Is it possible to take a JPEG of a pattern, wrap it around a cylinder & then cut the pattern into the cylinder?

[chrisvenables]

I'm very new to Fusion 360, I only really need it to design a few products, I've worked my way through a dozen or so starter projects but I haven't come across the kind of technique that will help me achieve my goal. 

Basically I need to design a pole, with a pattern cut into it from a JPEG. I've attached said pattern. 

I'm coming from a graphic design background, where in adobe it would be quite simple to repeat and wrap this flat jpeg around a cylinder but I'm pretty much stuck/wondering if it's even possible in a program like Fusion 360!

Any help will be much appreciated 🙂

[g-andresen]

Hi,

1. tool: Solid > Create > Emboss

2. Needed: Pattern profile imported SVG or DXF > lenght max. =  circumference of  cylinder

günther

[Warmingup1953]

Yes Fusion 360 is perfectly suitable. You'll need a vector file as a .svg or .dxf that has the correct geometry and ideally a forgiving meet-up as the pattern wraps around the cylinder. Perhaps your pattern shown can be redrawn in Illustrator as a tileable pattern? You say Pole....Do you need it tileable in both X&Y?

Here's one (Free) I found online: As an .eps file. Here laid out as 3X3 But unwelded

[Warmingup1953]

I did manage to get close for the Emboss as a 360-degree wrap...and that emboss in a Rectangular Pattern also worked or at least close to working! The file needs a Workstation with grunt to work on.

[TrippyLighting]

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@Warmingup1953 wrote:

... You'll need a vector file as a .svg or .dxf

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I'd be very careful with that advice!

I've been here on this forum almost daily for the last 8 years. This forum has thousands of threads discussing problems with imported stuff. .svg and .dxf are very prone to create problems.

They work sometimes as you've demonstrated, but very often they don't.

Also, I might point out the obvious, .svg and .dxf are vector graphics and .jpg is a compressed (with loss) raster graphics image. 

[laughingcreek]

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@TrippyLighting wrote:

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@Warmingup1953 wrote:

... You'll need a vector file as a .svg or .dxf

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I'd be very careful with that advice!

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100%

using imported .svg files seems like the "easy" way of doing it.  but there are so many possible pitfalls that working with them should really be considered an advanced technique, not a beginner one.

redraw this with native fusion sketch curves.  draw as few as possible so you have 1 of each unique shape, emboss it and then pattern the rest. 

[chrisvenables]

wow, thank you guys so much for the responses, especially Warmingup1953, for bringing my idea to life! I'm not currently at my desktop for a few days but can't wait to try out all of your advice and tips, hopefully the next time I reply I'll be able to show you a finished product.

Thank you!