Velomobile fairing - shell

[Anonymous]

Hi,

Is there a way to create ribs /  in Fusion 360.  I am planning on building a Velomobile using moldless composite sandwich construction and I am trying to figure out how to create the ribs from the design and then cut them to use fiberglass for the fairing.  Something like in the link below.

http://thetinkersworkshop.blogspot.com/2013/09/terratrike-velomobile-framework-on.html

http://thetinkersworkshop.blogspot.com/2013/08/terratrike-velomobile-fiber-glassing.html

I have tried Slice for fusion 360 but it does not give me the results expected.  Any help is appreciated. 

[lichtzeichenanlage · Accepted solution]

Can you File -> Export and share your design? Otherwise only generic answers like this are possible.

1) Offset planes

• Create off set planes along the center line of your design
• Create a sketch on each
• In each sketch call Project -> Intersect
• Create a Plane on each projected path
• Create a sketch on the plane
• Create a profile for the rib in the sketch
• Swipe a profile along the projected path

2)  Play around with Ribs and Webs. This might work (depends on your desgin)

3) Pattern and boundary fill

[Anonymous]

Thanks I tested the offset planes options and it worked.