Bridge from square to circle

Bridge from square to circle

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Bridge from square to circle

Anonymous
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Hi all,

 

I am quite the beginner at Fusion 360 and I am looking to bridge a gap between a cilinder (so a circle edge) and a square. Below two screenshots to indicate the problem. My steps in sculpt mode:

- Convert the side edge of the cilinder. This results in a square around the edge. See the first screenshot.

- Convert the edge of the square (not shown)

- Bridge the cilinder edge (which is now a square) and the originally already square edge to form a cilinder/cone shaped bridge. Result shown in second screenshot

 

Screen Shot 2016-07-11 at 21.40.47.pngScreen Shot 2016-07-11 at 21.40.46.png

 

My questions:

- Why does F360 form a square around the circle when converting and is there a way to avoid this? 

- The bridge is per definition a cilinder shape, but I (originally) have a square as one edge. Is there a way I can go from a cilinder to a square using the whole edges of both side? It may look a bit awkward but I don't see why this cannot work.

- The bridge never fully aligns with the edge of the cilinder (see second screenshot). I have used the match function on a different occasion to resolve this, but this does not lead to a smooth result. Is there another way to avoid this. 

 

Would really appreciate your help. I am probably going to regret saying this, but please do not hesitate to give me direct feedback if you think it may help.

 

Thanks!

 

Richard

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jeff_strater
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Hi @Anonymous,

 

This is exactly what the Loft command is good for.  See the screencast below:

 

 

Hope this is clear.

 

Jeff

 


Jeff Strater
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jeff_strater
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Also, I did not at first notice that you were using Sculpt to try this.  Is there a reason you want to use Sculpt?  I would tend to stick to solids for this, in which case Loft is the best tool for this problem.

 

Jeff

 


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Anonymous
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Thanks! No particular reason to use sculpt mode, loft function works perfectly indeed. I got to the sculpt > bridge function via some youtube video. Would you be able to guide me to a resource that would be discussing all the functions of Fusion360? Thanks again, Richard

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jeff_strater
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Hi @Anonymous,

 

" discussing all the functions of Fusion360" is a bit of a tall order, I'm afraid.  However, I would recommend starting with the Fusion "Getting started" training, here:  getting started with Fusion.

 

This site has a good collection of tutorials that will get you started.  A more general site is here, which contains more complete documentation.

 

Jeff

 


Jeff Strater
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TrippyLighting
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You are on that resource!

 

We discuss ALL Fusion 360 topics here on the Forum 😉

This might not be a satisfactory answer for you at the moment, but if you come here often and go through posts you'll find that this is a treasure trove of creative solutions that are really hard to cover in another form.


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