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Pattern on Path - Emboss

pinegaajAPLHA — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 19:41:48 GMT

Hello! I am still learning Fusion (and 3D modeling in general) but I believe this should be an easy fix for someone who knows what they're doing... I have attached a copy of the file in question as it currently is.

I am creating a curved mesh which will eventually have a design attached to the mesh (for a custom truck grille). So far, I have extruded the shape of the curved mesh, created a sketch of the individual square cutouts in the mesh, embossed a few of these according to what I have read online, and then used Pattern Across Path; however, some of the cutouts (top left and bottom left) are not cut out. The Pattern Across Path is currently using Path Direction orientation and Optimized compute type; however, I have tried many different options with no success.

If anyone can help me to learn what I am doing wrong with these features I would greatly appreciate it! Additionally, if anyone has a better process for doing this, I am all ears!

Re: Pattern on Path - Emboss

TrippyLighting — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 19:32:35 GMT

@pinegaajAPLHA wrote:

... I have attached a copy of the file in question as it currently is.

Nope, you have not.

Re: Pattern on Path - Emboss

pinegaajAPLHA — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 19:40:47 GMT

@TrippyLighting Sorry about that. I may have posted before the file was fully added!

Re: Pattern on Path - Emboss

TrippyLighting — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 21:07:03 GMT

Here you go.
I am not sure what the end goal of this design is or, more precisely, why it would be necessary to design it in a curved form, given the very gentle curvature.

It takes a lot of time to compute all that geometry, so changes are going to be slow.

Re: Pattern on Path - Emboss

caddzeus — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 18:57:20 GMT

The way you approached modeling this part is logical for the outcome you want and a perfectly acceptable modeling practice. Fusion often exhibits quirks in mirroring or creating patterns of complex features like an Emboss. In this case, if you change the Pattern On Path - Compute Type to Identical, it will work.

I also needed to change the Emboss - Depth to -20mm to extend far enough through the part after the Pattern On Path.

Re: Pattern on Path - Emboss

g-andresen — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 21:06:20 GMT

Hi,

I would like to point out a problem with your approach.
I was astonished that you had used 20 mm for the debossing depth and reduced the value to the material thickness.
As a result, there was no debossing on the left-hand side.
How did this come about?
The pattern is based on approx. half of the entire path.
Thus, on the "mirrored side", it follows the orientation of the path (tangential to the curve) at this point.
However, this cannot be seen in the sections.
I have therefore created an embossing to clarify this.

Instead of a single symmetrical pattern, 2 one-sided patterns with assigned paths must be created here.

(view in My Videos)

As the "pattern on path" tool has a number of pitfalls, it can be useful to find alternative methods such as @TrippyLighting 's.

günther