Fusion
Hey guys, just wanted to post and show a project that I'm working on currently. Been doing mostly smaller objects to learn the basics and decided to try something a little more complicated. It's been a learning experience working thru the in and outs of the program. Still have the entire back portion and adding in various details. Looking forward to completing it and printing it on my printer once it arrives in the next couple of weeks.
So, finally finished the the Halo Assault Rifle. Back end needs a little more work but mostly done. Learned a lot going thru the build and found some glitches here and there while going thru the modeling process. Right now I've been tinkering around with to Thea Render. Looking forward to move on to the next project.
hahaha nice work!
I love the fact that now also game asset designers start to use Fusion instead of Maya Modo 3DMax or such
and they all said NURBS is dead for yeas - ah well
Claas Kuhnen
Faculty Industrial Design – Wayne State Universit
Chair Interior Design – Wayne State University
Owner studioKuhnen – product : interface : design
@Anonymous
Hmmm the PC should not be a limit here to model this. Can you show a screenshot? Maybe you build to complex.
I found Fusion even on old hardware to be pretty fast when doing surface calculations.
I currently also teach furniture design and have a lot of interior design students. They were so mad after I gave them
an introduction into sketching in Fusion 360 that they were not shown how to use constraints in AutoCad and also
cannot build their models in Fusion 360 but have to use SketchUp.
The more I teach Fusion360 the more I feel this was the right decision to switch to it because it is powerful and easy to learn.
Claas Kuhnen
Faculty Industrial Design – Wayne State Universit
Chair Interior Design – Wayne State University
Owner studioKuhnen – product : interface : design
Yea, I currently use a older mac book pro. So, the attached picture is my reference picture. On the upper portion of the gun there are a lot of small details cut into the curved surface. I project all of those lines to the surface. I made a rectangular shape which I used to follow the path I projected. It literally took over an hour to get it to follow the path when dragging it. If you have any tips on how to make that run faster open to any suggestions.
So, how come your students cant use fusion and can only use Sketchup? I've watched some of your videos. Keep putting out great content. It helps out a lot.
@Anonymous
Why do you think they cannot use Fusion but SketchUp?
I teach Fusion together with Blender as a combo so the focus is on Fusion for CAD and Blender for Ideation and generative mesh design that is too hard
for traditional CAD apps.
The needler would be a great example for blocking out the design via mesh (Blender or TS directly) and then in Fusion using the CAD tools to slice trim combine etc objects.
Claas Kuhnen
Faculty Industrial Design – Wayne State Universit
Chair Interior Design – Wayne State University
Owner studioKuhnen – product : interface : design
These are .22LR conversions ive done using gutted airsoft bodies
I'm at the point where i just want to design my own and have a CNC shop cut it out for me
I have a 3D printer Mendel Max 1.5 but im having trouble calibrating it.
@Anonymous
One cannot really compare Fusion and Blender this is like apples and oranges.
Fusion 360 is fantastic for CAD work precise parametric but with that comes the down side you need to pre plan your design when you want to use
the parametric workflow well.
Blender on the other side is more a free form sculpting workflow. You cannot use dimensions or sketches as Blender is more like Direct Modeling.
But Blender adds object end mesh edit modes so you can pose an object and then in edit mode manipulate it including local and global translations which is a killer feature.
Adding the modifiers which are like features you have a very fast and productive sculpting tool that allows you to work a bit like in CAD or Fusion.
Blender I mainly use to make concept models, hard edge models, or general organic shapes all CAD apps including Fusion T-Splines is not able to do.
Well thats no surprise since Blender is made for animation T-Splines is not.
But because Fusion allows you to import OBJ mesh and convert it either via TS into smooth BREPS or Mesh2Brep convert flat quad faces into flat nurbs it is a killer combo.
In my class I teach less software centric. I think it is not ideal to try to make Fusion to be able to do everything. So Blender is just a toolbox of sculpting tools.
Fusion is just a toolbox of CAD tools. The clue is how you mix them in your workflow.
And from my experience both apps are fantastic together!
Thea render is also incredible powerful. Quite cheap for what it does and it offers GPU based rendering.
So you can use the Fusion build in while exploring designs and when done use Thea to do the pro grade renderings for print and such.
Claas Kuhnen
Faculty Industrial Design – Wayne State Universit
Chair Interior Design – Wayne State University
Owner studioKuhnen – product : interface : design
@Anonymous
I guess it really shows how some industries just don't really embrace technology. I am quite sure that all interior designers that teach CAD
only teach AutoCad drafting based on how they learned it which 99% does not include constraints. I try while I am in ID teach interior
and exhibit designed based on what I feel students should learn. If they will be later to use it is a different questions. But I found often
that they brought new knowledge to their future work places.
Blender is like T-Splines but on steroids. If what you need to sculpt can be done in TS then there is no need to leave Fusion and use Blender.
However if TS is just not able to do it then one can and should use Blender.
For example Fusion offers no deformation tools. I helped a client where we build the temples for a new set of glasses in Blender.
We imported from Fusion the reference frame to work with.
I sculpted the temple flat and then bend the design along a path as needed. Afterwards the temple was exported as OBJ back to Fusion
and via TS converted it to BREP. Worked perfectly.
For more about Fusion and Blender check this you can take a look at my YouTube playlists.
The 2016 playlist just started. Next week we will do a basic rendering and studio design session and then after next week send the design
to Fusion 360 to finish it. Each project will include Blender2Fusion to Fusion2Blender2Fusion simply so the students learn both equally
and don't pick a preference.
Industrial Design: 2016
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO-CARrxyXozzG7mKj3dGWvobD_S6Z_nW
Old 2015: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO-CARrxyXox3AK-8rmFTBM9gQlohsRMf
Furniture Design: 2016
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO-CARrxyXoxF2hujNqnYbPsB3D-6MDYS
Thea Rendering:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO-CARrxyXoxB7gIdvOPWqv19efr_pl0H
Claas Kuhnen
Faculty Industrial Design – Wayne State Universit
Chair Interior Design – Wayne State University
Owner studioKuhnen – product : interface : design
