OMG you have taught me so much in such a short video! Never knew about thin extrudes at all and only used basic constraints prior to this. Thank you so much!!
This is the best sort of tutorial IMO, as a complete newbie to Fusion 360, and well worth 7 minutes. The guide is clear and easy to follow, and you deliver exactly what you claim to in the title. But on top of that, you've also seamlessly and efficiently introduced me into a whole bunch of things that I'm no doubt going to find hugely useful in the future - the benefits of using parameters, sketch constraints, hell, even the relationship between sketches and the Solid workspace was something that I wasn't sure about until this video. Thanks a tonne!
I have a new video on hexagon patterns (with circles but can easy be changed) th-cam.com/video/4VctTiB1DE0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=rUD8H7zCdw214PF1 slightly different workflow.
Take a shot every time he says fusion hates patterns. Thank you so much, I'm just learning fusion and was manually copying pasting, this really helped me out.
Thanks so much! I wanted to print myself a coaster, so I looked up designs for inspiration and I saw one with a honeycomb pattern, but I didn't even know where to start! This tutorial was perfect, and I feel like I learned several things that I can continue using for other designs. My computer isn't very good, so I used the rectangular pattern on a single axis to make a trip, then used the rectangular pattern again to repeat the strips, as the pattern would fail if I tried doing both axis's at once.
this must be out of date because those options are not showing up for me. Following step by step, what is happening in the video is not happening in fusion.
What steps are causing you trouble? It works for me. Are using Solid (blue) extrude and not Surface? Are you having problems with the pattern? (check that you are pattering "Feature")
been pulling my hair out for two days now. please help. @3:46 when i go from extrude to pattern my sketch disappears! how do you get your sketch lines to stay?
Under preferences you can turn off "auto hide sketches" (click you icon top right and open preferences, look under General - Design). And yo can always turn the visibility on/off using the eye icon next to the sketch in the browser.
Fusion is a bit confusing on how it "auto fills" in values in input boxes. I can have done the workflow before the video and Fusion will pick up some of my old inputs.
that worked really well. would love to see it the other way round. cutting a honeycomb out of something. coudn't quite make it with the tools you offered
that may be more "complex" but it sure is way easier to work with. dont like the look? just change the param. and your done. Way easier in my oppinion. Thank you sir!
Have look at another workflow here th-cam.com/video/r28Tpy0PIQM/w-d-xo.html . But if you are 3D printing adding more perimeters (hexagons) to the print can add weight, do 2 models and compare the print time an material used.
@@LULASVC I had it set to features as well but it was still just removing parts that the outer circle actually touched. I solved it by first selecting the whole pattern and joining it into a single body.
👍 For what it's worth, in my opinion, another great addition to Fusion 360. ✌ I'm wondering if this can somehow be used in conjunction with bodies such as a sphere, et al. Hmm... 😒
Only hexagons on a sphere is hard or needs to be "deformed". A dodecahedron geodesic sphere/dome is a possibility :) that is pentagons in "corners" and hexagons.
I've been following your tutorial step by step and repeating it again and again but can't get the rectangular pattern to be one mesh after doing it... has changed something in fusion? the feature option only repeats one hexagon and I've choose the join option...
I'll have a look. There is a bug (in the latest version) that can sometimes trigger with patterns. You can make a try with other dimensions and see if it works.
@@KristianLaholm i got it worki g in some point, but when i tried with other dimensions it broke and could repeat it again, but then i modified again, and never could reproduce again. One of the problems I had was that when I was picking the two axes, I only could select one, the second one was impossible to select
I redid the exercise and everything works with your parameters However when we change the value of Hexagon to 4mm then the honeycomb is no longer connected to the outer part I solved this problem by increasing the number of rectangular pattern
What part of the workflow is causing you problems? And yes Fusion has "hidden" the pattern feature behind a "pay wall" there is a pattern feature in an extension and I don't think they will add it to the base software.
Whoa!! This video introduced me to thin extrude, parameters, and better use of constraints. Bro. This is golden. Thanks!
Keep on learning and having fun :)
OMG you have taught me so much in such a short video! Never knew about thin extrudes at all and only used basic constraints prior to this. Thank you so much!!
Thank you for the nice feedback. I love knowing my little videos are useful :)
This is the best sort of tutorial IMO, as a complete newbie to Fusion 360, and well worth 7 minutes.
The guide is clear and easy to follow, and you deliver exactly what you claim to in the title. But on top of that, you've also seamlessly and efficiently introduced me into a whole bunch of things that I'm no doubt going to find hugely useful in the future - the benefits of using parameters, sketch constraints, hell, even the relationship between sketches and the Solid workspace was something that I wasn't sure about until this video. Thanks a tonne!
Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad you found the tutorial helpful.
Keep learning and growing with Fusion 360!
Thank you A LOT! I had made Honeycomb patterns before, but I always had to do MASSIVE COMBINES later... The "Feature" with Join was amazing.
I have a new video on hexagon patterns (with circles but can easy be changed) th-cam.com/video/4VctTiB1DE0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=rUD8H7zCdw214PF1 slightly different workflow.
This video was so valuable! I made some divider cards for my MTG deck boxes and wanted to save filament. The honeycomb pattern worked perfectly!
Take a shot every time he says fusion hates patterns.
Thank you so much, I'm just learning fusion and was manually copying pasting, this really helped me out.
The minimum is one shot every time you make a big pattern in Fusion ;)
Super easy! Didn't even notice that Thin Extrude option before! Thanks for sharing!
We all get used to the tools in software and it takes some time to find the capabilities of new features :)
Thanks so much! I wanted to print myself a coaster, so I looked up designs for inspiration and I saw one with a honeycomb pattern, but I didn't even know where to start! This tutorial was perfect, and I feel like I learned several things that I can continue using for other designs.
My computer isn't very good, so I used the rectangular pattern on a single axis to make a trip, then used the rectangular pattern again to repeat the strips, as the pattern would fail if I tried doing both axis's at once.
Such a good video. Second time back here to freshen up on the topics!
My own pattern wasn't aligning properly. Now I know a smart way to do it. I also used a function to calculate how many hexagons I need to repeat.
Just casually doing stuff I've never even noticed existed makes me feel so stupid
There are new things to learn every day :)
Great Video!!
Had never used "Change Parameters" before, and also did not know about the extrusion hollow feature.
Thx a lot for sharing :)
What I learned from this: "Fusion Hates Patterns" :D
MAN you are a LEGEND! Thanks for the video, helped me a lot!
Great example of thin extrude!
this must be out of date because those options are not showing up for me. Following step by step, what is happening in the video is not happening in fusion.
What steps are causing you trouble? It works for me. Are using Solid (blue) extrude and not Surface? Are you having problems with the pattern? (check that you are pattering "Feature")
been pulling my hair out for two days now. please help. @3:46 when i go from extrude to pattern my sketch disappears! how do you get your sketch lines to stay?
Under preferences you can turn off "auto hide sketches" (click you icon top right and open preferences, look under General - Design). And yo can always turn the visibility on/off using the eye icon next to the sketch in the browser.
Excellent video! I had seen one before that used the direction option and thin extrude, but I like this one better ;-)
Thank you. There are so many ways of doing hexagon's but they all look the same ;)
Very good job Kristian!!!
Thank you
7:11... The 2nd Extrude (to object) did not work for me until I filled in the "wall/2".
Fusion is a bit confusing on how it "auto fills" in values in input boxes. I can have done the workflow before the video and Fusion will pick up some of my old inputs.
I love you like a coffe in the morning, Thanks for the video!
Thank you :)
that worked really well. would love to see it the other way round. cutting a honeycomb out of something. coudn't quite make it with the tools you offered
Check out this video th-cam.com/video/EqgZgJIc-ds/w-d-xo.html hope it can help you.
Tak! Great Info!
Thanks! subscribed! Keep this sort of content coming!
Thankyou, you saved my day. Very helpful tutorial.
that may be more "complex" but it sure is way easier to work with. dont like the look? just change the param. and your done. Way easier in my oppinion. Thank you sir!
Spending some time setting up parameters and sketches make design changes down stream more enjoyable :)
how would i do this, if i wanted to make a part lighter by adding honeycomb holes? meaning for an existing part
Have look at another workflow here th-cam.com/video/r28Tpy0PIQM/w-d-xo.html . But if you are 3D printing adding more perimeters (hexagons) to the print can add weight, do 2 models and compare the print time an material used.
@@KristianLaholm actually it is not only about saving weight - i am building a cage for a fan, so holes are a must, thank you!
@@shotbyarian Yeah holes for a fan sounds like a good design intent :) Hope you find a solution :)
Your solution is excellent.
Thank you
Very cool! Thank you for this!
Thank you
Great techniques and tutorial. Thank you.
Thank you
a good way using parameters, thanx
When you did the interesct, how did you make it so it "removed" the unnecessary things around the circle?
That is the function of intersect, everything inside the profile I'm extruding with intersect will be left everything outside gets removed.
@@KristianLaholm I did intersect but the bodies ouside the circle was not deleted. What can I be doing wrong?
@@LULASVC Check that the second extrude (3:30 in video) is set to Join. You should have only 1 body before making the intersect extrude.
@@KristianLaholm I figured out that I was doing wrong , the rectangular pattern should be Features and I was using bodies, Now it worked, thanks.
@@LULASVC I had it set to features as well but it was still just removing parts that the outer circle actually touched. I solved it by first selecting the whole pattern and joining it into a single body.
Excellent tutorial. Thank you.
Nice techniques.
Thank you
👍 For what it's worth, in my opinion, another great addition to Fusion 360. ✌
I'm wondering if this can somehow be used in conjunction with bodies such as a sphere, et al. Hmm... 😒
Only hexagons on a sphere is hard or needs to be "deformed". A dodecahedron geodesic sphere/dome is a possibility :) that is pentagons in "corners" and hexagons.
I've been following your tutorial step by step and repeating it again and again but can't get the rectangular pattern to be one mesh after doing it... has changed something in fusion? the feature option only repeats one hexagon and I've choose the join option...
I'll have a look. There is a bug (in the latest version) that can sometimes trigger with patterns. You can make a try with other dimensions and see if it works.
@@KristianLaholm i got it worki g in some point, but when i tried with other dimensions it broke and could repeat it again, but then i modified again, and never could reproduce again. One of the problems I had was that when I was picking the two axes, I only could select one, the second one was impossible to select
thank you very much
I redid the exercise and everything works with your parameters
However when we change the value of Hexagon to 4mm then the honeycomb is no longer connected to the outer part
I solved this problem by increasing the number of rectangular pattern
You can make the quantity parametric in the pattern feature.
How do i make this but invcerted.
so i have a lot of pillars with space in between them.
If you want multiple bodies sketch one hexagon, extrude and pattern (be prepared that Fusion will slow down). Or am i misunderstanding the question?
I think it's possible to get exact number of pattern iteration by dividing circle diameter with hegaon size and using ceil function to got integer.
Good idea :) and maybe +1 to always be on the safe side.
@@KristianLaholm yes, i've added two - for sure ) Nice tip with patterning 'join' instead of combine unknown number of instances
Thanks very much :)
Hi can you do a tutorial video on hexagonal convex lens? Thank you
If it's only to be hexagons they can not be the same.
Or do you think of a geodome with hexagon (and pentagon) faces?
TYSM!
Can anyone reccomend a more efficient program for this kind of thing? 😂
Why the hell do they have to make it so hard to make a damn pattern? And I couldn’t get it to work for the fckin life of me it’s awful
What part of the workflow is causing you problems? And yes Fusion has "hidden" the pattern feature behind a "pay wall" there is a pattern feature in an extension and I don't think they will add it to the base software.