. Any other videos you could possibly do on STL files and 3D Printing techniques would be much appreciated. The knurling in #116 was also super helpful and made my life so much easier when modelling patterns. Thanks!

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  6 лет назад

      That is awesome to hear demon41199 .Thank you for watching the videos.
      I will consider doing more 3D Printing stuff sooner

    • @jarrod-smith
      @jarrod-smith 6 лет назад +1

      That would be great. I suspect a good bit of your audience use F360 exclusively for 3D printing. I know I do, and all of the 3D printing internet outlets I visit refer to using F360. And your tutorials get frequent mentions as a good way to learn.

    • @eperez99
      @eperez99 6 лет назад

      Yes, 3D printing stuff!

  • @johnbickford9221
    @johnbickford9221 6 лет назад +1

    Another way of getting a STL file into Fusion is to go to insert mesh and import it there. Of course you have to turn off design history before you can select convert mesh to brep. If the facets (faces, triangles) is too much you can switch to the mesh environment and use the reduce faces function and get it to less than 10,000 which is the preferred limit. Usually you can get away with the reduction depending on the model. Flat surfaces with triangles breaking them up sometimes can be automatically repaired just by deleting a triangle or two.

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  6 лет назад

      Hi John Bickford Thank you for watching! ANd thank yuou for the great comment!

  • @davidcross30
    @davidcross30 3 года назад +2

    Just found you @lars and I have been binging hard on your vids. Great content my man. Thanks a bunch.

  • @svenmanthey5214
    @svenmanthey5214 Год назад

    I really appreciate all your videos. With your help I make career at work and can use my 3D printer in full capacity. Thanks for the great videos!

  • @connor1st
    @connor1st 5 лет назад +1

    Hi Lars, (And everyone else)! Fusion actually has a really neat built-in feature. After converting stl's to solid bodies. Instead of having to select and extrude the whole face simply select one triangular face and then delete, Fusion then figures out all of the separate faces of on plane and turns then in one single face you can work with.

    • @dennislokken7003
      @dennislokken7003 5 лет назад

      This seems to only work for me if I use File-Open and delete the faces. However, importing it using this method results in the dimensions to be completely wrong. If you import it using the Insert mesh option, then the dimensions are correct but it absolutely will not let me delete any faces.

    • @connor1st
      @connor1st 5 лет назад

      @@dennislokken7003 the scale often comes through 10x if you use the scale command with a factor of 0.1 you should be fine. I don't know why it comes in so big.

    • @dennislokken7003
      @dennislokken7003 5 лет назад

      @@connor1st :Thanks. I had actually tried that yesterday and scaling seems to work. And it is really hard to tell for certain but the 0.1 scale ratio seems to be correct. It definitely makes working with the stl files easier. I just found it interesting that there are two different ways (inserting or opening teh stl file) and they don't work the same.

  • @tizwicky
    @tizwicky 6 лет назад

    Best video EVER on modifying and editing STL files! Thank you!

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  6 лет назад

      That is awesome to hear tizwicky .Thank you for watching the videos

  • @cepwin
    @cepwin 6 лет назад

    I’m learning fusion for 3d printing and I’m finding your videos very interesting and helpful! Thank you for your hard work!

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  6 лет назад +1

      You are so very welcome :-) Thank you for watching!

  • @gasphase
    @gasphase 6 лет назад +1

    thanks Lars, your videos help a lot... in this case i had to find a solution to a minor yet important step, before inserting the .stl file, you need to select the "Do not capture design history." first :) if not, the B-Rep feature doesn't show (sorry if this was mentioned already)

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  6 лет назад

      Hi gasPhase Thank you for watching!
      Yes, very good point!
      Best,
      Lars

  • @justinfielding
    @justinfielding 4 года назад

    Well, this is not that easy or ‘quick’ but I really appreciate the video. I have been 3D printing for years and have gotten by using tinkercad to knock up my own designs or crudely modify imported STLs. I am trying to move to fusion360 so that I can create more complex objects but it’s a really tough transition - even aligning two objects (super easy in tinkercad) is proving difficult.. This video is really helpful and introduces tools I had no idea existed. I’ll probably have to watch this 3-4 times before the technique becomes second nature. Thanks for taking the time. Ignore the negative comments I don’t think those people are the intended target for this.

  • @anthonyroby296
    @anthonyroby296 5 лет назад +1

    Very handy video. I had to make a small modification to a model I pulled down from Thingiverse and this helped a lot. The only thing I struggled with was the scale. I File|Opened the model and it came in at 10x the size. But I was able to do the BRep thing. If I imported the model, there was no BRep menu item, so I was stuck. In the end, I just used File|Open and scaled to 0.1, which was sufficient for what I needed.

    • @anthonyroby296
      @anthonyroby296 5 лет назад

      Just found out that turning off Capture Design History makes the BRep menu option appear!

    • @el_kaleb
      @el_kaleb 5 лет назад

      @@anthonyroby296 I read somewhere that to insert a mesh file (stl) into Fusion 360 with the original dimensions, you got to use the insert feature. And also, I did what you suggest, turning off Capture Design History and I was able to convert to BRep with the original size. Cheers!

  • @kevinhart9006
    @kevinhart9006 3 года назад

    Thanks Lars! I've watched a number of your vids and they have helped me get into Fusion 360 (from some university Solidworks training many years ago). Very useful techniques for when creating the model from scratch is too painful :)

    • @kevinhart9006
      @kevinhart9006 3 года назад

      When you use the paint 'select face' option, is there a way to stop it from selecting the faces behind the object (that aren't visible)? I keep inadvertantly selecting faces I can't see (and don't want). Thanks

  • @JohnWaclawski
    @JohnWaclawski 6 лет назад

    Every time I watched your video's, Lars, I learn something. Thanks!! Keep 'em coming!

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  6 лет назад

      That is awesome to hear John Waclawski .Thank you for watching the videos

  • @markph0204
    @markph0204 6 лет назад +1

    Very helpful for wanting to make small adjustments to STL's!

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  6 лет назад

      That is awesome to hear Mark Hurley .Thank you for watching the videos

  • @Dave-xp8qc
    @Dave-xp8qc 6 лет назад +2

    When you performed the Replace Face @ 20:58 it seemed to reduce the # number of facets throughout the model... not just on the faces you were working on

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  6 лет назад +2

      Hi Lake Iosco Bloomingdale, NJ Thank you for watching!
      Good eye :-). Yes, I think it is in the Fusion code that when it recalculates the water tightness of the solid, it somehow repairs face geometry...Not sure how this exactly works, probaply some cool code from a developer.

  • @frankvonthienen3862
    @frankvonthienen3862 6 лет назад

    Cheers Lars for this video.
    You just picked the right time to make this video. I was up to that „problem“ a day ago and postponed it due to the complexity.
    So, you made may day....
    I do appreciate your vids

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  6 лет назад

      That is awesome to hear Frank von Thienen .Thank you for watching the videos

    • @frankvonthienen3862
      @frankvonthienen3862 6 лет назад

      Lars Christensen Yes Lars, when ever it comes up to F360 on the 3D printer groups on FB, I do recommend your videos, since they are the best as far as I can judge...

  • @LillySchwartz
    @LillySchwartz 5 лет назад

    Thank you for this video, it definitely helped me to get started! Successfully modified a bunch of STLs like this that printed perfectly afterwards.

  • @meru-rc7ur
    @meru-rc7ur 4 года назад +5

    I love this man!

  • @Alluvian567
    @Alluvian567 6 лет назад +3

    Is there a merge face command? It would be amazing if you could have fusion merge all connecting and coplanar faces into the same face.

  • @JamesCampbellPPG
    @JamesCampbellPPG 6 лет назад +3

    Hey Lars. Wasn't getting the Mesh to BRep option. Had to make sure the timeline/capture history was turned off. Don't know if you mentioned that or not in the video. Thanks for the help!

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  6 лет назад

      Hi James Campbell Thank you for watching!
      Yes, that is an important detail! Thank you for pointing it out

    • @willynilly3d994
      @willynilly3d994 6 лет назад

      You've probably figured it out by now, but just in case, make sure you are in the "Model" workspace and it should show up.

  • @palmerinsull2455
    @palmerinsull2455 6 лет назад +1

    I was literally about to email you about this, thanks

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  6 лет назад

      Hi Palmer Insull Thank you for watching! ANd Perfect timing then :-)

  • @soundmindtv2911
    @soundmindtv2911 3 года назад +4

    Apparently this technique no longer works?

  • @simoncole3080
    @simoncole3080 6 лет назад

    Excellent and informative. I'm on a steep learning curve and your tutorials are great. Keep up the great work Lars.

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  6 лет назад

      That is awesome to hear simon cole .Thank you for watching the videos

  • @matthewcorcoran4562
    @matthewcorcoran4562 6 лет назад +1

    I forget which of these I commented on before about shrinking the mesh. I figured it out. I was trying to use a - like I would for extrusions and such, but I realized that anything less than 1 would work to shrink the mesh. 0.01 for example. Now to figure out how to merge it into my part....

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  6 лет назад +1

      Glad you figured out the problem :-)

  • @tiloreuter796
    @tiloreuter796 5 лет назад +3

    Very good explanation how to tread STL models!

  • @GaryParkin
    @GaryParkin 5 лет назад

    Thank you for your videos, Lars. This was pretty cool. As a beginner to this software I'm excited to see what it can do.

  • @MrBobyoung58
    @MrBobyoung58 6 лет назад

    Lar's I am so sorry for missing today's stream internet during bad weather well just doesn't work. I am so glad for posting afterward of the stream.
    Again you have shown tricks to working with meshes. Have you ever considered doing videos that last 90 minutes and selling them? I would be one that would support you in doing so lol.
    Thanks again my friend 👍

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  6 лет назад

      Bob, I appreciate you taking the time to watch them!
      That could be interesting to do longer sessions, like the once on Facebook on Wednesday evenings. Could not charge for them though :-)

  • @gabrielesabbatino2460
    @gabrielesabbatino2460 5 лет назад

    Hello Lars! You solved my issue with this video, and then I subscribed immediately to your channel! Great job! Ciao from Italy.

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  5 лет назад

      Awesome to hear. Thank you for watching 👍😊

  • @He4vyD
    @He4vyD 5 лет назад +18

    A 3D modeler who never heard of thingiverse? Lol!

    • @oldsjunkie1
      @oldsjunkie1 5 лет назад +6

      Hilarious that people assume CAD was birthed for 3D printing. Folks who do this stuff for a living couldn't care less about Thingiverse since they can design exactly what they need instead of having to fix someone else's half finished broken file...

    • @logmegadeth72
      @logmegadeth72 4 года назад +3

      oldsjunkie1 lol exactly. 3D printing has just brought CAD to a larger audience.

    • @globalrezzanate9399
      @globalrezzanate9399 9 месяцев назад

      Late to the party here but Lars is a legend...

  • @marcaldo
    @marcaldo 6 лет назад

    Excellent video! Very practical and straight to the point. Thank you!

  • @antoniopalattella3167
    @antoniopalattella3167 5 лет назад

    Great teacher! I've learned a lot from your videos. Really clear! Thanks from Italy.

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  5 лет назад

      Thank you for watching👍😊 Glad you found them useful

  • @lyteyearz5810
    @lyteyearz5810 4 года назад +5

    Btw if it helps anyone, *_mesh to brep option_* does *_NOT_* appear if history is turned on. Why? I don't know and I don't care lol. Saving the hair on fellow newbies heads one day at a time! XD

    • @aspenmallery
      @aspenmallery 4 года назад

      I believe it is not an option because Fusion 360 would try to "log" each individual calculation to convert the mesh into a body. This would probably be in the hundreds to thousands of operations, so it would be too expensive to do with history enabled unless the model was very small/low resolution.

    • @traderhutgames
      @traderhutgames 4 года назад

      @@aspenmallery which means, that they are idiots, but that fits a lot of other things... Just log the ONE operation, grouping them together. AND leave the stupid option there, just tell me what I need to do to enable/use it. This dig through the room for the hair under the carpet approach to UI is SO 1980's... Where you have a book next to your computer to tell you all the things they couldn't document and hid... Hideous UI design is Auto-desk's mantra since the DOS days...

    • @aspenmallery
      @aspenmallery 4 года назад +1

      @@traderhutgames Then make something better and stop complaining. Fusions UI is actually rather good for a CAD program. It probably has one of the easiest learning curves out of them all, but I understand when you get stuck that it is frustrating.

  • @mark675
    @mark675 5 лет назад

    This is a great channel and such a big help for me being new to fusion 360, thanks for the detailed videos :)

  • @freddobbs100
    @freddobbs100 6 лет назад

    Very Helpful! I watch all your videos. Thank you Lars!

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  6 лет назад

      You are so very welcome :-) Thank you for watching!

  • @cupcakefights
    @cupcakefights 5 лет назад

    You're a very good teacher, thanks for uploading this. Unfortunately, what I am trying to do is too advanced for me sadly.

  • @MScholtz
    @MScholtz 6 лет назад

    This is one of the things in still do in Freecad it's simply much better at it. It's actually something I've done a video on.

  • @QuiltersHandyman
    @QuiltersHandyman 6 лет назад +1

    OK now I have to comment again. I gave up on this video and went looking for something else and I found Lars Live #75. Yes I am a subscriber and follow you but I still think you gloss over some points. BUT, in Lars Live #75 you make it clear you know what Thingiverse is and who uses it. You also show how to down load a sty file etc etc. So I am headed back there and let you teach me what I need to know. But do remember we 3d printer guys use Fusion 360.

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  6 лет назад

      Hi George Scott Thank you for watching!
      Sorry for any pain and frustration I have caused...Have you seen any of these videos:
      ruclips.net/p/PL40d7srwyc_NopbOnJ4IARIvSrTT1pp5m
      Hope you have an awesome day!
      Best,
      Lars

  • @jakubkraus4788
    @jakubkraus4788 5 лет назад

    12:10 Click on the driven dimension and add +10. That way, it's perfect. Fusion rounds sketch dimensions.

  • @YASAJTV
    @YASAJTV 3 года назад +1

    Nicely done video. I have one STL which has thousands of these. Feel like dumping that project.

  • @iulianiasi
    @iulianiasi 5 лет назад +1

    I manage to do some things thakns to you . Thank you sir.

  • @BrainSlugs83
    @BrainSlugs83 6 лет назад +1

    You got super lucky with that model. Most models I've seen (even fairly simple ones) are hundreds of thousands of triangles. -- And if you try to reduce them, they loose detail very quickly. :-(

  • @farshadbagheri
    @farshadbagheri 6 лет назад +1

    Hello Lars and thank you for all the fantastic and informative videos. Do you know what the limit is on the number of "facets" an STL file can have for Fusion to handle for a Mesh to BRep conversion?

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  6 лет назад

      Hi Farshad Bagheri Thank you for watching!
      I think it is 30,000 but I am not totally sure.
      I have done a few videos on how you can reduce it if need be:
      ruclips.net/video/cKXvIWpLoeU/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/OX1T_bg493A/видео.html
      BEst,
      Lars

  • @tamiamibusch
    @tamiamibusch 6 лет назад +2

    STL is trash for design work! I hate it when people say their design is open source because they released an STL, its not! People should use STEP files instead of STL to share model data.

  • @DigiFootageFX
    @DigiFootageFX 5 лет назад

    All BREP surfaces are getting converted into triangles during transfer to most 3d printers anyway. In fact, I believe ALL 3d printers convert the objects to triangles at some point in the translation process, because triangles are the most basic shape and easiest for the software to deal with. Only certain CNC or Lazer cutting machines read B Spline curve information directly as machine language. All other software work under the hood with triangles. All Fusion is doing here is hiding the triangulation of the surface so you don't have to deal with them directly. That's all.

  • @Auday365
    @Auday365 6 лет назад +1

    Thank you Lars, another great video.
    Is there any app on Fusion store that will do all the cleaning of .STL model?

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  6 лет назад

      Hi Auday Sami Thank you for watching!
      Not what I am aware of. If there is, it would be messing with the tolerances of the model. I hate to say it, but STL is a "you get what you get" file type.

  • @harrischristmasvideos
    @harrischristmasvideos 3 года назад +3

    Lars, your videos are amazing, but I am having a problem following along due to the version differences? I cannot get the Mesh workspace to appear using Fusion 360 student ver 2.0.9512.
    In the Preferences screen, there isn't a Preview option but a Preview Features which has TON more options and I selected the Mesh Workspace option and then apply and save, but I didn't get the Mesh Workspace option in the dropdown in the upper left hand section and I didn't have the Model Workspace either so I wasn't able to follow along because I didn't have the option I need. I closed and re-opened Fusion just in case and still the workspaces were not available. Any suggestions or other video to watch? (I will eventually watch all of your videos! LOL)
    PS, I do have the history disabled

    • @lukkimen
      @lukkimen 3 года назад +1

      Hi Rick, I just had the same problem. In the newer version of Fusion360 it is no longer in the Design dropdown. It is now in the menu above the ribbon. You'll see SOLID, SURFACE, .. and also MESH. Hope that helps. br Paul

    • @holger7466
      @holger7466 3 года назад

      Had the same issue. My problem was that Fusion 360 didn't download the mesh-update or installed it properly. Deactivate the mesh function and apply. Then activate and apply it again. That solved it for me.

  • @glenna3434
    @glenna3434 3 года назад +1

    I am frustrated and confused.......I have the July 2021 version of 360 so it doesn't translate. None of the "buttons" match your instructions.

  • @typing_softly
    @typing_softly 5 лет назад

    Lars is a good guy.Thank you for posting this

  • @djordjeblaga7815
    @djordjeblaga7815 5 лет назад

    Straight to the point and very helpful. Thanks!

  • @kwkstar
    @kwkstar 6 лет назад +1

    Great video. Unfortunately the stl that I have falls into too many triangles category. So I thought I would recreate it using it as a template but it came in as 15000mm by 9000mm instead of 150mm by 90mm is there any way to change this.

  • @davidbutcher6637
    @davidbutcher6637 3 года назад +1

    Hi i have a stl file of a part and want to add 2mm in the middle of it as the overall part is short,how do i do that with out affecting the overall shape of the part ?

  • @spikekent
    @spikekent 6 лет назад

    Fantastic tutorial as always. Thanks Lars

  • @Tonicwine999
    @Tonicwine999 5 лет назад +1

    For some reason I am still unable to use this stl that has been converted to a body using Mesh to BRep. I needed to use the shape of the STL as a tool to cut something. I am unable to select the converted shape in the combine menu, I cant figure out why.

  • @scottp119
    @scottp119 Год назад +1

    So too much yacking? I'm just working through this exact problem. Thank you! These videos are very helpful.

  • @chrisdrake4692
    @chrisdrake4692 5 лет назад +1

    Another handy way to fix these, is ask the author nicely to supply the original :-)

  • @broom6958
    @broom6958 5 лет назад +1

    I cant only select front faces, it always selects both, back and front faces.

  • @lyteyearz5810
    @lyteyearz5810 4 года назад

    12:20 Is what I'm here for. Just need to make the shaft hole on this lathe chuck I found on cults3d smaller (who the hell thought that was a good name for a site?meh... shrugs lol). Anyway thank you so much! Ultra newbie here lol. This alone was like a needle and a haystack to find. So much easier to edit in Sketchup but I want to run with the big boys one day so fusion it is. (no disrespect to sketchup) What a sigh of relief!!!

  • @allcustomz1922
    @allcustomz1922 6 лет назад

    Its been a while since i watched thanks for the video love watching gotta catch up. Thanks lars

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  6 лет назад

      You are so very welcome :-) Thank you for watching!

  • @tfergusonjr
    @tfergusonjr 6 лет назад

    I caught your tutorial #118. It seems like you said you don’t like working with STL files because the geometry is not accurate. So please tell us what other file structure should we be using to do 3D printing?

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  6 лет назад

      Hi Tom Ferguson Thank you for watching! Sadly you can't really use anything else. The printer companies back in the day decided that STL was the simplest to use, they were right, but in my opinion STL files are too risky because of the accuracy if you have no control. If you work in Fusion you at least have a chance to save them out in a higher resolution, but if you receive an STL file from someone, or in the worst case, has to modify it....well, then I have not been a fan. At least until Fusion came along :-)

  • @droneboss1186
    @droneboss1186 6 лет назад

    Thank you so much. I knew you'd make that look easy. For some reason I was having a hard time with it. Wish I could give more than one "Like"!

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  6 лет назад

      You are so very welcome :-) Thank you for watching!

  • @traderhutgames
    @traderhutgames 4 года назад +2

    1. There is no model menu, 2. there is no right click convert to brep (whatever a brep is), so other than that, this is great... I presume this is all invalid now with a newer version of the software? (Oh, I DID see the brep thing when I did an 'open' but unfortunately, in spite of being reported 6 YEARS ago as a problem, doing a 'open' on a STL file doesn't first prompt for the scale and then import it (should be a trivial fix - I know, I'm a software Engineer), so it always imports at 10X the correct size of virtually all .STL files - it should read my preferences which say I used mm as the default unit, and boom! Solved... but in 6 years of development, they still can't do that, so I have to use an import mesh option instead, and then I don't get that option.. (but at least, it is the correct size...) I can't even select a point in the crazy mesh (ALL I want to do is put a hole though the center... SO hard as non of the points can be selected in a mesh..)

    • @FrustratedBaboon
      @FrustratedBaboon 3 года назад

      We have the same issue now in 2022 please help!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @Warfalcon
    @Warfalcon 5 лет назад

    Really awesome class here! Well done

  • @patenglish1948
    @patenglish1948 Год назад

    I 3D print mostly figures that are circular, and since STL files are comprised of all triangles, is there a better format to export for 3D printing?

  • @vaughanza
    @vaughanza 6 лет назад

    Thanks for another awesome tutorial

  • @tomherd4179
    @tomherd4179 6 лет назад

    If text was to added to a STL imported file would the surface triangles have to be changed to a proper model generated surface? I suppose for machining the answer would be yes, but if only 3D printing maybe not?

  • @kevCarrico
    @kevCarrico 6 лет назад

    fantastic! can the faces be merged before press/pull, or simply to clean things up? thank you!

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  6 лет назад

      Hi kevCarrico Thank you for watching! You could reduce the faces in the mesh work space, or just try to select a few on a face and hit the delete key.
      Best,
      Lars

  • @AndrewEbling
    @AndrewEbling 5 лет назад

    Thanks - super useful. One question for you - when I import an STL file intended for 3D printing, make some modifications, then re-export it, the size is all wrong. Also while working in Fusion 360 if I measure the model, the dimensions are incorrect. Why is this and how to I fix it please?

    • @RETROCUTION
      @RETROCUTION 5 лет назад

      I just experienced this, too. What I did was bring in the original unedited .STL into my slicer and adjust the scale on the edited version to match it.

  • @darksideadv
    @darksideadv 6 лет назад

    Hello, such a Lars, when I load the STL to Fusion 360, with dimensions that come by default in the STL of 100 mm x 100 mm x 5 mm, Adobe Fusion 360 resizes the model, or scales it automatically. When I'm going to print the piece in 3D, the measurements are resized 100%, if I reduce its size the circles where the screw threads change a bit.
    If the STL part passes through Fusion without affecting its size, it would be easier and faster to print parts.

  • @jebadiaha
    @jebadiaha 6 лет назад

    Thanks for your videos. Very helpful.

  • @lawrencemccoy
    @lawrencemccoy 5 лет назад

    Thank you for all the help.....

  • @MicheleHjorleifsson
    @MicheleHjorleifsson 6 лет назад

    Thanks for this.. great stuff very useful

  • @LatheBits
    @LatheBits 3 года назад

    Excellent tutorial!

  • @OldCurmudgeon3DP
    @OldCurmudgeon3DP 5 лет назад

    Trying this on a thingiverse stl as you do commands & options in the vid. Mine always also selects faces behind the plane I'm working on.

    • @OldCurmudgeon3DP
      @OldCurmudgeon3DP 5 лет назад

      I ended up just using Inspect to get the dims (STL imported at 10x) and rebuilt the part.

  • @meme-hj5rs
    @meme-hj5rs 6 лет назад

    really useful Thank you again

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  6 лет назад

      You are so very welcome :-) Thank you for watching!

  •  6 лет назад

    Is that possible to automatize the smooth solid conversion into other clean model without triangles? Thanks so much I appreciate the tutorial, very helpful

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  6 лет назад

      Hi Rubén Romero Vivancos Thank you for watching!
      Check out this video:
      ruclips.net/video/3vPhcaYl_no/видео.html
      Hope this is useful

  • @petersilva4242
    @petersilva4242 5 лет назад

    Really appreciate Ur vids mate helping me learn alot of new tips.1 question my laptop keeps saying my graphics card might not be optimal to run fusion.anything I can do to improve performance apart from setting graphics to simple.as soon as my design has multiple parts fusion keeps freezing and when I try to sketch new parts or select a function keep getting error msg.cant upgrade graphics card as its built into board.cheers mate

  • @cschmitz
    @cschmitz 6 лет назад

    Wow this was a fantastic vid!! Thanks :D

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  6 лет назад

      That is awesome to hear cschmitz .Thank you for watching the videos

  • @thenic123
    @thenic123 3 года назад

    Is there a way to simply change the dimensions of a downloaded stl object to specific measurements?

  • @8BitLife69
    @8BitLife69 6 лет назад

    Not what I was hoping for. Is there not a way to take an STL, and get a usable solid that we can work on like we created it in Fusion? Having to jump through all these hoops rebuilding the file, you may as well just redo it yourself from scratch. The issue is, sometimes these STL files are WAY too detailed to redo. Is there a way to to convert an STL, and have it perfectly set to a workable files without the triangles?

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  6 лет назад

      Hi 8BitLife Thank you for watching! That is the problem! Garbage in... The only data a stil contains, are those trianlges. Someone could probably create some code that could translate it into a solid, but not without messing with the tolerances, because, again, it is just triangles.

  • @EastwoodFabrication
    @EastwoodFabrication 6 лет назад +1

    So you dont go into what to do if the count is too high for "Mesh to BRep" Im still trying to edit my file

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  6 лет назад

      Hi boneyard101 Thank you for watching!
      Did that in another video:
      ruclips.net/video/cKXvIWpLoeU/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/OX1T_bg493A/видео.html

  • @azeventure
    @azeventure 3 года назад

    thank you... this video is awesome

  • @QuiltersHandyman
    @QuiltersHandyman 6 лет назад +1

    Lars, you are a VERY knowledgable person and I think that's a problem. You tend to overlook those of us who are hobbyists, and there are a lot of us. I can't imagine that you didn't know about ThingiVerse. It is the #1 repository for STL files used in 3d printing. There is a large community of 3d printers who use Fusion 360. When I say overlook, you tend to skip over small things like how did you import the STL file you are using. I am a newby wanna be 360 user and I am already frustrated. I want to modify a simple STL file of an iPhone stand so it will hold an iPhone with a case on it and make it more rigid (thicker material)...OK done complaining I will go back to the video and see if you get me where I need to go.

  • @danieladamczyk9617
    @danieladamczyk9617 5 лет назад

    Hi Lars,
    Great video! Very helpful, I have a question regarding my issue. I need to modify one STL file because one part of it is too narrow. Do you have any suggestion how to do that, or maybe you have a video on where I will find the guide. Thanks a lot!

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  5 лет назад

      If you turn it into a solid you could possibly use the extrude command to add more volume

  • @TheBrassn
    @TheBrassn 6 лет назад +1

    At 15:15 you say that having these triangles is going to show up in 3D printing.
    That got me wondering which workflow you use to 3D print. For example Cura will only accept mesh based fileformats and thus will always suffer from this inaccuracy.
    Even Simplify3D removed the option to use g2 and g3 commands.
    Am I missing something?

    • @DigiFootageFX
      @DigiFootageFX 5 лет назад

      All 3d printers will convert the model to triangles in the end. Every single one of them. So Fusion 360 isn't getting rid of triangles. It's just hiding them and changing vertex order. However, the triangles are still there behind the scenes and under the hood. Every model gets translated to triangles when they export to a 3d printer. There are no real exceptions. Only CNC machines and lazer cutters truly work with B splines all the way through the process.

    • @TheBrassn
      @TheBrassn 5 лет назад

      @@DigiFootageFX Yeah that was my point. I was hoping the creator would have a real magic trick to support his claim.
      Marlin theoretically supports real curves, but then again internally splits them to smaller linear travel moves at a customizable resolution.
      I believe Fusion 360 internally is indeed getting rid of triangles in this process. But then again at no real advantage after exporting to an STL file, though the resolution and thus the deviation could still differ when compared to the original file.

    • @DigiFootageFX
      @DigiFootageFX 5 лет назад

      @@TheBrassn I'm skeptical that Fusion 360 actually gets rid of any triangles under the hood. I'd have to investigate the actual topology process of the software, but if you notice there are still vertices and edges which make up that hole, so unless the new surface was detached to a completely separate object, It has to be interpolating the new surface with underlying triangulated geometry to correspond with the edges on the rest of the model. I use triangulated topology from 3dsmax and Blender for 3d printing all the time, and as long as they are planar, there's no surface issues in the print.

  • @joaoflorencio7316
    @joaoflorencio7316 5 лет назад +1

    Very nice vídeo

  • @Hermy21
    @Hermy21 6 лет назад

    Thanks! Informative as always. :)

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  6 лет назад

      You are so very welcome :-) Thank you for watching!

  • @Mikeyfix
    @Mikeyfix 3 года назад +1

    Where did my (save to stl ) command go in my drop down menu go, now I have ( save to mesh)

    • @TOMA21207
      @TOMA21207 2 года назад

      You need to export to stl.

  • @FrustratedBaboon
    @FrustratedBaboon 3 года назад

    Dear Lars, For the home hobbyist trying the 1 year free version, can you please give us tips on how to do that? The features you have are seem to be full paid version.

    • @cadcamstuff
      @cadcamstuff  3 года назад

      Should still work like this in the free version. Make sure you don't have the history tree turned on at the bottom of the screen when you convert it.

  • @diego_garcia_cacho
    @diego_garcia_cacho 6 лет назад

    really useful lars

  • @sttm1283
    @sttm1283 5 лет назад

    tried this by following another youtuber. worked kinda good(tried to cut out a logo on a phonecase). then thing is that well it cut. but now i have empty space between bottom and top(inside and bottom of the case). meaning the model is open where the cutout suppose to be :(