Help needed to modify size of extrusion

Help needed to modify size of extrusion

K.dalby
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Help needed to modify size of extrusion

K.dalby
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Hi all, Completely new user here.

I have been following a YouTube course on 360 and have managed to create a small box with a lid. I have exported this to 3d printer G File but have now decided the box is too tall and I would like to reduce the height.

Can someone tell me how I go about this please? I have been searching the internet but cannot find an easy to follow answer!

Cheers

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TheCADWhisperer
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Can you File>Export your *.f3d file to your local drive and then Attach it here to a Reply?

 

Edit Sketch or Edit Feature.

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K.dalby
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As requested here is the .f3d file.

 

Thanks

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K.dalby
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With regards to my problem, here is the .f3d file for the project.

What I am looking to do is reduce the height of the longer box body which will allow me to print in less time but use the same interlocking parts until I get it right and can just increase the length again.

Thanks.

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TrippyLighting
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I am 100% convinced that the course did not instruct you to design the things the way you did.
The sketches are not fully defined and it looks like you copy/pasted identical sketch items on top of each other.

I'd start from scratch!


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K.dalby
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Hi, followed the steps given exactly. It is a basic course for complete beginners to fusion 360 the guy is called Paul McWhorter from toptechboy.com who is apparently a retired teacher. His explanations seem spot on and he is very enthusiastic about his subject. As a newbie I cannot confirm if he is correct or not but his explanations seem easy for me to pick up being totally new to both 3d printing and fusion360.

I can's see how starting from scratch would help me if I don't know what he is telling me is wrong, perhaps if you watched the related video you could give me some pointers??

Here is the link to the video if you have time to fast forward through it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qTcZ8ynk4U&list=PLGs0VKk2DiYx15SfBxO_VE6ELhpy0VnAw&index=2

 

Thanks for the feedback

Rgds

K

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TheCADWhisperer
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@K.dalby wrote:

Hi, followed the steps given exactly. It is a basic course for complete beginners to fusion 360 the guy is called Paul McWhorter from toptechboy.com who is apparently a retired teacher. His explanations seem spot on and he is very enthusiastic about his subject.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qTcZ8ynk4U&list=PLGs0VKk2DiYx15SfBxO_VE6ELhpy0VnAw&index=2

 


Oh boy, toptechboy needs to take some classes on sketching.

Blue lines should keep you awake at night.

You should not be able to eat...

Fully define your sketches.

 

Edit:  It looks like he figured it out in a later video...  Lesson 5.

 

He starts out with a fully defined sketch and then completely messes things up.

What is the link to his Lesson 1 video?

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TheCADWhisperer
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To answer your original question, to change sketch dimensions - right click on the sketch and select Edit Sketch.  Then double click on any dimension you want to change.

... to change Extrusion dimensions - right click on the Extrusion and select Edit Feature.  Then double click on any dimension you want to change.

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TheCADWhisperer
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K.dalby
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Hi, here is the link to his first lesson:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5tp4QXciK4&list=PLGs0VKk2DiYx15SfBxO_VE6ELhpy0VnAw&index=1

Thank you for taking the time
Rgds
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K.dalby
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All Sorted now guys thanks, I have managed to adjust the sizes and will check further into Pauls methods>


Thanks for all the help and input.


K

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TrippyLighting
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I did not have time yesterday to continue to respond to this. Hopefully, his does not sound too negative. Making good tutorials is a lot of work. I appreciate his clear explanations and the work he put into these tutorials.

 

However, enthusiasm does not indicate subject matter expertise!

Due to Fusion 360s accessibility, many make well-meaning people tutorials. Many of them also use less than ideal techniques. 

 

Before even firing up any CAD software you should start thinking about the end goal. Do you just want a digital model for visualization and rendering, or do you want to make "the thing"?


IF you do want to make it, how?

does your end product consist of different discrete parts?

Like, in this case, a box and a lid are different discrete parts and should be different components.

 

Once you've done that, then the next thing is to think about symmetries and patterns. Both of these considerations can help considerably reducing sketch and modeling work.

 

Then you might start sketching. The purpose of a sketch in CAD software is to create base geometry. As little as possible! Fewer sketch objects mean fewer constraints and dimensions are needed. This results in more stable behavior and faster performing designs, aside from being much less work. 

If the part is symmetric, you might only sketch half of it and the mirror.

But don't mirror the sketch, but 3D geometry.

 

 


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