Make sketch attach to face while arranging

[Mattmota]

I need to label each face before I arrange so I know what face is what but when i do it the sketches do not follow. is there a way to do this?

[etfrench]

You will probably need to create a sketch containing the label in each component on a face.  Since your model is all faces, how will you make it? 

[Drewpan]

Hi,

I would strongly recommend that you do the embedded tutorials in the Fusion Documentation and also some of the

Self-Paced Learning to help you to learn fusion faster and better. They can be found here:

It is also much easier for the forum to help you if you attach your file AND a screenshot of what you want to achieve

and what the problem is. You can create a file to export like this:

Time spent on the tutorials and self paced learning will not be wasted. Also check out the three RULES that are pinned to the forum for further guidance.

Your model is very impressive but I have extreme doubts that it is what you actually need to

fabricate. It certainly will not work in it's present form of over 450 individual components that

have been MOVED and not Joined together. If you ask fusion to fabricate this in its present form

what you will get is those 450 individual components cut out as a bunch of plates and no more.

If your intention was to CNC this as a model then it will simply fail.

What is your actual design intention? Are you actually going to fabricate each of these components

and join them together somehow? Are you intending to CNC or 3D print the finished model? What

is this design actually going to be used for?

Right now all you have is a bunch of components hanging in space that are not joined together

in any way. I can randomly select any one and drag it wherever.

Using the Move command does NOT join components together or lock their position down. It also

will hugely affect performance of fusion. The Move command exists and has a useful function

under the right circumstances but rarely should be used. Most beginners get it completely wrong

and that is what has happened here.

Not one of you sketches is fully defined and this may cause huge problems later if you try to

fabricate this model.

You are not using the Timeline correctly. If you made a mistake it is impossible to go back in time

and modify or fix the problem. Beginners should not be scared of using the timeline. It is one of

the most useful functions of fusion.

Why didn't you use the Origin correctly? Your Component tree implies that you use the Mirror

command sometime - good, but what did you use as the mirror plane? You already have three

planes provided as standard, why not use them?

You are probably not going to want to hear this, but if you actually want to fabricate this model

by either CNC, 3d print or folded sheet metal then the best way to go about it will probably be

to start again. It may be possible to save this model but you are going to have to create at least

450 As Built Joints. I can see better ways to create this depending upon how you want to fabricate

this model.

I would strongly advise you read the documentation and do the embedded tutorials and give the

Self Paced Learning a go. Time spent on this is NEVER wasted. You seem to have a good general

grasp of the software but you have some very bad habits that the sooner they are broken the better.

Cheers

Andrew

[TheCADWhisperer]

@Mattmota 

Split Face

[Mattmota]

I'm going to laser cut the pieces and weld them back together. If I started from the beginning how would I attach a label or letter to the face so when I move it or arrange it it follows the face?

[TheCADWhisperer]

With Split Face you would have to use some sort of nomenclature like number of circles since you can't Split with text.

It would be very tedious method.

Another option might be Appearances but that is not ideal either.

[Drewpan]

Hi,

You could fabricate this model in that way if you wanted. I am not 100% sure about this but I think that

under the Manufacturing part of fusion that you can attach part numbers to each individual component

that would be engraved into the parts. It would depend upon the machine and setup exactly how you do

this. I do not have a lot of experience in machine setup for this but there should be a way to map these

part numbers to the model.

This might be a start to look at.

https://help.autodesk.com/view/fusion360/ENU/?guid=MNG-ITEM-NUMBERS

Cheers

Andrew

[Mattmota]

My method of measuring each piece in the dxf to find what piece it is on my model is very tedious. so anyway to make it less painful would be nice.

[etfrench · Accepted solution]

None of the sketches match the model in size, so aren't useful for adding more info.  I would start by naming each body with a reasonable name for the section they're in.  Something like this:

Turning the visibility off once a component is named will make it easier to track your progress. Once each body's component has been named, I would also make components to hold each section and move the appropriate body components to them.  This will allow you to collapse the browser tree and turn off visibility of the parts you're not working on.  Once organized, create a sketch in each body's component with its ID.

How thick is the plate these will be cut from? Have you allowed clearance for the weld?  Will you be using forms to control the shape?

[TrippyLighting]

Each "face" is a component. The sketch for that component should be in that component, not one level above. You can add a sketch to each component.

Before attempting a project, i would recommend to complete one of the tutorial free courses here:

[Mattmota · Accepted solution]

There are two ways to do this that seem to work
  1. Embossing should work but I had flat surfaces so that didn't work
  2. Label each part then before assembling then when its assembled use one sketch to label each part, then in the same sketch project the parts. finally export