topic Re: Ways to connect faces that are not identical in Fusion Support Forum

Ways to connect faces that are not identical

meb648 — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 04:09:45 GMT

Hello.

I am new to Fusion360 and I am trying to modify a 3d object for 3dprinting.

This is my model. I am trying to enlarge the diameter of the wheel as well as the spokes. However, it's very important that the internal holes and spoke design to be preserved.

The solution I have figured out (although not perfect) is to create a 10-polygon, slice all spokes and enlarge the outside resulting object. After this, I tried to extrude the outer spokes towards the inner spokes:

Now there are some visible gaps where the spokes meet. My question is: What other more elegant solution could I use to either extrude the outer spokes or create some perfect planes that connect with the inner hub spokes?

Re: Ways to connect faces that are not identical

TheCADWhisperer — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 06:27:00 GMT

Can you File>Export your *.f3d file to your local drive and then Attach it here to a Reply?

Re: Ways to connect faces that are not identical

meb648 — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 08:39:28 GMT

Here it is

Re: Ways to connect faces that are not identical

davebYYPCU — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 10:39:27 GMT

Your file is only a little bit empty.

Re: Ways to connect faces that are not identical

meb648 — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 11:10:31 GMT

Sorry. As I said, I am new to this.

Hope this works:

Re: Ways to connect faces that are not identical

TheCADWhisperer — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 12:06:16 GMT

Where are the sketches and features used to create the original geometry?

Is Sketch3 fully defined?

See Attached file.

Re: Ways to connect faces that are not identical

davebYYPCU — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 11:41:49 GMT

Solid > Loft > Join, one face to the other face, use Tangent condition on both sides.

do a pair, then circular pattern the pair 5 times.

Might help....

Re: Ways to connect faces that are not identical

meb648 — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 17:22:11 GMT

Wow, this is powerful! Thank you so much for your answer. Although the person above managed to get to the same solution as you, I did not fully understand only from the drawing.

It's fantastic how you can move from a shape to another so smooth.