topic Re: Guitar Fretboard help in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

topic Re: Guitar Fretboard help in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-design-validate-document/guitar-fretboard-help/m-p/5804939#M287371 Well, I can understand your frustration, but I don't think it's that Fustion 360 is inaccurate. The UI just does things different. I've used TurboCad and Sketchup in the past. Sketchup was easy but there some things I had trouble getting it to do. TurboCad - well, I spent more time doing a 3Ddesign for an Armoir than I actually did building it.. ;( So stick with Fusion. You just have dig for the examples and documentation which admittedly not always that good or easy to find. I've been able to get very productive in it in just 3 weeks of learning curve, and that includes generating tool paths etc for CNC. This would have beenharder in any of  the platforms that I've looked at. FreeCAD? I couldn't even get the first demo to work for me! So, onto the fretboard. I did the lofting approach like <a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2768685">@TrippyLighting</a> suggested, and it was super easy compared to my first idea. Attached is the F3D for it. OF course, I didn't bother to make the dimensions correct for a FB, but the process is the same. Also, much easier to do a compound radius by just changing the arc on the end profile. Sample f3d design file attached. Now the question is, this is a radiused FB, but how would you draw the fret slots to have those CNC'd at the same time? The slots are small, and the spaceing is variable alongthe whole length, dependent on the scale length of the guitar (25.4" typical for Martin dreadnoughts). Is there a way in Fusion to describe those (parametrically?) without have do each one as an offset from each other or from the nut end of the FB? Or this just a 2D cam operation that you would do without drawing a sketch of it? Some reference material: Fret Calculator: <A href="https://www.stewmac.com/FretCalculator" target="_blank">https://www.stewmac.com/FretCalculator</A>    Sat, 05 Sep 2015 22:43:52 GMT fritter63 2015-09-05T22:43:52Z