Is it possible to make array with various dimension? I want to make cutout for the frets in a guitar neck. In some CAD softwares there is possible to make array relative to sketch points, but I can't find similar solution in F360.
Array with various dimension.
Hi,
I don't know about an array but you should be able to do it with parameters. This has come up recently and there are
a few guitar based questions on the forum around this problem. There are a number of web pages that talk about it
https://www.stewmac.com/fret-calculator/
http://www.buildyourguitar.com/resources/tips/fretdist.htm
These are helpful pages.
Fret spacing is all about the Scale Length and is based upon the constant 17.817. To calculate the Frets you need an
initial Scale Length, this is 25.5" for Fender Tele and Strat guitars normally. The formula used works like this.
Fret(N) = ((Scale Length - Dist to Fret(N-1))/17.817) + Dist to Fret(N-1)
Fret(0) is always 0 distance from the Nut or technically the Nut is Fret(0)
Fret(1) will be ((25.5 - 0)/17.817) + 0 = 1.4312"
Fret(2) will be ((25.5 - 1.4312)/17.817) + 1.4312 = 1.3509 + 1.4312 = 2.7821"
Fret(3) will be ((25.5 - 2.7821)/17.817) + 2.7821 = 1.2751 + 2.7821 = 4.0572"
There is also web pages around that will not only calculate the scale but also create a dwf or dwg file you can import
directly into fusion to use as a template. I had a quick look but cannot remember where I bookmarked one.
Cheers
Andrew
