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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Referencing the bicycle handlebars and water bottle models together

In Fusion 360, you can create components all located within the same model without having to pull externally referenced models, meaning I could have created the bicycle handlebars and bottle all in the same drawing if I wanted to. In this instance though, we created them separately and will bring them in as links into a new drawing:

If you still have the bottle design open, start a new Fusion 360 drawing by clicking on the file icon in the top-left corner and then New Design, or by clicking on the + tab icon in the top right.

Figure 8.25 – New Design located within the file dropdown, and the location of the + icon

You will need to save this new file before you can insert other parts into it; otherwise, you will receive an error asking you to save the file first. Hit the Save icon and name the file bicycle and bottle.