Any 3D printing enthusiasts?
I am! It is under construction.
This is awesome!
This was a tricky model to 3D print.... With the help of many supports, we've printed the chair by Timothy Shawn Harrison on our MakerBot Replicator 2.
Removing the supports is definitely work! Any tips?
http://fusion360.autodesk.com/projects/87
Hey Kat, I've been introduced to the time-consuming world of support removal too! I realise now how spoilt I've been just getting nicely finished RP's from a bureau 😄
I got my Cube-X and just managed to fit my Bloodhound steering wheel on the bed, diagonally. This was on 0.5mm layers (lowest quality). The build went a bit funny around the base, and near the top, but I'm really pleased with how it captured the form. It actually, somehow, fits quite nicely in my hands! I could never have done this in Inventor.
It is one step further than 123D or Fusion for Mac but in many aspects for me coming from Rhino - Alias Automotive I find the idea of Fusion 360 very interesting mixing surfacing with a more Inventor like approach but I feel limited by the tool set the software currently only offers.
This does not mean that I think it is a bad software. As a designer personally I however have a problem currently identifying what the target market for Fusion 360 should be, because it feels like a mixed back of many things but lacking a clear strategy.
Claas Kuhnen
Faculty Industrial Design – Wayne State Universit
Chair Interior Design – Wayne State University
Owner studioKuhnen – product : interface : design
Hi there,
please I hope I do not come across negative - thats not my intent, I just try to offer some honest and objective opinion which however also only reflects my own needs and workflow.
I think for me the biggest problem is the amount of surfacing tools Fusion 360 only offers compared to Rhino or Alias.
While they all offer for example some extrude loft etc the devil is in the detail and how much those tools offer you different options.
It seems that Fusion 360 in general tries to be more engineering like with the Inventor / Solidworks approach. This methodology seems by itself provide
some advantages (the sketches and sketch constraints) but at the same time being limited by just them as well as they are not as flexible as 3D sketches/curves.
if you look for example at edge rounding commands one can see quickly that Fusion 360 has rather very basic options compared to the highly specialised
Alias tools.
What appreciate in Fusion is how much they try in contrast to Rhino simplify the interface and group surfacing commands together.
As far as I know that was the same issue with Pro-E or SolidWorks when they competed with dedicated surfacing applications and were outperformed by them. With recently SolidWorks got a lot more usable also by surfacing designers and not just engineers with having included much better 3D sketch functions.
However I assume and hope that with time the commands in Fusion 360 will grow in quantity and also in depth.
Claas Kuhnen
Faculty Industrial Design – Wayne State Universit
Chair Interior Design – Wayne State University
Owner studioKuhnen – product : interface : design
Howdy!
Thought Id post some print work here. I am currently working with an associate to develop some scale model kits. I use fusion to model small arms, remote weapon stations and other military hardware. I would love to get more involved in the development of remote weapon stations in the future once I have enough skills and confidence to start asking some of the big defense companies for work.
Right now Im just a toy maker 🙂
So here it is. Kongsberg remote weapon station M151 Protector.
Work in progress
Finished product will be about one inch tall. I also plan on having a 6 inch version made as well.