topic Re: This is what appears to be the transition point that is my brick wall. in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

This is what appears to be the transition point that is my brick wall.

jampac1116 — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 18:51:30 GMT

I am a beginner at this and during the course of learning through videos, forums practice, I havent yet been able to fully complete a project beyond the point Im at in the attached file. This seems to be my preferred Dead End. Any actions I take beyond this stage ultimately lead me down a rabbit hole on off the cliff into the abyss. Similar to quick sand , the more I orbit around, and go off into a frenzied "clicking at anything to fix it" the further down I sink.

Assistance with this solution is appreciated as I believe it will enlighten me on understanding a Fundamental that I missed that day in class.

Thank you in advance.

Re: This is what appears to be the transition point that is my brick wall.

TheCADWhisperer — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 19:04:18 GMT

@jampac1116 wrote:
understanding a Fundamental that I missed that day in class..

Your first sketch is not fully defined.

This dimension does not make logical sense.

I think you intended a aligned dimension of 33.

Was the Desing Intent for this arc to be Tangent?

Are you following a Tutorial for this?

If yes, what is the url?

Are there any unresolved issues highlighted in your Timeline?

Does Ctrl b (CMD b on Mac) return any issues?

Re: This is what appears to be the transition point that is my brick wall.

kacper.suchomski — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 18:59:02 GMT

@jampac1116 wrote:

I am a beginner at this and during the course of learning through videos, forums practice, I havent yet been able to fully complete a project beyond the point Im at in the attached file. This seems to be my preferred Dead End. Any actions I take beyond this stage ultimately lead me down a rabbit hole on off the cliff into the abyss. Similar to quick sand , the more I orbit around, and go off into a frenzied "clicking at anything to fix it" the further down I sink.

Assistance with this solution is appreciated as I believe it will enlighten me on understanding a Fundamental that I missed that day in class.

Thank you in advance.

We would love to help you, but you wrote 5 rhetorical sentences about how you can't cope and 0 substantive sentences about the problem you encountered.

To show you the way, we must first know your purpose.

Re: This is what appears to be the transition point that is my brick wall.

TheCADWhisperer — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 19:15:17 GMT

@jampac1116

Sketch2 is missing dimensions and I would have modeled with symmetry about the Origin if it were my design.

What is the purpose of Sketches 3-9?

Sketch10 only has one dimension and that one dimension does not make logical sense?

I suggest finding a new source of instruction on using Fusion (or any CAD),

What is the purpose of Extrude4 (why not simply edit Extrude3 distance)?

Re: This is what appears to be the transition point that is my brick wall.

TheCADWhisperer — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 21:27:55 GMT

@jampac1116 wrote:
I am a beginner at this ...

Would you like to learn how to do this correctly with step-by-step instructions?

Edit: I just read your other thread Editing in general. Move/Copy specically - Autodesk Community

You probably should have picked an easier first project, but what exactly are you attempting to model (I have a general idea it is a hand grip of some sort, but do you have an image of something similar to your Design Intent that already exists in the real world?

While I await your response, I did a little work on cleaning up the sketches.

Re: This is what appears to be the transition point that is my brick wall.

jampac1116 — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 02:11:40 GMT

Re: This is what appears to be the transition point that is my brick wall.

kacper.suchomski — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:44:09 GMT

Re: This is what appears to be the transition point that is my brick wall.

laughingcreek — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 19:11:15 GMT

lofts frequently don't behave well when you combine straight sections with curved sections, and when you have hard non-tangent transitions between curves.

to make this object, over build the primary shape (red), and then cut out the areas where you see hard edges (green).