topic Re: Step vs Fusion generated fasteners in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

Step vs Fusion generated fasteners

rcpettit — Sat, 04 May 2019 01:46:15 GMT

I've only been using Fusion for a couple of weeks coming from 2D cad as a hobbyist and have a question. I'm using a set of 2D drawings for a miniature steam engine that I'm converting over to 3D has practice and it has about a hundred 4 mm socket head screws in it's assembly. Which would be better, download the fastener from Mcmaster's or generate my own fasteners with parameters to generate the sizes I need.

Re: Step vs Fusion generated fasteners

rcpettit — Sat, 04 May 2019 02:22:15 GMT

Ok I found the answer at https://www.facebook.com/Fusion360/videos/1741345699266194/?v=1741345699266194. A lot easier then making my own.

Re: Step vs Fusion generated fasteners

HughesTooling — Sun, 05 May 2019 13:40:08 GMT

Just a little warning, you might find using a fully modeled screw with threads etc. will become a performance problem if you have 100 of them in a design. You might want to de feature them or model in Fusion and use cosmetic threads.

Mark