Hello, I got a problem I can not solve and tried everything.
When I want to joint 2 components and when I press the joint option I can not select any of the components and there is not anything that can be selected at all.
Now that only happens on imported FBX files.
When I tried creating components from scratch everything worked.
Why it happens? I need to use those
existing imported files.
Would love for your help,
Roman
FBX is a mesh format, I believe. Fusion joints do not allow selection of mesh geometry. You will either have to convert these to BRep geometry, or else create some placeholder geometry (such as BRep bodies or sketch geometry) to use to select for the joint.
In the mesh workspace you'll find a Convert feature,
However I would advise against using that. Every triangular facet of the imported mesh will be converted into a flat triangle. Curved geometry, e.g. drilled holes will not be represented by a circle or cylinder, but by many, many facets. That will make it difficult to create joints to locate parts properly.
Mesh geometry does not represent proper CAD geometry, and is not a good input for a mechanical design in a CAD software.
I'd need a simple concrete example. Unfortunately, I don't have the time to come up with one on my own.
But, the summary points are:
@jeff_strater wrote:
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- use Convert Mesh in the Mesh tools to convert. There are options here, depending on what license you have, and the type of mesh. .
Ah, yes. I keep forgetting about that!
For the geometry shown in the screenshots, the prismatic version should work well and creates proper CAD geometry!
The Prismatic Option in the Convert Mesh command states it uses Face Groups to do the conversion. I am not an expert in this area but this means to me your have to create Face Groups before trying to Convert Mesh when using the Prismatic Option. I found that you must use the Accurate option in the Generate Face Groups command to have the operation work. Video will show my process. Model is attached. I did not do the fasteners in the video.
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No, I do not know of one.
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@bizF74X6 wrote:
That helped perfectly!
Is there a way to Close Holes and Generate Face Group to all bodies together?Otherwise on bigger products we a lot of bodies it will take ages...
Nope. As mentioned already, working with non-native geometry is not a recommended workflow !
It might be OK for occasional work that isn't time critical.
