Create sketch on cylinder in sculpt

[Anonymous]

Hi,

What is the best way create a skecth on surface? I'm trying to make a design on the surface of cylinder.

Thanks

[James.Youmatz · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Do you think you could clarify a little more for me? Are you trying to sketch on the circular faces of the cylinder (the flat face) or are you trying to sketch on the rounded part of the cylinder? My guess is you are having trouble with the rounded part, right?

James

[Anonymous]

Hi,

Thank you for the quick response. Yes, I'm trying to make holes and add
some more design on the rounded part of the cylinder. Do you think sculpted
environment is suitable to my design?

Thank you
--

Baigalmaa Batmunkh

Graduate Student

Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

batmunk2@illinois.edu

[James.Youmatz · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Not a problem! I've made a screencast below that shows how to project your sketch to a surface, in your case the cylinder face. This is a pretty handy tool that I think works really well.

http://autode.sk/1UlQQJf

In your case though, there may be an easier option to create holes in your cylinder body. In my screencast you'll notice that I created an offset construction plane. What you might wanna do is create the circle in that sketch and then extrude it through the cylinder using the "Cut" option in the "Extrude" command. Attached is a screenshot showing what I mean. 

Hopefully this clears up some confusion! Let me know if you have any more questions.

James

[Anonymous]

Hi there!  Besides the great advice James gave, here are some previous related threads with suggestions that may be helpful:

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/design-and-documentation/joining-two-components-together/m-p/5688033/h...

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/design-and-documentation/hole-starting-on-rounded-surface/m-p/5706417/...

Hope you get it figured out.

Jesse

[James.Youmatz · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous,

Just wanted to check in with you and see if the methods that @Anonymous and I posted worked for you? If so feel free to accept those answers as solutions so other Fusion 360 users experiencing similar issues can benefit from this thread!

Cheers,

[Anonymous]

Hi James,

Thank you for checking with me. Yes, the tutorial that Jesse provided with me as well as the additional sources you sent me was very explicit and helpful. I appreciate it a lot. 

Best,