Summary

In this chapter, we talked about modifying parts for manufacturing purposes. We started this chapter by discussing how to use the Insert Derive workflow within Fusion 360 to manage our model changes for 3D printing. We utilized this workflow to aggregate components from multiple Fusion 360 designs and make changes that impact the downstream manufacturing processes but do not impact the upstream design document. We talked about the benefits of this workflow as it allowed us to bring in designs, along with their parameters, from multiple sources into a single manufacturing document. We also highlighted how utilizing this workflow blocks us from deleting source components, so long as those components are referenced in our manufacturing document.

Next, we introduced the concept of the MANUFACTURE workspace and how to create manufacturing models. We demonstrated how we can modify our parts within the manufacturing model of the same document. We highlighted that the main benefit...