topic Re: parting line draft in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

parting line draft

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 21:27:02 GMT

im doing some of the model mania solid works projects i am currently doing model mania 2004 phase 1

In solid works when creating a draft you can choose a parting line instead of a plane is there a way to achieve this with fussion

this is on the top part of the model

john

Re: parting line draft

Anonymous — Sun, 05 Mar 2017 09:02:11 GMT

any help on this please

Re: parting line draft

Beyondforce — Sun, 05 Mar 2017 09:45:21 GMT

Hi @Anonymous,

I want to help, but I don't understand what you need. Could you please make a screencast, that will help a lot!

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/post-your-tips-and-tutorials/tutorial-how-to-create-a-screencast/td-p/6610867?nobounce

Cheers / Ben
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Re: parting line draft

mrender — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 07:19:25 GMT

I need to do this also. Doesn't seem to be possible in Fusion.

Re: parting line draft

Beyondforce — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 07:39:45 GMT

Do what? Could you please give more details?

Re: parting line draft

mrender — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 08:35:01 GMT

We need to be able to draft from a parting line (edge of the model or split face line). This means that when draft is applied from a curved edge, that edge remains intact and design intent is maintained. See screen shot from another package before and after versus fusion draft.

Re: parting line draft

Beyondforce — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 08:42:33 GMT

Are you asking why the thickness of the edges are not maintained in Fusion?

Re: parting line draft

mrender — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 08:44:39 GMT

...sorry after draft attached.

Re: parting line draft

Beyondforce — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 08:49:53 GMT

My apologies, I'm still not sure where is the problem. Maybe @jeff_strater could help with this?

Re: parting line draft

mrender — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 08:59:15 GMT

I know why the edges are not maintained. It is because Fusion only has neutral plane drafting. The draft command need to have a parting line draft option. It is quite a fundamental requirement for moulded or cast part design.

Thanks

Re: parting line draft

Beyondforce — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 09:04:49 GMT

But don't forget, that in Fusion you can achieve the same thing in many different ways. Maybe the draft tool cannot give you the results that your are looking for, then you should something else.
If you could send me a picture of what you want to create, maybe I'll be able to help you to find another way of doing it in Fusion.

Re: parting line draft

mrender — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 11:26:58 GMT

It is a simple part that I am working on. See attached pic.

Thanks

Re: parting line draft

Beyondforce — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 11:51:46 GMT

By the way, have you seen the video that made on how to create a Rim?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3DZCV1hqUs

Re: parting line draft

mrender — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 11:57:14 GMT

Rim looks good. To have your rim cast though, you would need to put draft on it.

Re: parting line draft

Beyondforce — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 12:02:32 GMT

I have made it because someone asked me if I could show him how to create a Rim in Fusion. So I looked for a Rim for inspiration and that's what came out in the end 🙂

Re: parting line draft

n8bot — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 15:37:10 GMT

This might not be the ideal way to do it, but if you're having trouble with the built-in draft functionality in Fusion, you could try simply rotating that face. Fusion 360, since a recent update, allows for directly moving individual faces with the move command while in design-history (parametric) mode. Simply select the face and click the move command (or click the move command, choose face from the drop down, and select the face). You can then set the pivot point to be the midpoint of the line at the top and rotate the face away. This might not always work with all geometry, but it's pretty robust.

Re: parting line draft

jeff_strater — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 17:12:27 GMT

Sorry, I've been our of the country on vacation... I'll take a look at this when I return on Sept 27!

Jeff

Re: parting line draft

mrender — Sun, 24 Sep 2017 09:53:31 GMT

Thanks n8bot

I hadn't noticed the move/rotate face command looks really good.

For this part I need to have a uniform draft angle against line of draw whilst maintaining those edges exactly, no movement. Moving the faces with a rotate messes with both the draft angle and the edge position unfortunately.:)

I think from a product design (which includes design for manufacture) point of view, not having parting line draft capability in the software will be a big sticking point for companies who are considering the software as their design tool.

Re: parting line draft

laughingcreek — Sun, 24 Sep 2017 18:43:41 GMT

@mrender wrote:

I think from a product design (which includes design for manufacture) point of view, not having parting line draft capability in the software will be a big sticking point for companies who are considering the software as their design tool.

100% agree. A little supprised this doesn't exist yet.

Re: parting line draft

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 11:57:49 GMT

Any plans to add this functionality?...