Fusion 360 Thin Cut Feature Like SW

[Anonymous]

Is there a way to create a thin cut directly from an open sketch (line, spline, etc.) in Fusion 360? Similar to what can be done is SW where a sketch can be used to make a thin cut into the body. This would be helpful for creating curved cuts (feature made from a ball end mill for example). The sketch would be used as the centerline for a tool path. Creating a closed sketch (with rounded ends) is way too time consuming and more difficult to modify than a single line segment. Thanks, -Art  

[cekuhnen]

@Anonymous

I am quite sure that this is not possible the same way how you can do it in SW.

[HughesTooling]

I put an idea on the ideastation for thin wall extrude it would have the option for cut but I'm not sure that's the same as what you're asking for.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360-ideastation-request-a/thin-wall-extrude/idi-p/7232959

Mark

[Anonymous]

Thanks. That's the answer I was hoping I wouldn't get. Too bad. Maybe next release. Still hoping someone has a solution out there. It doesn't need to be exactly like SW just something even close would be useful. -Art

[HughesTooling · Accepted solution]

If you switch to the patch workspace you can extrude a surface then thicken set to cut.

Mark

[cekuhnen]

@Anonymous 

Hi there, @HughesTooling's idea reflects also a particular workflow in Fusion that is helpful to know.

The sketch engine is not the fastest one so I would always try to keep the sketches brutal simple as possible

and then do more work via the model tools. For example while one can fillet in a sketch I would never do it.

It keeps the sketches simpler, easier to use, faster to calculate, and surface fillets are then features we can turn on and off

unlike in a sketch were we would have to remove and then extend the sketches back to the original shapes!

[Anonymous]

Thanks Mark. I was able do what I wanted to do using patch and thicken like you suggested. I guess it will take getting used to. Weird how you need to from model to patch environment. Would have been nice to do from within model environment alone. Thanks again. -Art

[cekuhnen]

@Anonymous

I fully agree that today the patch model space idea does not make produce a nice workflow anymore

it would be interesting to have a quick mode switch tool

ADs idea was to keep menus relevant and focused