Help bending a tube with an extrusion in it

[walkernb2020]

Hi everyone,

I'm still new to Fusion but am making progress!

I'm making a fish sculpture, and I need to join two metal inserts from windscreen wipers together; the frame of the fish is made from these, and because one isn't long enough to go all the way around, I'll need to join them in places.

I've designed a simple tube that has an extrusion in the centre at each end for the wiper inserts to slide into (3.95 x 1.32mm). The tube is 6mm in diameter. It will be around 40mm long to allow a couple of cm of each insert's end to be secured. I'll print it on my 3D printer.

I need to put a slight bend through the tube, so it follows the contour of the fish's snout, rather than be simply straight.

I've attached a pic of the fish. On the far left in blue is a little sketch of my tube, on the right in blue by the snout is where it will join. You can see it will be a very gentle bend, maybe 5 degrees?

Can someone suggest an easy way to put a soft bend in this revolved and extruded tube? I'd like the interior extrusion to follow the bend of the tube.

thanks!

Barney

[walkernb2020]

That's a great video!

I managed to recreate it using your steps. I had a bit of issue creating the arc and getting a midpoint to take, I did finally. And, selecting the plane to draw my rectangle on. I couldn';t for the life of me figure out how to switch planes - then I turned on Origin and I could draw it on the right face.

Yes, me saying 5 degrees didn't really help. I was trying to suggest if there was a straight line, how much would the arc at each end be away from that line. The method you have with the radius works much better!

thank you very much for your help

Barney