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Submitted byAnonymouson05-23-201704:25 PM
Status:
Gathering Support
Fusion 360 Frame Generator
I really loved the frame generator in inventor i always use then in making structural frames and now i am using Fusion 360 its time consuming making every profile sketch of each frame member. So having said that i really loved the frame generator to be integrated in fusion 360 thanks,
Thanks for the update. I made sure to vote, I'm hoping (along with many other people) that we can get this bumped up to being an official project and implemented in Fusion.
One thing I was wondering after watching your video - if you change the parent sketch (modify length and width) after implementing all your miters and trims, all the end conditions follow suit after changing lengths?
There is still quite a bit of work to do. It probably wont update automatically but that is something I am looking at trying to include by way of userparameters.
the link above is for the beta of the frame generator. i have made some of it easier and got rid of the errors that were popping up. Currently only square and rectangular tubing is working.
It was very straight forward. I did get a couple of errors when putting together some frames but I need to do a better job following a process before I consider it the add-in and not something on my side.
I really like it, I am still a little partial to SolidWorks but I can probably get accustom to this and be equally efficient.
Thanks for putting a BETA out for us to play with. I will send some updates and pics as I go.
@matthew.nichols I played with is a little more this evening. I have a few items I need to figure how to correctly implement with the add-in but you should be proud of this! It is a great add-in!!! You are going to force me to spend more time in fusion rather than just using it as a file converter for SolidWorks (which it also does well, exceptionally when you want to scale).
I will continue to play with it and see if I notice issues, but I cannot tell you how happy I am to see this.
@chadbromwich I think @matthew.nichols had it listed in the readme file of the download. I am not a Mac person so I cannot answer but there are Mac OS X instructions listed in the link I referenced from Matthew's instructions. I believe Fusion 360 is cross platform but what do I know. Ohh, I know I like this add-in. 🙂
glad to hear that you are liking it. definitely give me feedback on anything that comes up because if i can get this portion working good enough then i can look at expanding it by adding more member types.
share some pics of what you are creating with it if you that is cool.
I found this forum thread while looking to finish my Honors Aerospace Engineering assignment. When I use the link from above, it takes me to an error page. Could you please put out a link that works (I'm on Windows 10 with an Education License to Fusion 360, if that helps).
@matthew.nichols Great to see that someone has finally taken this on. I haven't tried it yet, but looking forward to it. Just a pity that it has so little support from ADSK. Frames and cutlists are absolutely essential for any structural engineering. The weldment feature is really the only reason why people still spend money on Solidworks. Really a missed opportunity for ADSK here.
