topic Re: Domed (concave or convex) surface inventor fusion in Inventor Forum

Domed (concave or convex) surface inventor fusion

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 12:49:26 GMT

HI, i am looking for a way to make domed surface in inventor fusion, i found a thread showing how to do it in fusion 360, by selecting intersection point on lines and using the move tool, however this doesnt work in inventor fusion, when we select the intersection point and use the move tool then the whole surface slects itself and the move applies to it which of course doesnt make anything else than moving the whole surface on Z axis.

Thanks

Re: Domed (concave or convex) surface inventor fusion

TheCADWhisperer — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 13:18:57 GMT

Inventor Fusion?

Can you post screen shot of your interface?

Can you Attach your file here?

Re: Domed (concave or convex) surface inventor fusion

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 17:19:03 GMT

Yes, that is inventor fusion actually, it runs on OSX and was downloaded from apple store. It seems to be a light version of fusion somehow. Enough to make the enclosure design i had to do, except for this concave / convex surface issue.

kelly.young has embedded your images for clarity.

Re: Domed (concave or convex) surface inventor fusion

TheCADWhisperer — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 15:26:29 GMT

I am surprised that program still runs - it was discontinued years ago and replaced with Fusion 360.

Did you download and install that program recently

did you install it more than 5 years ago?

Re: Domed (concave or convex) surface inventor fusion

kelly.young — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 17:18:03 GMT

Hello @Anonymous I see that you are visiting as a new member to the Inventor Forum.
Welcome to the Autodesk Community!

Do you have specs or dimensions you are trying to follow? If you can attach a screenshot, attach your Part, or if it is an Assembly use Pack & Go as .zip to include all of the parts to give you detailed feedback on.

There are many ways to accomplish what you are trying to do, just depends on what the parameters of your dome are. If you can provide some additional information that would be helpful.

Please select the Accept as Solution button if a post solves your issue or answers your question.

Re: Domed (concave or convex) surface inventor fusion

mcgyvr — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 18:03:36 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

HI, i am looking for a way to make domed surface

revolve an arc?

Re: Domed (concave or convex) surface inventor fusion

Anonymous — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 20:19:42 GMT

Hi,

Thank you for the support, it turned out for my particular case the best approach was to create a sketch with splines over a rectangle, modify the splines to the intended shape with move tool, turn that into a surface with loft tool an then apply the change to the target surfaces with the replace face tool. I found the process very convenient and powerfull.

Re: Domed (concave or convex) surface inventor fusion

Anonymous — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 20:26:20 GMT

@mcgyvr

In my particular case the sweep tool didnt worked well, but it is certainly a good approach to achieve rounded bevel edges.

I finally made a surface from splines aand loft tool, then used this surface with replace face tool on my target faces for a perfect final result, easy and fast once you know how to do it.