I've projected a sketch on to a slanted, curved surface and I want to depress that design.
Am I right in thinking that this is impossible to do with Fusion? Is there a workaround?
Extruding the original sketch on to the surface would not work for me, as the indentation would be shallow towards the edge but much deeper towards the center.
So just a bit more background information on the project:
I'm working on a reproduction of a classic game packaging, the Infocom saucer from Starcross, 1982.
The original (30cm diameter) is made from thermo moulded plastic. I want to print it with a 3D printer, so the feel will be quite different, the design should be as close to the original as possible though.
On the picture of the original saucer you can see that all elements were pushed in from above. They get pushed out on the inside. They all sit on the curved, slanted body of the saucer, so if Project > On Surface would work, that would make this task very easy. Incidentally, if someone has an idea how to do the 4 rows of slots without having to create a design for every slot, that would save a lot of work, as there is 60 of them in total. But first things first, I need to know how to do these indentations first. They are around 3mm deep. I want to find out what's the thinnest wall strength is that I can get away with. I'm hoping for something under 2mm. That means that the indentations will push through the wall (and therefore stick out on the inside).
I'm attaching .f3d file, but note this is only a test, on which I'm practicing the techniques I will need. It has not been shelled yet (it will be eventually)
If this were my design, I would have started by connecting all the dots and fully dimensioning all the geometry.
Series of Revolves of one half, Fillet, Mirror and Shell.
I moved the disc to the origin for convenience, (saw that)
Something like this?
Deboss will give different wall treatment than Revolve.
Details not included, Shell, Badge recess, Rivet heads would be a suppressible circular patterns.
Straight Louvres are sketch pattern and Sweep.
Many ways to skin a cat.
Might help...
@tramtin wrote:this design was just quickly put together
...Could you elaborate?
You missed connecting two points. It takes no more time to snap to endpoints than it does to click close, but not snapped.
I doubt I would use any Emboss features.
Are you ready to start?
Ok, too late tonight, probably Deboss / Revolve wall anomalies.
Tah.
Got the rivets, Shell, sorted now, file name updated.
Might help....
Tip 1. Right click on the vertical line that will be used as axis of revolution and change to Centerline type.
Now we can dimension as diametral dimensions and avoid calculations.
Click on image above to enlarge.
Start a new file.
Create the sketch shown below.
Attach your new progress file here for next step.
Now Revolve 180° counterclockwise.
Mirror-Join the Body
Turn the body over and select Shell and the bottom face to remove.
Enter your desired Shell Thickness...
Now, drag the Timeline Marker back in history to before the Mirror Feature.
As we progress adding additional features we will go back and forth in history to make sure the Shell feature doesn't fail with any operation that we add.
Attach your progress file here.
