Extrusion does not chain to curved surface

[Anonymous]

I am trying to make a mold for an egg and need supports to hold the mold to the support frame. However, I extrude off the sketch at a 90 degree angle to the cured shell. I cant seem to figure out how to close the gap between the egg and the support arms. it appears that fusion will not chain the items together or extrude in the direction I need. there are probably numerous other errors in my model that an experienced user would laugh at. I have been training myself on 3d modeling for 3 months now so I have a lot to lean and would appreciate any help solving my dilemma.

I would share my model but I haven't figured out how to attach the file, not sure how to locate the file outside the program.

[dsouzasujay]

Hi @Anonymous ,

Can you attach the design that you have already created in Fusion 360? You can export by File>Export *.f3d/*.f3d file to your local drive and then Attach it here to a Reply.

[Anonymous]

attached is the exported file, thanks.

[jeff_strater · Accepted solution]

There are many ways to do this, but one way is:  Extrude from the other direction.  The screencast below shows one way to do that.  I made some assumptions about your design that may not be true - that this should be a circular pattern of handles.  If that is incorrect, then you would have to do each extrude separately  I had to make some changes to the sketch to get an axis to use for the pattern.  It would be more convenient if the component origin was in the middle of the egg shape.

Anyway, right or wrong, I hope this gives you some ideas how to proceed.

[Anonymous]

That was amazing, I will have to watch it about 50 times to figure out exactly  what you did, but it is great, in the end I will need to split the design  put a 3/4 inch lip around both sides and scrap the handles on one half while adding some balance weight to that side. but this is light-years ahead of what I was doing on my own. I will be able to learn a lot from what you did in just a few minutes. I worked for 3 days to come up with the original design. you rock.