Fusion 360 - A Rectangular Hexagonal pattern from a Equilateral triangle, or Put Holes in Part.

Workflow on a triangle pattern within a rectangle face.
0:00 Intro
1:15 Create the part
1:32 Sketch first cut
4:07 Extrude first cut
4:21 Rectangular pattern first row
5:04 Adjust dimensions to center pattern
6:05 Rectangular more rows using sqrt(3)
7:16 Adjust dimensions to center pattern
8:02 Rectangular pattern first cut in second row
8:35 Rectangular pattern second row
8:55 Rectangular pattern the last rows
9:18 Done

[@frostbite1991]

For those trying to follow this with updated F360, at 4:21 "Directions" is now called "Axes".
Thanks for the tut, was easy to follow once I realized the name change lol. My project turned out great thanks to you!

[@KristianLaholm]

Thank you for pointing out the change in the UI. Fusion has had small updates like this over the years and they are often not documented.

[@vanhelzer22]

I appreciate your time, thank you!

[@jayvkman]

Thx for the tip making new variables on the fly from the dimension tool, didn't know that was possible. I think there is a less convoluted way to make a honeycomb grid tho.

[@KristianLaholm]

If you find a better workflow for hexagon pattern please share :)

[@darmichar73]

Thank you so much for this. I've been trying to figure out an easy way to do this and this was the best explanation of how to do this that I have found. I am a beginner and I was able to keep up with this pretty well. Just went back and rewatched the sections I wasn't clear about until I had it figured out.

[@KristianLaholm]

Keep on searching for more ways to do things and you will feel more confident in your modeling :)

[@lecisko]

I am a fair beginner, just few hours in fusion in total and I managed to do this! Thanks a lot.

[@KristianLaholm]

Keep on modeling :)

[@MarinusMakesStuff]

This is why I love Grasshopper. In GH this would be a one-minute job. The only downside being that then I'd have to take my Rhino export back into Fusion360 each time I want to change something.

[@KristianLaholm]

There is the new design extension in Fusion that can do this but it's a bit expensive. This workflow is mostly for hobby users on a budget :) (and that doesn't want to learn one more software)

[@MarinusMakesStuff]

@@KristianLaholm Yes, I understand. For me, I could buy Rhino as an educational version and upgrade it for an educational price as well. Grasshopper comes with it for free. Fusion360 would be out of my budget when I can't use the educational version anymore so I'm trying to learn as much as I can.

[@varazir]

@@MarinusMakesStuff You know Fusion is "free" ?

[@MarinusMakesStuff]

@@varazir Definitely! But the limitations make it so that I cannot do complex projects in it anymore. The limit of having ten active projects is not enough and I assemble my machines with lots of parts

[@KristianLaholm]

@@MarinusMakesStuff You can have more then 10 projects but only 10 editable files at the same time. But the important is use the software that accommodates your workflow the best :)

[@Mountsom3]

Thank you for the Tutorial, I do wonder why I can't reference the named dimensions when typing: "HEX_WIDTH = 15" for example

[@KristianLaholm]

Is the parameter not showing up or is Fusion giving you an error? (check in "Change Parameters" if the user parameter is added to Favorites)

[@gregorychard]

G'day Kristen
I love your approach to this pattern.
I was wondering, haven't tried it myself ATM, but could you do a rectangular pattern of 3 hexagonal in a triangular pattern, where some hexagons would overlap each other, ie, the bottom right hexagon overlap the bottom left and so on?
I havta try it myself.
Havagooday my friend.
Greg

[@KristianLaholm]

There are plenty of more ways to do this pattern. Overlapping features can be hard on the pattern function.

[@davemartin9024]

Hi Kristian love your tutorials this one is very interesting I am trying to do a brick wall pattern that can be scaled for a dolls house so it can be 3d printed any chance you could do a tutorial or give some tips please

[@KristianLaholm]

Thank you. Fusion is not the best tool for a pattern like that, Fusion will get slow and unresponsive with a bit pattern like that, there are some tutorials on it but be prepared it can lock up Fusion.

[@StephenBoyd21]

I thought that you were going to come up with some automatic parametric patterning magic.

[@KristianLaholm]

I hade a plan for that but I thought a lot of users simply want to fill a face with some cut outs and I wanted to show how you can use the tools in Fusion and do it in a resonable time. There are some stupid parametric stuffing on it's way :)