Product template for parametric "Design TO Machining"

[royce.florian4XTFJ]

Hello,

I have been working on a work through that I would like to share with everyone here. The idea is to use the different hierarchies in order to make a "design", "layout", "simulation", and "gcode" for a designed part all simutaniously. 

I have shared a detailed explination in .PDF format as well as a copy of the total .F3D file. The current file contains a design, layout and gcode.

It would be great in the future to have a way of creating a new File and having copies of parts automatically created and included in a "layout" class. This way, as we design we can have the dissacoiated parts already prepared in another file where we can nest them for laser cutting, cnc, ect.

Ideally, it would be nice to have copies also made for a simulation class where fine details are automatically removed from the parent "design" so that mecha. sims can be more easily applied.

At anyrate, I hope the community finds this interesting!

Best Regards,

Royce S. Florian

www.mako.paris

[royce.florian4XTFJ]

Hello,

I have been working on a work through that I would like to share with everyone here. The idea is to use the different hierarchies in order to make a "design", "layout", "simulation", and "gcode" for a designed part all simutaniously. 

I have shared a detailed explination in .PDF format as well as a copy of the total .F3D file. The current file contains a design, layout and gcode.

It would be great in the future to have a way of creating a new File and having copies of parts automatically created and included in a "layout" class. This way, as we design we can have the dissacoiated parts already prepared in another file where we can nest them for laser cutting, cnc, ect.

Ideally, it would be nice to have copies also made for a simulation class where fine details are automatically removed from the parent "design" so that mecha. sims can be more easily applied.

At anyrate, I hope the community finds this interesting!

Best Regards,

Royce S. Florian

www.mako.paris

[jodom4 · Accepted solution]

Man, thanks for sharing! This is a really cool project. Have you looked at the Sheeter Add-in at all? I wonder if it could be useful in this pursuit.

[royce.florian4XTFJ]

jodom4, THIS is amazing. Thank you for showing me fusionSheeter!

This responds to a large problem that I had come across, which is the lack of logic functions in the parameters. This is also very cool for preseting a series of "tested" sizes for products. 

I think I need to test this plugin, and maybe start to look into Fusion's python API more seriously.  Intergrating this in a way to push my "design hierarchy" to a spreadsheet where I could limit feature sizes to then pull the "modified" files to my other classes (Layout & simulation) could be a real solution.

My goal is to create a plugin in-which I can open a "design to machine" work template in the same way that I activate "follow design history'. In this mode I would automaticaly create a new project with "Design", "layout", and "simulation" opened under the "project".

Design would be the only class that the user inputs. Each new component will require a new user inputs: "This part is made with : 2D cutter or 3D print?" AND "What is the bottom face of this component? - select with mouse"

Layout would be an automated copy of all the bodies of any component/sub-component of design. The bodies will be oriented into their layout subclasses with their "bottom face" on the XZ plane.

Simulation is a copy of design remodeled with "if" functions to eliminate small threads, chamfers, filets in the case theyre too small.

....Anyways, thank you again! This has given me a lot to think about