Fusion 360 help please.

[Misterg]

On the fastener (brown) that I created from scratch, the thread is present. On the Fusion "insert fastener" screws (yellow) it is missing. Why?

Did you select the 'Modeled' option when you created yours?

Generally, threads aren't modeled as physical features in F360, there's just some sort of graphical clue. I guess this is to reduce the processing needed to display models that might have dozens of threaded fasteners in. If you want physically modeled threads, you need to select the check box above when creating them.

I don't know if it's possible to add modeled threads to imported fasteners - probably not (sensibly, anyway).

 

[ajlelectronics]

Did you select the 'Modeled' option when you created yours?

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Generally, threads aren't modeled as physical features in F360, there's just some sort of graphical clue. I guess this is to reduce the processing needed to display models that might have dozens of threaded fasteners in. If you want physically modeled threads, you need to select the check box above when creating them.

I did with my 'from scratch' screw. The insert fastener option doesn't have a "modelled" button in the dialogue.

 

[Hood]

Sorry, don't know. Did find this in the write up on the link. Is this it, "mouse button custom macros"?

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Configurable is good, Logitech ones can be and I have done so for a few. What I am however meaning is whether the arrowed part is a button or not. On the MX it is and it is just so convenient to set it as a middle button as you can easily work it via your thumb without having to move your hand.

 

[Misterg]

The insert fastener option doesn't have a "modelled" button in the dialogue.

See my recent edit

I don't think it's possible to add threads to a 'stock' fastener in a sensible manner.

 

[ukracer]

$24 a year (a shade under £20):

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https://www.solidworks.com/solution/solidworks-makers

I can't seem to get the discount.

Ignore that. It did not like me copying the code. I had to type it. Then it let me apply it.

More software to learn now..lol

 

[ajlelectronics]

Next issue involves 3D models. You can see from the regulator and the FFC adapter in a previous image. that I am successfully importing models I have drawn and placing them. However, look at the Teensy model; the connector and SD socket are rotated, yet this doesn't seem to be the case in the .step file. Loading it into Fusion will not allow them to be moved as they are (correctly?) grounded.

 

[ukracer]

I can't seem to get the discount.

Now all I have to do is work out how to download it. Lol

 

[Misterg]

However, look at the Teensy model; the connector and SD socket are rotated, yet this doesn't seem to be the case in the .step file

I've just imported the .step file to F360 and it comes in ok, HOWEVER the three parts in it aren't connected, so they can float around with respect to each other. Looks OK until something happens.

Go back to the Teensy model and create joints between the connector(s) and the board, then re-export it - 'As built' joints are probably easiest (provided that the parts are in the correct relative positions):

Select the board and the SD card holder and leave the joint as 'Rigid'

Click OK

Repeat, but select the board and USB connector.

The whole thing should then stay together when you import it into other models.

Otherwise it can do this:

 

[Misterg]

I am successfully importing models I have drawn and placing them.

Incidentally - Are you creating 'Joints' to place the imported components? If not, you should be.

Workflow would be something like:

Import component and accept it 'as it lies' (maybe change the angle, but that is all - avoid the 'Move' tool*!).

Create a Joint (under the 'Assembly' menu)

Select a feature on the new component

Select the corresponding feature on the existing component

The new part will be automatically moved and oriented so that the features align (and, importantly, will stay aligned.)

You can set offsets, etc. if that is what the design needs.

Be warned that it is something of a learning curve to get the orientation to go the way you want - pay close attention to the little circle and coloured lines that appear when you're selecting features. Holes and corners are probably the least problematic features to use.

(I would recommend anyone to avoid the move tool completely in F360 until you're reasonably competent. 99% of the time if you think you need it, you're probably doing something wrong.)

 

[ajlelectronics]

Incidentally - Are you creating 'Joints' to place the imported components? If not, you should be.

No idea!

 

[Maker]

Configurable is good, Logitech ones can be and I have done so for a few. What I am however meaning is whether the arrowed part is a button or not. On the MX it is and it is just so convenient to set it as a middle button as you can easily work it via your thumb without having to move your hand.


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I use what you have as "Shift wheel mode" as my middle button, and I click the wheel to shift the wheel mode (Though I never actually change the mode). It always throws people at work when they try to use it.

 

[Misterg]

No idea!

Then you're not...

This is how I would go about importing your 7805 and placing it:

In preparation, I've created a 'board' component as an example of an existing assembly (with a hole in it which I would like the mounting hole of the 7805 to align with), and uploaded the .f3d file for the 7805 to my workspace (under the 'File' menu).

Note that I can't drag the component out of position after creating the joint.

(P.S. - your 7805 / heatsink component has a lot of unconstrained sketches - just something to watch.)

 

[ajlelectronics]

Then you're not...

This is how I would go about importing your 7805 and placing it:

That is extremely useful, thank you and I will be playing with that. The Fusion component is imported to EasyEDA rather than all done in Fusion.

 

[ajlelectronics]

I've just imported the .step file to F360 and it comes in ok, HOWEVER the three parts in it aren't connected, so they can float around with respect to each other. Looks OK until something happens.

Go back to the Teensy model and create joints between the connector(s) and the board, then re-export it - 'As built' joints are probably easiest (provided that the parts are in the correct relative positions):

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Select the board and the SD card holder and leave the joint as 'Rigid'
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Click OK

Repeat, but select the board and USB connector.

The whole thing should then stay together when you import it into other models.

Otherwise it can do this:

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I have worked out why it all seems OK... The model I provided was not the one I actually used from the EASYEDA library. I can't export that one to tweak and my own replacement will not upload to EasyEDA for some reason, maybe too big perhaps.

So you see that I am doing battle on two fronts.

 

[Misterg]

my own replacement will not upload to EasyEDA for some reason,

Looks complicated!

Import PCB 3DLib | EasyEDA Std User Guide

docs.easyeda.com

 

[ukracer]

$24 a year (a shade under £20):

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https://www.solidworks.com/solution/solidworks-makers

Payment failed the first time I tried.

Second time it worked.

Thanks again.

 

[ajlelectronics]

Looks complicated!

Import PCB 3DLib | EasyEDA Std User Guide

docs.easyeda.com

Fairly straightforward...

Save from Fusion as a .step file and import it to FreeCAD. Save as a .wrl file and import that to EasyEDA. Find the relevant footprint and select it in your design and then associate it with the 3D model imported.

 

[ukracer]

This solid works journey is not going well. I think its the first ever program I cant even find out how to launch it.

 

[daedalusminos]

Fairly straightforward...

Save from Fusion as a .step file and import it to FreeCAD. Save as a .wrl file and import that to EasyEDA. Find the relevant footprint and select it in your design and then associate it with the 3D model imported.

Have you not considered using Fusion for the schematic capture/layout + mechanics? I used to use Eagle back when it was just Eagle - it was a bit Mickey Mouse but very usable.

 

[Hood]

Have you not considered using Fusion for the schematic capture/layout + mechanics? I used to use Eagle back when it was just Eagle - it was a bit Mickey Mouse but very usable.

I have never used the electronic module side of Fusion so can't say if it is good or not but if it is even 80% as good as others then my personal choice would be to use it.
Having everything within one programme is one of the reasons I rate Fusion so highly compared to others I have used. For example when I used SW I had to then export my model to my CAM programme, it was a pain. Another thing with SW that I found that was a pain, it may have changed now but I don't think so, is that for an assembly you needed to have lots of separate models then bring them into another file for an assembly. With Fusion you do all within the same file, much easier in my opinion.