Should I look for other app instead of Fusion 360?

[gmooklee]

Hello everyone in this forum.

This is a part of my favorite toy - HGUC GM from Bandai model. I had to modeling and 3d printing because the head part were missing and I always wanted to learn Fusion 360 so I tried it. I know how to use Alias a little, Rhino and Sketchup(my favorite, but has limit for sure). Alias is great surface oriented modeling tool but still has limit and I thought Fusion 360 might be easier to use and more convenient for its look. So I tried and modeled this part.

Here is my question. If you look at the model, it has circular thing on both side and because the head's basic form is not even, it was difficult to put it there. What I did was combine the sphere and head after I sculpted the head using Form. I had to constantly go back and forth the form editing to make that circle looks like a circle. I was thinking that there must be a simpler, proper way to model this kind of situation. So is there a solution? or is there other software that can easily and precisely model in this situation? I heard that Bandai uses UG and Catia but I don't know how to use that tool. Will they performs better in this situation? 

[gmooklee]

Edit : the software Bandai uses were Creo, not UG/CATIA. So the question is would Creo better than Fusion 360 or is there proper way to model this shape.

[mango.freund]

Hello @gmooklee 

no, I think all this work is just a question of the process.

Think about what makes sense and then implement it in the simplest possible way. 4I advise you to inform yourself better here https://www.youtube.com/c/AutodeskFusion360/search?query=sculpt

and https://www.youtube.com/c/Fusion360School/videos

or here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbJcnxWHneo&list=PLrZ2zKOtC_-AVj6u6f9o5SEb6FhCssCg5

greetings mango

[g-andresen]

Hi,

The answer to your question depends on your experience with the application.

However, since we do not know this, a serious answer to your question is not possible.

günther

[TrippyLighting]

This is a very simple model and takes less than 30 minutes to model, including booting up the computer.

No problem doing this with Fusion 360!

Perhaps it is better if you post an image of the original model so we can compare it with your design and recommend modeling strategies.

[TheCADWhisperer]

Can you File>Export your *.f3d file to your local drive and then Attach it here to a Reply?

[tommVS2MB]

did i miss it? I didnt see the image or the .f3.

[rushabhthakkar_910]

@TrippyLighting @TheCADWhisperer @tommVS2MB, I guess this is the Image taken as a Reference...