Assemblies

[Anonymous]

On autodesk inventor you could open a new file to start an assembly but on fusion i have no idea how to start one. Can any tell me how i can assemble all of my designs?

[kevinwatts]

Hi Joshua,

You might want to look at this link. I has the up-to-date information on building assemblies. In Fusion it is basically, it is a mater of converting or creating individual Components and then Joining them to create a complete assembly. The individual components can then can be exported for fabrication in several file formats.

Kevin

http://fusion360.autodesk.com/learning/learning.html?guid=GUID-6A7FA744-15AF-46F0-8558-932FF89135D7

Here are a few more links that I found helpful when starting to work with components and assemblies:

Ref. Components and Bodies in Fusion 360

Tutorial: How to create bodies and components
http://help.autodesk.com/view/NINVFUS/ENU/?guid=GU​ID-C1D4C0D8-2695-4D88-8E90-2FF85B4FD47B

Bodies and components

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/fusion-360/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/ENU/Fusion-...

What is the difference between bodies and components?
http://help.autodesk.com/view/NINVFUS/ENU/?guid=GU​ID-E37B0456-A867-429F-BF69-6A4626DD31E7

Components Forum:

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/sketching-sculpting-modeling-and/what-is-so-fantastic-about-components...

ALLIGNING COMPONENTS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t81V6zNRKFQ&list=PLmA_xUT-8UlJpYbha60oAQMxFlBY371oZ&index=13

FIX/LOCK COMPONENT'S POSITION

Select Component and R-Click --> Ground

JOINTS

Joint Origin

Defines the axis for a joint. You can define before joining the parts. (see Function -> Build assemblies Create joint origins on components)

Joining Srews to Plate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I-tvWeGpm4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0bhdr84FNU

As Built Joints – imported tri-pod that has bodies built in place

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgdaw3XQyCw

-example selected top level, R-Click, Capture Design History (

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLJBZnEZ4qg&list=PLmA_xUT-8UlJpYbha60oAQMxFlBY371oZ&index=16

[fredsi]

Fusion was designed to use a single environment for design - parts and assemblies. (Drawing exist in a separate environment.) As such you do not see the traditional, separate part, assembly, drawing, presentation templates of Inventor, Solidworks and the like.

As with Inventor, you can work in a bottom up fashion creating parts and them a final document to bring them together. But Fusion was really designed as a top down, in-context program for assembly design. The link below is from the Fusion help and explains both approaches:

http://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/learn-training-tutorials?mktvar002=662996&utm_medium=pro...

In the upper right hand corner of the screen is the '?' button; click it and go to the first item - Learn Fusion. On that page, part way down, you will find tutorials (including the one above) that go over the options in Fusion assembly. Apologies if you've already been there, done that

A year or more ago, this conceptual leap was difficult for some folk such as myself, coming from a Solidworks/Inventor background, but Fusion team has plugged away at creating lessons to help clear up the concepts - hope it helps. Good luck.

Fred

Edit: Looks like Kevin got there ahead of me.