How to automate putting windows in many faces of an architecture?
When I edit the post it even shows it accepts the URL for the Screencast with a preview but it does not stick. Maybe I don't have enough "points" on this forum or something??
Was it imported as a mesh?
Let me answer two of your questions first:
@NOVALightLabs wrote:
Perhaps there is some application of the "Pattern" tool while using the "Features" as the rule but for each face instead of a grid?
Or, as maybe you hint at, is there a way to do this better if the mesh is created entirely in F360 instead of a few back and forthes?
No and No!
There is a specific reason why I asked whether the geometry was imported as a triangulated mesh 😉
@NOVALightLabs wrote:
I made the object in MeshMixer by importing what might be described as a "pill shaped" object. I then reduced the polygon count and then cut the pill shaped in half.
I would have used Blender for that. The workflow you used in Fusion 360 to create the windows basically creates what in the polygon modeling world is called an Inset. In Blender this can be automated using Geometry Nodes. Once that node network is created you can throw any triangulated mesh at it and it'll just work.
In Fusion 360 you are limited to do this manually just as you showed in the screencast.
The start mesh for this object was just half a IcoSphere consisting out of triangles.
The resulting mesh with windows can be exported as a .obj and imported as a mesh into Fusion 360. There you can convert the mesh directly into BRep (solid body).
The first thing I noticed is the scale of the object is only in the 3 mm range. Scale the object in Blender and apply the scale.
Check this with the Boundary Box in the Properties.
I exported as .obj and can only convert it into a solid using the "faceted" option in the conversion dialogue.
The "prismatic" option, which would be preferred, requires creating face groups prior to conversion. The face group settings do not allow the creation of sensible face groups for such a mesh. It needs an option to create face groups from co-planar faces.
