You're reading from Improving CAD Designs with Autodesk Fusion 360 A project-based guide to modelling effective parametric designs

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800564497

Length 596 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Autodesk Fusion 360

Concepts

Computer Aided Design

Author (1):

Kevin Michael Land

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Simple, Fun Projects for Around the Home

2. Chapter 1: Working within the Design Workspace FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Planes, Sketches, Constraints, and Parametric Dimensions

4. Chapter 3: Project Building Basics

5. Chapter 4: Creating a Customizable S-Hook

6. Chapter 5: Designing Decorative Doorknobs

7. Part 2: Bicycle Water Bottle Holder Project

8. Chapter 6: Designing a Simple Bottle Holder

9. Chapter 7: Creating a Bike Reference Model

10. Chapter 8: Creating the Bottle Reference Model

11. Chapter 9: Building the Bottle Holder

12. Chapter 10: Improving the Bottle Holder Design

13. Part 3: FORM Modeling Techniques

14. Chapter 11: The FORM Environment

15. Chapter 12: Modeling a Scary Tealight Ghost

16. Chapter 13: Using Form and Solid Modeling to Create a Cushioned Chair

17. Part 4: Working with 2D and 3D Scanned Images

18. Chapter 14: Using a Scanned Image to Create a 3D Model

19. Chapter 15: Modeling a Bottle Topper

20. Index

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Modeling a Bottle Topper

You’ve made it to the final chapter of this Fusion 360 book. I hope you have been enjoying all the projects so far. For our final chapter, we will take a scanned 3D model and import the mesh into Fusion 360. We will fix any holes within the scanned mesh and then create a bottle topper out of the mesh body. Scanning objects such as mechanical or organic parts has started to become part of the normal workday as it’s much easier to pull information from the existing geometry rather than recreate it. There are a variety of free and paid products online to help get you into the scanning business for yourself. Here is a link to all3dp.com that provides a brief overview of some free and paid scanning applications: https://all3dp.com/2/best-3d-scanner-app-iphone-android-photogrammetry/.

In this chapter, we’re going to cover the following main topics: