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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Fixing the mesh body

We have a few tools at our disposal to help clean up and patch up some holes in our mesh. This is mostly what the MESH environment can do. It is not a buildable workspace like the other tabs, such as SOLID or SURFACE. These tools are mainly for editing purposes. Some work great while others may not work the way you had hoped. The best way to see which ones work and which don’t is to test and see, so follow along with me:

Click on the MESH tab and notice that there are a lot more tools within this environment.

Most tools are used for selecting and repairing the mesh body rather than recreating mesh surfaces. We need to first clean up the mesh by removing extra geometry that was added when my father was scanned. Orbit to view the bottom of the mesh and notice that there are some extra triangles located near the head and also near the bottom as well. These will hinder any tools such as the Thicken tool since it will confuse which way to add the...