Fusion Modeling Best Practices After years of watching and helping other model with parametric design tools, I have collected a list of best practices. These apply to if you are new to Fusion or a CAD veteran moving from another design tool.
Rounding Model Variables to Fractions Sometimes you need to round model variables to a specific fraction. For example cut stock may come in 1/8 or 1/4 or any other inch increment. I recently had a case here I needed to get a 1/4 in rounded value that included a precise distance + extra
Planarize Tspline edge loops or vertices As you layout TSpline faces and edges you might introduce some waviness. This makes sliding edges and moving edge loops harder than need be and can cause uneven surfaces. One tip to creating great TSplines surfaces is managing the control cage and creating flowing patch topology/edge chains. To clean
Move a Distributed design across projects Here is a detailed description on how to move distributed designs. This will only work for the 3D data. Start Fusion and in the data panel find the item you want to export. Click the "i" next to this item and in the area that expands click the
Changing the ownership of your first sketch Sometimes I’m so eager to get started on a design that I create a sketch and place it on the origin and get right too it. Once I’m ready to extrude I realize #$!!%, this needs to be in a component not at the root of the assembly. There