Modeling without sketching - Enjoy!

[Beyondforce]

Hey All,

This is just something I decided to do for fun. The whole idea is was to create a model without a single sketch. This is a result of 20 min. work, but obviously I could have spend more time on the small details.

I also wanted to prove that in Fusion 360, you can accomplish a lot without so much effort. If you like it and want to know how I did it or the file, please let me know.

Cheers / Ben
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[Beyondforce]

Thanks @TrippyLighting, At this point, I'm not sure which direction I should go, either a Car or a Motorcycle!?
I wonder what I will choose... I'm gonna surprise me 😉

[daniel_lyall]

@Beyondforce

Here's my go at not useing sketches it was a interesting exercise it's not as fancy as yours but it's a part of something I make, It was fun to do and open's my eyes to other ways of doing things.

[Beyondforce]

I like it, it looks really good!

[Beyondforce]

Here is a small video Time-lapse of this project:

[jeff_strater]

love the video.  Some people don't see the value of the "play" feature in the timeline.  This is a perfect use of it...

Jeff

[Beyondforce]

It's brilliant. Not so many people know that it's exist!
So far this post proved 2 things about Fusion 360, that not so many people are aware of - You can design without sketches & create Time-lapse videos of your model creation.

[daniel_lyall]

@Beyondforce That's quite cool, that feature is fun at time.

[TrippyLighting]

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@Beyondforce wrote:
It's brilliant. Not so many people know that it's exist!

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I avoid that button like the plague. If you've ever, in the middle of working with a 400 component assembly clicked the darned thing by accident you'll be waiting and waiting... and waiting ... and ......

Because there is no stop button 😉

[Beyondforce]

@TrippyLighting you are right, I forgot to mention that. It's like a truck cruising downhill with no breaks. 

@jeff_strater, will it be too much to ask for a Stop button!?

[jeff_strater]

@Beyondforce:  An interrupt mechanism for the play button is on its way.  It's a common request.  It may be a stop button, but at the very least hitting ESC will stop the playback (after we finish implementing it, of course).

Jeff

[Beyondforce]

Here is another little project (Retro Cabinet). I have attach the file as well and you (everyone) can do as you wish with it:

[Beyondforce]

Here is another Cabinet. Let me know if you want the file.

Cheers / Ben
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[daniel_lyall]

Very nice @Beyondforce Is it parametric, This is the next thing you could try Doing something with no sketch and have it parametric.

The thing I did it was almost parametric the fillets would fail if I did any change to a major size, I could not workout how to keep them stable, there more than likely is a way to do it.

That's one thing with cabinet making you realy need it to be parametric, It's not something that can be a dead object. 

[kb9ydn]

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@daniel_lyall wrote:

That's one thing with cabinet making you realy need it to be parametric, It's not something that can be a dead object. 

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It's not just cabinetry either, it's all kinds of things.  I really like where the idea (modelling without sketches) is going, but without full parametric control I don't see that it has much advantage over direct modelling.

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[daniel_lyall]

The only thing that would fail for me was the fillets, they can fail in any mode.

It sort of is the same as not useing a timeline, after all it's sold modeling with a timeline that shows a fail.

How I put it together or did it things did not go nananana like they do with sketches a fail could happen anywhere but I could sweep back fix it then move forward as you could see the fail.

The fails stick out quite clearly when you do it with no sketching

So from now on if it's a simple object or it's a dead object I will do it this way.

Also you get the benefit of being able to capture position, move a hole if it has a fillet and step forward redo the fillet then move on with it not delete the fillet move the hole put a new fillet in.

[Beyondforce]

The whole idea of this post, is not to tell people not to use sketches anymore. It's about showing that you don't have to use a sketches for everything. Obviously sketches are an important part of modeling, but sometimes you can create simple parts without sketches and improve the overall Fusion's performance.

Not so many people knows about this capability of Fusion 360 and I just want to create an awareness and to give people more options.

Cheers / Ben.

[Phil.E]

@Beyondforce

Absolutely, that is exactly why I was so stoked to see this post! Mastery of any tool also must include the idea of when NOT to use it, such as when not to sketch something. You can inject sketch-less modeling techniques where it makes sense and is more productive. 

[Beyondforce]

@Phil.E,

Perhaps you should talk to the team, about creating a more structured tutorials ("Just because it's there, it doesn't mean you should use it"), where you can give some examples, when it is appropriate to use different tools and workflows.

Some people sketch a circle just to create a Pipe or a Washer, it doesn't make sense. Or they don't know when to sketch a circle for a hole, when to use the hole tool or when to use the combine (cut) tool to create a hole.

That's some of the struggles that many people are facing with. They are represented with so many great tools, but they are not quite sure how to efficiently use them.

Cheers / Ben.

[kb9ydn]

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@Beyondforce wrote:

The whole idea of this post, is not to tell people not to use sketches anymore. It's about showing that you don't have to use a sketches for everything. Obviously sketches are an important part of modeling, but sometimes you can create simple parts without sketches and improve the overall Fusion's performance.

Not so many people knows about this capability of Fusion 360 and I just want to create an awareness and to give people more options.

Cheers / Ben.

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I know what your point was with this post, and I agree with the idea of not having to use sketches all the time.  In fact what I would like even more is to be able to not use sketches and still have full parametric control.  Of course you can't totally abandon sketching because some shapes are just too difficult without it, but many simpler shapes can be modeled just as well by using the shape primitives.  The problem is that you can't parametrically control their position relative to something else.  They can only be moved by a relative amount, which means that you can't build in design intent.

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[michallach81]

It depends on many things. Here's a model for my NoSketch contest, It's almost done. Model is fully parametric: