topic Re: filling gaps in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

filling gaps

lucas.sealing — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:30:36 GMT

hi all im struggling to fill the gap the circled gap and help[ would be much apricated

Re: filling gaps

johnsonshiue — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 17:35:05 GMT

Hi Lucas,

One thing you may try is to select the vertical faces in the hole and hit Delete key. It should help fill the hole.

Many thanks!

Re: filling gaps

TheCADWhisperer — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 18:39:48 GMT

@lucas.sealing

What is your goal for this design?

Are you attempting to closely reverse-engineer the original?

Re: filling gaps

lucas.sealing — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 18:56:09 GMT

yes a modernized version of the original

Re: filling gaps

TrippyLighting — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 19:29:45 GMT

I ran a "Modify->Compute All" on your design. This design has 24 warnings and 31 errors!
I would start completely from scratch!

Re: filling gaps

TheCADWhisperer — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 19:44:09 GMT

@TrippyLighting wrote:
I would start completely from scratch!

@TrippyLighting

It would be really powerful feature if Fusion would automatically notify the user when they have inadvertently created an issue by highlighting the problem as it occurred according to severity of the issue. Then the user would resolve the issue immediately rather than building more geometry on top of flawed geometry.

@lucas.sealing

Are you ready to start from scratch?

Do you own calipers to take measurements?

Do you access to the original part?

Re: filling gaps

lucas.sealing — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 19:49:42 GMT

@TrippyLighting
It would be really powerful feature if Fusion would automatically notify the user when they have inadvertently created an issue by highlighting the problem as it occurred according to severity of the issue. Then the user would resolve the issue immediately rather than building more geometry on top of flawed geometry.
completley agree here im a self taugh user and butcher my way through design

@lucas.sealing
Are you ready to start from scratch?
Do you own calipers to take measurements?
Do you access to the original part?

im slowley coming to the realisation that this maybe the case
yes i have calipers
yes i do but also have the 3d scan

cheers
luasc

Re: filling gaps

TheCADWhisperer — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 19:55:00 GMT

@lucas.sealing wrote:

yes i do but also have the 3d scan

@lucas.sealing

I notice that you used 5 Moves to align the scan with the Origin and it still isn't at the Origin.

Can you Attach the original scan stl file here so that I can demonstrate in a video how I would start the redesign?

Re: filling gaps

TrippyLighting — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:55:14 GMT

@TheCADWhisperer wrote:

@TrippyLighting

It would be really powerful feature if Fusion would automatically notify the user when they have inadvertently created an issue by highlighting the problem as it occurred according to severity of the issue.

The OP has ignored 24 warning messages and 341 error messages that pop up in the lower right corner every single time Fusion encounters such a problem.

While the warning/error highlighting in the timeline has gotten too faint as of the latest update(s) I still find that adequate. There is no "Compute all" needed to see these warning messages. Thy appear in the lower right corner as they happen.

We might have to agree to disagree on what "adequate" means!

Re: filling gaps

lucas.sealing — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 21:24:49 GMT

that would be great thanks here's the .obj