topic Re: Create component from body creates surface instead of solid in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

Create component from body creates surface instead of solid

evanp4509U4JZ — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 17:41:18 GMT

Any idea why this would happen? The body is a solid originaly. When I create component from body to be able to export it to branch the project it creates a new component and the body in that component is a surface.

Re: Create component from body creates surface instead of solid

jhackney1972 — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 17:44:30 GMT

Please attach your model. If you do not know how to attach your Fusion 360 model follow these easy steps. Open the model in Fusion 360, select the File menu, then Export and save as a F3D or F3Z file to your hard drive. Then use the Attachments section, of a forum post, to attach it.

Re: Create component from body creates surface instead of solid

evanp4509U4JZ — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 17:51:28 GMT

It's a mess. Component 13:1 is the new component with the surface body that was a solid before conversion.

Re: Create component from body creates surface instead of solid

evanp4509U4JZ — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 17:59:42 GMT

In a n attempt to alleviate some of the horrible modeling practices and mile long timelines created by no less than 3 people having a hand in almost every model we have I have begun to take the working body, the one we created a physical tool from, and save it as its own component to export and start "fresh" from a known body that matches the tool in the cabinet. Is this a particularly bad practice? If I wish to start from a working model that matches a physical tool is there a better way? Save as STL? I have hundreds of these files that have mile long timelines full of red Xs and yellow squares.

Re: Create component from body creates surface instead of solid

jhackney1972 — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 18:12:43 GMT

I do not know why the conversion from a body to a component exposed the surface opening but it is easy to fix. The video will explain. Corrected model is attached.

(view in My Videos)

Re: Create component from body creates surface instead of solid

evanp4509U4JZ — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 18:31:23 GMT

Thank you very much. I had no idea that the free edges could be found that way. Thanks again.