Any way to deform a complex shape?

[chenhan5]

So I was trying to make something look like the image on the right. My friend using rhino says in rhino he can deform the whole thing like the image suggests. However, I haven't found a feature in fusion that works roughly the same. I guess I could do it with the purple form by making each box curvy and put them together-- which sounds like a lot of work.  

Can any master share some insight to save this poor man from this puzzle?

[Drewpan]

Hi,

Start by posting a screenshot and the file so we can have a look at it.😎

Cheers

Andrew

[chenhan5]

Oops looks like the previous image wasn't properly attached. 

[chenhan5]

Thanks for letting me know Andrew. My screenshot was removed for some reason. I have resubmitted it. Please tell me if it is not showing again.

[TrippyLighting · Accepted solution]

No, deformers like that unfortunately do not exist in Fusion!

[Drewpan]

Hi,

No screenshot but the picture did come through.

Ok. As far as I know fusion does not have a tool that will allow you to do what is in the picture, or if it does it will

not be easy. The issue is that fusion is parametric software that gives you enormous control about where everything

goes EXACTLY but it doesn't cope as well where there rubbery definitions.

The best example I can give you would be that I can model a cube exactly in a specific place. I could make it out of

clay and it would be perfect and I could get a machine to re-create that model the way I designed it. Now if I decided

to poke my finger into the clay I would make an impression, I can model that in clay no problem. If I want a machine

to copy the model however I would have to exactly model my finger to a high degree of accuracy to even start to

re-create the model. You can do it but it is tricky with fusion. Do you know the mathematical formula for the

roundness of your finger offhand? How much will it deform as you poke it into the clay? So parametric software

just isn't the right tool to do this sort of thing.

Rhino and Blender and other packages allow you to sculpt your model at the expense of the accuracy of the

definition. The file you create will be accurate but it will not be defined by nice clean mathematical formulae.

Fusion does have the capability to form model but it is not captured in the timeline history the same way as other

parametric functions are.

Best bet here would be to get your friend to do it for you or use different software that you can form model then

import it as a mesh into fusion.

Cheers

Andrew

[TrippyLighting]

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@Drewpan wrote:

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Rhino and Blender and other packages allow you to sculpt your model at the expense of the accuracy of the

definition. 

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Please don't provide opinions or feedback on software applications you have never used and that you clearly don't understand! 

RHINO is a NURBS modeler, and the precision you can model with it is on par with any other CAD software.

It simply has many more NURBS modeling tools than Fusion 360!

In the procedural modeling NURBS modeling space, which by definition is also parametric,  it has no competition! 

For 3D printing, Blender can create a model as precisely as CAD software. With Geometry Nodes it also possesses procedural and parametric qualities. 

We've asked for deformer tools for a very long time. For example, these can be very helpful in industrial and product design. 

[chenhan5]

Thanks for replaying, that is so sad to know.

[chenhan5]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, I am considering switching to rhino or blender to do such a thing.

[chenhan5]

Yeah deformer tools could've been nice for my industrial design homeworks. Thanks for sharing I am now trying to creat this shape in blender.