topic Re: Remove gap between two sketches in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

Remove gap between two sketches

mouse51180 — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 20:25:04 GMT

I have a component that is made up of two sketches. Its the ball part from a ball and socket joint attached to a mounting plate.
The ball sketch is a sketch with the revolve tool. The Mount sketch is a sketch with the extrude tool.
I need to combine the two piece into one so I can 3D print it, but there is a gap where the ball socket meets the mounting plate.

In my video...I initially try to lower the component which moves the entire thing...as expected. Then I try to move just the Ball sketch but that doesn't seem to do anything for me. So then I try to drop the body and that looks like it works, but there is part of the sketch at the top of the screen that does not move. So I am unsure if this is the correct way of doing this.

Any advise on how to combine these properly or how I should have designed them differently from the beginning...2 components perhaps?

Re: Remove gap between two sketches

davebYYPCU — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 20:49:08 GMT

You don’t have to Move anything.

Edit the Revolve sketch, draw a 2 point rectangle from the bottom of the ball leg into the hoop.

Revolve the ball and the new rectangle sections with Edit Feature, Select more sketch regions.

Might help...

Re: Remove gap between two sketches

whittakerdw — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 20:58:08 GMT

It would have been better to design them as two separate components or to have the sketch where you would originally want it. But what more do you need from the sketch? You were able to revolve the ball. If you don't need anything else from then you can just turn the sketch off. It is fully constrained in the sketch. If you do need to move the sketch then it needs to have constraints removed so it can be moved to the desired location.

Re: Remove gap between two sketches

davebYYPCU — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 21:17:52 GMT

One component, make the first feature, and making a second feature as Join. Both have to overlap. He can then fillet the stem for strength. He is 3d printing a single body.

Might help...

Re: Remove gap between two sketches

mouse51180 — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 15:58:57 GMT

I added the second box to the sketch, revolved it, then used the combine tool to connect it all together. Everything looks to have printed correctly...of course until my print shifted on the bed in the last 10min....ugh...

Anyway...the design issue I think is fixed. Thanks for the help.

Re: Remove gap between two sketches

TheCADWhisperer — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 17:25:47 GMT

File>Export and then Attach your latest version *.f3d and I will show you how it should have been modeled (the easy way).

Re: Remove gap between two sketches

mouse51180 — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 17:59:08 GMT

Per your request...see attachment