I'm trying to preform a solid sweep and I keep having this error

[literature_gha_moh]

Good evening everyone,

I'm trying to preform a solid sweep, I've created the path and have the 2 bodies but I keep facing this error.

[wersy]

To sweep you need a path and a profile not a body.

[literature_gha_moh]

What’s a profile? Excuse me, I’m a beginner

[literature_gha_moh]

How can I crate a profile? 

[TheCADWhisperer]

@literature_gha_moh 

@wersy 

A Solid Sweep is done with a Body, but I would not use stl mesh rubbish for this.

[literature_gha_moh]

How can an I transfer the mesh into a solid

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@literature_gha_moh wrote:
 I’m a beginner

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@literature_gha_moh 

Did you create the original geometry, or did you get a stl file from some other source?

[literature_gha_moh]

I created it in another software the thing I created in fusion is the disc on the right. I have an image of the two jaws that’s how I created them

[TheCADWhisperer]

I recommend that you create all of the geometry natively in Fusion.

Ask questions as you go along (don't wait until you are drowning in deep water).

You can probably use the same image in Fusion on a Canvas.

Attach the image here for instructions.

[literature_gha_moh]

This is the original image I added the hock like buttons as a band mechanism to hold the two jaws together. 

I will attach the pictures of the mechanism I’m trying to create and a video

this is the image 

The drawing of what I’m trying to create

https://www.tiktok.com/@drjoedamiani/video/7209278647717367086?_d=secCgYIASAHKAESPgo8T8GHOWN8evNmU1o...

[TheCADWhisperer]

@How big do you want this?

The original model that you attached is massive...

[literature_gha_moh]

15cm by 15cm

thank you so much

[TrippyLighting]

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@literature_gha_moh wrote:
What’s a profile? Excuse me, I’m a beginner

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For a beginner, my strong recommendation would be to first go through one of the free tutorial courses accessible from within Fusion:

While I have not reviewed that material recently, my guess is that it does not include a solid sweep through a converted .stl file.

There are literally thousands of threads on this forum that report problems with .stl files, because triangulated meshes are NOT how CAD software represents geometry.

You might get lucky, with this approach, but is it s not a good workflow!

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@literature_gha_moh wrote:

15cm by 15cm

thank you so much

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@literature_gha_moh 

First thing I did was create a sketch with a 4-sided polygon to give sense of scale.

Then I insert the image on a Canvas

Next I Calibrate the image...

Then I Edit Canvas to get the top line close to Horizontal...

Then I start tracing the image.

Keep geometry as simple as possible.

Use lines and arcs rather than splines where possible.

Use a few points in splines as possible (adjust the node Handles).

All of this is well beyond beginner level endeavor.

See Attached beginning file.

[literature_gha_moh]

Hello, 

THANK YOU SO MUCH, 

I completed the trace, is it good? And what should I do next? Extrude it? 

[TheCADWhisperer]

@literature_gha_moh 

Note that part of your sketch is shaded blue while other areas are not.

This indicates openings in the sketch.

Zoom way in on the white dot(s) indicated by the arrow.

What do you observe?

[literature_gha_moh]

Hey, 

thank again for all your help, I fixed it

https://a360.co/42KDzVW

[TheCADWhisperer]

@literature_gha_moh 

Now do your Extrusion.

(I would probably do two Extrusions (you would have to turn the visibility of the sketch back on) even though you could do it in one Extrusion since the bodies are separated.)

Then continue on with the pins.

[literature_gha_moh]

great, 

what do you think about the mechanism I was suggesting? Do you think it’s reasonable? Or should I approach it in a different way?

as this would mean it will be open from both sides and I would need to somehow figure away to close it.

[TheCADWhisperer]

@literature_gha_moh 

I would have to see the continuation of your modeling progress to comment.

Attach progress file here.