I really liked these videos. The early videos breed competency, while later videos begin to introduce and practice fluency. Episodes flow by seamlessly as you become accustomed to the quick pace of more efficient methods. For me and my circumstances, this series worked great and I would recommend it to users who are completely new and have never used CAD (Computer Aided Design) before. Users who have CAD experience, but are specifically new to Fusion 360 itself can quickly learn the fundamentals of part creation and gain a handle on some of the core differences between Fusion 360 and other modeling software.
You're right Omar, I left it out but I did it on purpose. The idea is to include only enough information so that a tradesman can make the part. So the radius dimension isn't there but there is a linear dimension on the with of the slot which is the same thing as a diameter which in turn is twice the radius. You'll find this is done routinely in engineering drawings, its called a convention or a tradition and in the world of design offices and workshops there is often a sort of catty rivalry going on. If it isn't a dispute over precision and accuracy, its about the conventions and a drawing that "looks too busy". Its also partly the habits of the draftsman but I need to cover all of this in detail another day.
You're on to me Cogito, when I made these tutorials for the first time I was brand new to Fusion 360 even though I'd been teaching all of the major CAD programs for many years. There are lots of things I just didn't know back then about Fusion, so it doesn't take much to get better than your tutor!
Good day sir hope this message finds you well. I have been following allow with your tutorials, thank you for them! I guess you can teach an old dog new tricks. My question pertains to this video around the 1:30 time slot. How are you making the reference mark to help line up your vertical and horizontal lines? Thanks again.
Hi, sorry to take so long to come back to you. Really there are no reference lines, I'm purposely drawing very roughly because I'll be using the constraint tools to push it all into an exact position later. However the lines I'm drawing here are perfectly horizontal and vertical because the line tool snaps to vertical and horizontal. As you move the mouse you'll find that it snaps as you come close to horizontal (or vertical) and lets go again if you keep moving. So if you click while the line is horizontal, it stays horizontal and the horizontal constrain icon appears next to the line. Let me know if this is making sense, there is more to say but one bite at a time will avoid indigestion.
Thanks for the reply I understand the snap to feature. It does appear though that lets say you were drawing a box using the line tool and you had 2 sides done and were working on the third side. In the video it look s to me like you are referencing the first side as you come back so you know where your end point is as you drag your line back parallel to your first line. Am I seeing that correctly or is there something else going on? @@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360So again at 1:30 in the video it looks like you reference the first line you made so you know where to stop......
@@DF5152 OK, those references. When you're coming around to the third side of a rectangle, start the line and then mouse over the end of some other line without clicking. Then mouse over close to where you want to go, still without clicking. As you approach the place directly above, a snapping point will appear which you can click on.
Arnold - again, well done! The downloads for the .pdf files are on a page loaded with downloads for other products. Very difficult to see exactly what the download you want us to engage is. I tried and failed a couple of times. But good on ya for this series. I want to create instruction manuals for lighting products. What next series of yours should I try? You are my guru!
I'll check on that downloads issue, thanks for letting me know. And thanks for sharing your purpose, I love to hear what people are going to be doing. If you've seen the other playlists on my channel, www.youtube.com/@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360/playlists then you've probably noticed the Intermediate series but I think it will really help to do the two bodies and components tutorials first. Keep in touch, there's a lot of stuff to get your head around, keep learning! Pretty soon you'll find you can begin to do your own projects but it will be a gradual transition to move from 'click by click' tutorials to getting your own things done.
Hi Arnold, great and easy to follow tutorials. That is, up until 12, timeline 3.33, using the rectangle in sketch ok with the length and height which are both on the drawing, but there is no width dimension? or am I missing something as the line is past slot.
Thanks CM, you’re the first one to point out this error since I published the current revision at least a year ago. I’ve made myself a note and I’ll correct that drawing, however in the video I’ve called it as 50 which is probably why everyone else has decided not to point it out. You guys are my only hope for correction these days since I no longer have an education manager looking over my shoulder.
In each of the last few lessons, I"ve used the same plane and drawn the parts just as you do, but my orientation is always different. For example, if yours shows the top, mine will show a side, etc.
Yes RJ, you caught me. When I made these tutorials the first time it meant nothing to me since I had plans to show how to control orientation later on. Little did I suspect the consternation it was going to cause and so in the revised series, just beginning, I've been careful that my preference settings show 'Z up' and I teach accordingly.
at time 5:45, when extrude outer part by selecting the center with outer, the inner circle gets deleted, without selecting inner circle, the the circle also gets extruded. how you managed without including the inner circle
Manoj, after a sketch is consumed in the extrude feature, you can find the sketch in the tree and switch its visibility back on. (Find the little 'eye' icon). If you have to, you can draw the missing circle one more time on a fresh sketch.
Great series, loving it. On this design at the 3:40 time mark, I saw dealing with the cutout not being at the face of the block and in the middle. How do you get the sketch to be at the face of the block? Thanks in advance.
Chad, take your time with this and do some experiments with extruding the different parts of the sketch. A sketch need not be on the same plane as the geometry being cut or added to. You may find that the visibility of the sketch is switched off after the first use of it, so go to the feature tree on the left, also known as 'the browser' and switch on the visibility of the sketch. You'll find that it can be used even though it is some millimeters away from the material you want to cut. Let me know how this goes.
I went to a State school. Primary and Secondary. I have no problem with mental arithmetic. Correlation doesn't imply causality. Probably in both our cases!
Haha, yes Gavan, I have plenty of friends who did well at school and also plenty of friends whose children are doing well enough at state school. The big factor in educational success is parents who pay attention and help the young ones. Nevertheless, comparing outcomes a hundred years ago and today is interesting, the data is out there.
I also have a couple of questions on this one. 1) Why setting the origin 48x12? and 2) Where are you seeing the value to extrude the first sketch from? I'm not seeing where you got 3x 24 / 2 = 36??? Forgive me for all of the questions but I'm trying to learn reading the plans. Your instructions are great within Fusion but reading from the plans on this drawing and the last are a bit hazy... thanks!
Running through these examples again and again, a bit confused here. You started Exercise 12 with the origin Z up as in your preferences (and how any CNC would see it) and then selected the XY.. So the basic L shape is laying on the side in the sketch. Have I missed something here?
No doc, you're right on to me. Guilty! I wasn't paying any attention to orientation when I made these. It was on purpose though, I did a separate video on re-orienting the part, this one:- th-cam.com/video/2apwwAQgvbQ/w-d-xo.html I was too blaze, not realising how much this would upset everyone focused on CNC.
Are you calling that a dumb solid? Also my problem with orientation was the "reverse" zoom direction was checked in preferences. Maybe one day I'll figure this out! Thanks!
The term 'dumb solid' is relative and means that we do a very much simplified shape to start with, then we'll then use the dimensional and geometric constraints to bring it into focus, to refine and then to make it smart with 'dress-up' features like fillets and chamfers, threaded holes and stiffening ribs if needed. I'm glad you're beginning to find your way around the preferences, there are lots of them and one by one is probably the best way to become familiar with them. Now you can see how you will one day be a power user.
The settings seem to be dialed in better... Still stumped but managed to finish #12! What are you printing on your 3d printer? thanks! .Check your FB page if you get a chance.
Thanks very much for the excellent videos. These are the only Fusion 360 Tutorials I have stuck with. I have a question regarding object Snaps. At 8:33 you go directly to the edge of the existing object in the sketch. I have not been able to do this in my current setup. Where should I go to specify I want to be able to snap to these object edges, endpoints, or midpoints?
Thanks Vaughn, I'm very pleased you're getting somewhere. There is a setting in Preferences which I think will help; you get to prefences by clicking on your pic in the top right of your screen. On the General > Design page you'll find a check box called Auto project edges on reference. Try again and let me know if that has done the trick.
Sometimes I'm unable to draw a sketch on a surface, for whatever reason. I find it helps if I save the drawing (file command), and exit the drawing (not exiting Fusion360), and then start that saved file, and it works for some reason.
That's curious Peter, no doubt by now you're familiar with the sketch/feature workflow, (you're onto tutorial #12). Choosing a plane for the sketch is the first option after clicking on Create Sketch. I wonder if it has something to do with the speed of your internet connection? There might well be a need for your computer to sync with the server which would explain why saving fixes it.
@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360 Thanks. But it makes me wonder how much depends on which plane you pick. Perhaps you should pick the WRONG plane and see how you can fix it (just like you pick a wrong size circle and fix it).
I'm not sure why, but on the very last extrusion it cuts the object from the sketch out except for the line at the end of the part (the line opposite the radius). I did it a few times, but it's the same result. I guess when I draw the shape in the sketch it doesn't consider that line to be part of the object I'm extruding so maybe I need to do something to insure that the line is considered part of the sketch? Or maybe there's a setting I have somewhere that is different.
o2, it might be that the sketch line isn't snapped onto the end of the part. Anyway, there's another way to ensure you get everything you want included in your extrude; you can extend the extrude shape out past the end of the existing part into space, it can be a millimetre or two oversize (or two miles). It won't cause any problems in this case even if it isn't best practise. At this stage of your education you can afford to be a bit fast and loose, you'll be well on top of all this with another one or two hundred hours of use. (Sounds ghastly but you'll eat up those hours before you know it.)
The intros and outros will be quite different in future but for now if you're still working through the 16 parts keep your finger on the trigger to stop the burst.
Great course Arnold, just a problem with the circle diamentio at 7.03 when I type in the radius at 20mm it jumps to half the width of the drawing and I cannot make the 24mm measurement from the side of the to the arch line .I have reversed to the last extrusion and started again but the problem still exists ?????
Let me check, that's a radius of 12 not 20. If you have used the circle tool and plan to trim it later, its easy to confuse radius and diameter. Another way to get confused here is that the dimension tool will be giving you a diameter dimension on a circle but a radius dimension on a curve. Is any of this helping?
I'm not exactly sure what these lines are in the body. I wouldn't say its a no-no, since most things can be controlled including the visibility of just about everything. Sketches can be hidden or visible for instance. You just need to click the little eye icon in the tree to toggle each thing on or off. Whatever they are, you can really just relax. This series is all about getting the feel of 3D modeling some common features by means of click by click tutorials. This will give you that all-important confidence, a base to expand your knowledge and skills from. You will be dependent on tutorials for a while, eventually you will be able to make a transition to working on your own projects for more and more of the time. That will be a process that varies in length depending on the individual. So try not to stress too much, try that approach of experimenting with changing the visibility of things and come back to me.
Sorry for the late reply Kevin, glad you found it, don't sweat on the email list, I haven't sent out any emails so far. That will happen not too far in the future but there will be plenty of opportunities to get on the list.
MP, I'll presume you're on Windows for a minute and have a three button mouse. Hold down the scroll wheel, its clicky and drag the mouse. This works better if your mouse cursor is near the centre of your screen. So now, are you on a Mac? I always used to make some unkind jokes in the classroom at this point but the best advice I can give is to hit that toolbar at the bottom of the screen in the middle and the tool on the far left of it will give you the way to turn on or off the Orbit command. You can also put Orbit on your S key menu.
@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360 I am on Windows. I am using a trackball mouse because of the possibility to create some “shortcuts”. Thanks for the advice 😊👍🏽
Following with no problems so far . But get to part 12 , and at the beginning when you place the rectangle and use dimension then press enter the complete rectangle moves either left/right or up/down , and no matter what I do will not stay put . Any ideas please ?.
Yes Mike, I'd need to be watching to know exactly why its doing that to you. Here's an idea, If you begin your line for the outline by clicking with the line tool on the point of origin of the document, the sketch will be fixed there and won't jump around quite so much. You won't have the reference planes in the most advantageous position however that is just for convenience and the model can be made with the reference planes in another place. Perhaps you could come back afterwards and experiment with following along with my steps. In the future you will eventually be in control of all this peculiar behaviour you are seeing but it takes a while to become familiar with. After 50 or 100 hours of more practice you're going to look back at your early frustrations with a wry smile.
@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360 Sorry Arnold . Only just got back to this . Is there any way to send you a screencast for you to watch what is happening ?. Your series is by far the easiest to follow and I know it will take me a long time to get there . That does not worry me as I am doing this for my own enjoyment . Thanks . Mike .
Mike Smith , I've been thinking about this, screencasts is a far better way to ask and answer questions if people can make them. I have a Facebook page for Future Engineering, go to Facebook and after the URL put /futr.engineering that should get you there and you should be able to post your screencast there. Please let me know if there's a problem and I'll rumage in the settings. You'll also have to prod me in case I miss the notification.
Hi Alan I am just going over the course again and I would like to know what do the lilac or purple lines mean ? When I try to extrude the centre piece all of the back turns blue and I cannot isolate the part to be extruded.
Gerry, purple lines mean that they have been 'projected' into or onto your sketch. Here's some background info: forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360-design-validate/purple-dots-lines-why-are-they-here-and-what-do-they-mean/td-p/8332589 Are you able to record a screen capture Gerry? It might be easier to follow this thread on the Facebook page: facebook.com/Futr.Engineering
I am having a problem the last two tutorials with the second sketch. You seem to get your sketch of the rectangle on the edge of the object but mine always ends up in the middle of the object, and i do not know what I am doing wrong. I follow your steps exactly.
Hi Bob, I'm not sure what the problem is but it sounds like its about picking the wrong plane or face to start the sketch or even having two sketches instead of one. Don't give up, you've come quite a way already and you will eventually get the breakthrough you're looking for. Try once or twice more and then move on, if you keep working on it, time will be experience gained and you will understand this unfamiliar thing much better.
If I had to guess I would say you're using "center rectangle" instead of "2 point rectangle". "Center rectangle" will put half of the rectangle on each side of the point you choose, so if you click on the edge of an object, half will be inside and half will be outside of the edge of that object.
Mike I don't think you can change the right click menu, it changes with context and is often very handy as it is. I'm going to do a tutorial on making use of the gestures built into it but what you can customise is the s-key short cuts. Did you catch those tricks in the early parts of the 16 tutorials?
Douglas, try opening a new document, start a sketch and put a rectangle on the plane with no dimensions and no more than the default geometric constraints. (Avoid putting a corner or edge on the point of origin.) I think you'll be able to drag it around the page now. This behavior only gets tied up when there are things sticking somewhere. Dimensional and geomtric constraints will limit the ablilty for sketch entities to move. I do trip along a little blithely sometimes. Does this help?
Your video's are great, but that intro music has to go. It puts off your target audience and shows your age. People watching this are going to be young, you should have picked music with your target market in mind.
Yes Chris, that music was gone withing a few months of publishing the 16. I paid attention to feedback like yours. Likewise most of the intros, outros and other stuff. Maybe it takes longer to learn things at my age. I'm really not too concerned about showing my age; the grey and wrinkles betray me straight up. When I look at my TH-cam stats and analytics I see that quite a few other old fossils are following too. I'm going to be defining the target audience more closely this year and focusing down.
@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360 Ok. Well in that case keep up the great work. I had a little bit of experience with NX already but using your videos I was able to pick up Fusion 360 really quickly.
@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360 I'm watching this and I'm 63, lol. The music doesn't make any difference to me. The tutorials are awesome. Thanks from an aspiring engineer.
Really enjoying these tutorials Arnold, they speed the learning curve dramatically.
Very glad to hear it Scott.
I really liked these videos. The early videos breed competency, while later videos begin to introduce and practice fluency. Episodes flow by seamlessly as you become accustomed to the quick pace of more efficient methods. For me and my circumstances, this series worked great and I would recommend it to users who are completely new and have never used CAD (Computer Aided Design) before. Users who have CAD experience, but are specifically new to Fusion 360 itself can quickly learn the fundamentals of part creation and gain a handle on some of the core differences between Fusion 360 and other modeling software.
Thankyou! With your permission I'll quote you on that.
@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360 Of course. Please do. Your channel helped me to learn Fusion 360 quickly and well. Thank you!
I agree. I'm pleasantly surprised that I can have the video on one screen and fusion 360 in the other and do the lesson in real time.
Is the R12 radius (7:06 timestamp) missing from the
sketch documents? other than that, everything was super clear and informative. Thanks again!
You're right Omar, I left it out but I did it on purpose. The idea is to include only enough information so that a tradesman can make the part. So the radius dimension isn't there but there is a linear dimension on the with of the slot which is the same thing as a diameter which in turn is twice the radius. You'll find this is done routinely in engineering drawings, its called a convention or a tradition and in the world of design offices and workshops there is often a sort of catty rivalry going on. If it isn't a dispute over precision and accuracy, its about the conventions and a drawing that "looks too busy". Its also partly the habits of the draftsman but I need to cover all of this in detail another day.
Thanks Arnold 😅🎉
You're welcome 😊
Your videos are very much appreciated. Simple enough to follow. Brian in Pennsylvania...
Thankyou Brian, I did visit Pennsylvania once about 12 years ago and went to Penn State Uni to see the Centre for Innovative Sintered Products.
At 4:27 its possible to select both lines before you make them horisontal.
You're on to me Cogito, when I made these tutorials for the first time I was brand new to Fusion 360 even though I'd been teaching all of the major CAD programs for many years. There are lots of things I just didn't know back then about Fusion, so it doesn't take much to get better than your tutor!
Thank you so much I appreciate you and the classes.
You are so welcome
Thank you Arnold, you are a born teacher, Well done
Thanks Paul! Keep learning.
Good day sir hope this message finds you well. I have been following allow with your tutorials, thank you for them! I guess you can teach an old dog new tricks. My question pertains to this video around the 1:30 time slot. How are you making the reference mark to help line up your vertical and horizontal lines? Thanks again.
Hi, sorry to take so long to come back to you.
Really there are no reference lines, I'm purposely drawing very roughly because I'll be using the constraint tools to push it all into an exact position later. However the lines I'm drawing here are perfectly horizontal and vertical because the line tool snaps to vertical and horizontal. As you move the mouse you'll find that it snaps as you come close to horizontal (or vertical) and lets go again if you keep moving. So if you click while the line is horizontal, it stays horizontal and the horizontal constrain icon appears next to the line. Let me know if this is making sense, there is more to say but one bite at a time will avoid indigestion.
Thanks for the reply I understand the snap to feature. It does appear though that lets say you were drawing a box using the line tool and you had 2 sides done and were working on the third side. In the video it look s to me like you are referencing the first side as you come back so you know where your end point is as you drag your line back parallel to your first line. Am I seeing that correctly or is there something else going on?
@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360So again at 1:30 in the video it looks like you reference the first line you made so you know where to stop......
@@DF5152 OK, those references. When you're coming around to the third side of a rectangle, start the line and then mouse over the end of some other line without clicking. Then mouse over close to where you want to go, still without clicking. As you approach the place directly above, a snapping point will appear which you can click on.
Thank You!
@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360
I've just posted a screencast showing the tracking lines on the Facebook page, here: facebook.com/Futr.Engineering/
Arnold - again, well done! The downloads for the .pdf files are on a page loaded with downloads for other products. Very difficult to see exactly what the download you want us to engage is. I tried and failed a couple of times. But good on ya for this series. I want to create instruction manuals for lighting products. What next series of yours should I try? You are my guru!
I'll check on that downloads issue, thanks for letting me know.
And thanks for sharing your purpose, I love to hear what people are going to be doing. If you've seen the other playlists on my channel, www.youtube.com/@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360/playlists
then you've probably noticed the Intermediate series but I think it will really help to do the two bodies and components tutorials first.
Keep in touch, there's a lot of stuff to get your head around, keep learning! Pretty soon you'll find you can begin to do your own projects but it will be a gradual transition to move from 'click by click' tutorials to getting your own things done.
Hi Arnold, great and easy to follow tutorials. That is, up until 12, timeline 3.33, using the rectangle in sketch ok with the length and height which are both on the drawing, but there is no width dimension? or am I missing something as the line is past slot.
Thanks CM, you’re the first one to point out this error since I published the current revision at least a year ago. I’ve made myself a note and I’ll correct that drawing, however in the video I’ve called it as 50 which is probably why everyone else has decided not to point it out. You guys are my only hope for correction these days since I no longer have an education manager looking over my shoulder.
Thank you very much for your tutorials, don’t know if it’s only me, but this one was a little blurry, but still got it done ✅
Yes, when I started I used the camera that I had at hand. The headshots are all a bit blurry but the screencasts should be sharp enough to follow.
In each of the last few lessons, I"ve used the same plane and drawn the parts just as you do, but my orientation is always different. For example, if yours shows the top, mine will show a side, etc.
Yes RJ, you caught me. When I made these tutorials the first time it meant nothing to me since I had plans to show how to control orientation later on. Little did I suspect the consternation it was going to cause and so in the revised series, just beginning, I've been careful that my preference settings show 'Z up' and I teach accordingly.
at time 5:45, when extrude outer part by selecting the center with outer, the inner circle gets deleted, without selecting inner circle, the the circle also gets extruded. how you managed without including the inner circle
Manoj, after a sketch is consumed in the extrude feature, you can find the sketch in the tree and switch its visibility back on. (Find the little 'eye' icon). If you have to, you can draw the missing circle one more time on a fresh sketch.
Great series, loving it. On this design at the 3:40 time mark, I saw dealing with the cutout not being at the face of the block and in the middle. How do you get the sketch to be at the face of the block?
Thanks in advance.
Chad, take your time with this and do some experiments with extruding the different parts of the sketch. A sketch need not be on the same plane as the geometry being cut or added to. You may find that the visibility of the sketch is switched off after the first use of it, so go to the feature tree on the left, also known as 'the browser' and switch on the visibility of the sketch. You'll find that it can be used even though it is some millimeters away from the material you want to cut. Let me know how this goes.
I went to a State school. Primary and Secondary. I have no problem with mental arithmetic. Correlation doesn't imply causality. Probably in both our cases!
Haha, yes Gavan, I have plenty of friends who did well at school and also plenty of friends whose children are doing well enough at state school. The big factor in educational success is parents who pay attention and help the young ones. Nevertheless, comparing outcomes a hundred years ago and today is interesting, the data is out there.
Thank you Arnold
Keep going nick
I also have a couple of questions on this one. 1) Why setting the origin 48x12? and 2) Where are you seeing the value to extrude the first sketch from? I'm not seeing where you got 3x 24 / 2 = 36??? Forgive me for all of the questions but I'm trying to learn reading the plans. Your instructions are great within Fusion but reading from the plans on this drawing and the last are a bit hazy... thanks!
Hazy is very kind. This is the next item on the list for revision.
Running through these examples again and again, a bit confused here.
You started Exercise 12 with the origin Z up as in your preferences (and how any CNC would see it) and then selected the XY..
So the basic L shape is laying on the side in the sketch.
Have I missed something here?
No doc, you're right on to me. Guilty! I wasn't paying any attention to orientation when I made these. It was on purpose though, I did a separate video on re-orienting the part, this one:- th-cam.com/video/2apwwAQgvbQ/w-d-xo.html
I was too blaze, not realising how much this would upset everyone focused on CNC.
Are you calling that a dumb solid? Also my problem with orientation was the "reverse" zoom direction was checked in preferences. Maybe one day I'll figure this out! Thanks!
The term 'dumb solid' is relative and means that we do a very much simplified shape to start with, then we'll then use the dimensional and geometric constraints to bring it into focus, to refine and then to make it smart with 'dress-up' features like fillets and chamfers, threaded holes and stiffening ribs if needed.
I'm glad you're beginning to find your way around the preferences, there are lots of them and one by one is probably the best way to become familiar with them. Now you can see how you will one day be a power user.
The settings seem to be dialed in better... Still stumped but managed to finish #12! What are you printing on your 3d printer? thanks!
.Check your FB page if you get a chance.
Thanks very much for the excellent videos. These are the only Fusion 360 Tutorials I have stuck with. I have a question regarding object Snaps. At 8:33 you go directly to the edge of the existing object in the sketch. I have not been able to do this in my current setup. Where should I go to specify I want to be able to snap to these object edges, endpoints, or midpoints?
Thanks Vaughn, I'm very pleased you're getting somewhere. There is a setting in Preferences which I think will help; you get to prefences by clicking on your pic in the top right of your screen. On the General > Design page you'll find a check box called Auto project edges on reference. Try again and let me know if that has done the trick.
@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360 It worked beautifully! Thank you sir.
Sometimes I'm unable to draw a sketch on a surface, for whatever reason. I find it helps if I save the drawing (file command), and exit the drawing (not exiting Fusion360), and then start that saved file, and it works for some reason.
That's curious Peter, no doubt by now you're familiar with the sketch/feature workflow, (you're onto tutorial #12). Choosing a plane for the sketch is the first option after clicking on Create Sketch. I wonder if it has something to do with the speed of your internet connection? There might well be a need for your computer to sync with the server which would explain why saving fixes it.
@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360 Thanks. But it makes me wonder how much depends on which plane you pick. Perhaps you should pick the WRONG plane and see how you can fix it (just like you pick a wrong size circle and fix it).
thank you so much make people loving it
Glad you enjoy it!
I'm not sure why, but on the very last extrusion it cuts the object from the sketch out except for the line at the end of the part (the line opposite the radius). I did it a few times, but it's the same result. I guess when I draw the shape in the sketch it doesn't consider that line to be part of the object I'm extruding so maybe I need to do something to insure that the line is considered part of the sketch? Or maybe there's a setting I have somewhere that is different.
o2, it might be that the sketch line isn't snapped onto the end of the part. Anyway, there's another way to ensure you get everything you want included in your extrude; you can extend the extrude shape out past the end of the existing part into space, it can be a millimetre or two oversize (or two miles). It won't cause any problems in this case even if it isn't best practise. At this stage of your education you can afford to be a bit fast and loose, you'll be well on top of all this with another one or two hundred hours of use. (Sounds ghastly but you'll eat up those hours before you know it.)
I will appreciate the change in music intensity for the intro music, the outro music still takes me by surprise bc it is still too loud.
The intros and outros will be quite different in future but for now if you're still working through the 16 parts keep your finger on the trigger to stop the burst.
Great course Arnold, just a problem with the circle diamentio at 7.03 when I type in the radius at 20mm it jumps to half the width of the drawing and I cannot make the 24mm measurement from the side of the to the arch line .I have reversed to the last extrusion and started again but the problem still exists ?????
Let me check, that's a radius of 12 not 20. If you have used the circle tool and plan to trim it later, its easy to confuse radius and diameter. Another way to get confused here is that the dimension tool will be giving you a diameter dimension on a circle but a radius dimension on a curve. Is any of this helping?
@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360 Arnold that is problem solved. .I entered 20 in my email to you instead of 12 thanks for your swift reply.
I have lines in the final body where I have extracted from different sketches. Is that a no-no or normal ?? Thanks
I'm not exactly sure what these lines are in the body. I wouldn't say its a no-no, since most things can be controlled including the visibility of just about everything. Sketches can be hidden or visible for instance. You just need to click the little eye icon in the tree to toggle each thing on or off. Whatever they are, you can really just relax. This series is all about getting the feel of 3D modeling some common features by means of click by click tutorials. This will give you that all-important confidence, a base to expand your knowledge and skills from. You will be dependent on tutorials for a while, eventually you will be able to make a transition to working on your own projects for more and more of the time. That will be a process that varies in length depending on the individual. So try not to stress too much, try that approach of experimenting with changing the visibility of things and come back to me.
I am not able to download your drawings. Where is the link? Thank you
Never mind found it. Why do I need to register my email though?
Sorry for the late reply Kevin, glad you found it, don't sweat on the email list, I haven't sent out any emails so far. That will happen not too far in the future but there will be plenty of opportunities to get on the list.
What do you hold on your keyboard / mouse to make the "Orbit" and move the feature?
MP, I'll presume you're on Windows for a minute and have a three button mouse. Hold down the scroll wheel, its clicky and drag the mouse. This works better if your mouse cursor is near the centre of your screen. So now, are you on a Mac? I always used to make some unkind jokes in the classroom at this point but the best advice I can give is to hit that toolbar at the bottom of the screen in the middle and the tool on the far left of it will give you the way to turn on or off the Orbit command. You can also put Orbit on your S key menu.
@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360 I am on Windows. I am using a trackball mouse because of the possibility to create some “shortcuts”. Thanks for the advice 😊👍🏽
Following with no problems so far . But get to part 12 , and at the beginning when you place the rectangle and use dimension then press enter the complete rectangle moves either left/right or up/down , and no matter what I do will not stay put . Any ideas please ?.
Yes Mike, I'd need to be watching to know exactly why its doing that to you. Here's an idea, If you begin your line for the outline by clicking with the line tool on the point of origin of the document, the sketch will be fixed there and won't jump around quite so much. You won't have the reference planes in the most advantageous position however that is just for convenience and the model can be made with the reference planes in another place. Perhaps you could come back afterwards and experiment with following along with my steps. In the future you will eventually be in control of all this peculiar behaviour you are seeing but it takes a while to become familiar with. After 50 or 100 hours of more practice you're going to look back at your early frustrations with a wry smile.
@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360 Sorry Arnold . Only just got back to this . Is there any way to send you a screencast for you to watch what is happening ?.
Your series is by far the easiest to follow and I know it will take me a long time to get there . That does not worry me as I am doing this for my own enjoyment .
Thanks .
Mike .
@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360 I am struggling to send a video to you . How do I manage that as I cannot put a video here ?.
Mine is doing exactly the same as Mike's.
Mike Smith , I've been thinking about this, screencasts is a far better way to ask and answer questions if people can make them. I have a Facebook page for Future Engineering, go to Facebook and after the URL put /futr.engineering that should get you there and you should be able to post your screencast there. Please let me know if there's a problem and I'll rumage in the settings. You'll also have to prod me in case I miss the notification.
Hi Alan I am just going over the course again and I would like to know what do the lilac or purple lines mean ? When I try to extrude the centre piece all of the back turns blue and I cannot isolate the part to be extruded.
Gerry, purple lines mean that they have been 'projected' into or onto your sketch. Here's some background info: forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360-design-validate/purple-dots-lines-why-are-they-here-and-what-do-they-mean/td-p/8332589
Are you able to record a screen capture Gerry? It might be easier to follow this thread on the Facebook page: facebook.com/Futr.Engineering
Thanks for that info Arnold.
I am having a problem the last two tutorials with the second sketch. You seem to get your sketch of the rectangle on the edge of the object but mine always ends up in the middle of the object, and i do not know what I am doing wrong. I follow your steps exactly.
Hi Bob, I'm not sure what the problem is but it sounds like its about picking the wrong plane or face to start the sketch or even having two sketches instead of one. Don't give up, you've come quite a way already and you will eventually get the breakthrough you're looking for. Try once or twice more and then move on, if you keep working on it, time will be experience gained and you will understand this unfamiliar thing much better.
If I had to guess I would say you're using "center rectangle" instead of "2 point rectangle". "Center rectangle" will put half of the rectangle on each side of the point you choose, so if you click on the edge of an object, half will be inside and half will be outside of the edge of that object.
Is it possible to edit the local “right click” menu?
Mike I don't think you can change the right click menu, it changes with context and is often very handy as it is. I'm going to do a tutorial on making use of the gestures built into it but what you can customise is the s-key short cuts. Did you catch those tricks in the early parts of the 16 tutorials?
Where do I get videos 1 to 3?
Here's the entire playlist 54 NT th-cam.com/play/PLFCTgdiT5-kLBNvrkUNy63Gu1tWdRuKkr.html
How do you move the object using the mouse and the select tool? On mine it looks like I have to right click and select move. very confusing :(
Douglas, try opening a new document, start a sketch and put a rectangle on the plane with no dimensions and no more than the default geometric constraints. (Avoid putting a corner or edge on the point of origin.) I think you'll be able to drag it around the page now. This behavior only gets tied up when there are things sticking somewhere. Dimensional and geomtric constraints will limit the ablilty for sketch entities to move. I do trip along a little blithely sometimes. Does this help?
@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360 Ok, that makes sense. I have noticed that sometimes I can move an object with the mouse, and sometimes I can;t.
On the 12th video, I finally got the "Future Engineering" play on words....
Haha, its all incitement to invent and other wicked plots.
Your video's are great, but that intro music has to go. It puts off your target audience and shows your age. People watching this are going to be young, you should have picked music with your target market in mind.
Yes Chris, that music was gone withing a few months of publishing the 16. I paid attention to feedback like yours. Likewise most of the intros, outros and other stuff. Maybe it takes longer to learn things at my age.
I'm really not too concerned about showing my age; the grey and wrinkles betray me straight up. When I look at my TH-cam stats and analytics I see that quite a few other old fossils are following too. I'm going to be defining the target audience more closely this year and focusing down.
@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360 Ok. Well in that case keep up the great work. I had a little bit of experience with NX already but using your videos I was able to pick up Fusion 360 really quickly.
@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360 I'm watching this and I'm 63, lol. The music doesn't make any difference to me. The tutorials are awesome. Thanks from an aspiring engineer.