Wakeboard / Kiteboard Design advice requested.

[isaac.speddingGS8GQ]

Hi there forum!

I am learning Fusion 360 with the hopes of being able to design my own kiteboard. I am looking for guidance on the best way to create a kite board that I can modify the camber and rocker easily throughout the process. Here is an example of a finished product and it's layers. I want to know how I can make a board with all these layers and also be able to adjust the overall shape of it without having to alter every single layer individually. For example if I design the board and complete it but want to change the rocker of the board, is it possible to create a model that will respond to this? I've attempted a design in the SCULPT mode but am not sure how I would then split the finished model into the layers needed. Also, I have begun trying to design one in sketch mode too. I would appreciate your suggestions on the best way to design this! Thanks.

[SaeedHamza]

Hi,

This is a method to do it, and the best part about it is that you can change the lofted body and everything that was trimmed off will update accordingly

Regards

Saeed

[isaac.speddingGS8GQ]

Thanks so much Saeed.

I get the principle there, but perhaps I should have been more concise on my requirements.

I wish to design a kiteboard like this (It's approximately 15mm thick with around 5 layers as you saw before): I think using the form tool is best, but how would I then create 5 layers from this one form? 

[SaeedHamza]

Hi,

Could you please explain where the five layers should be coming from?
Did you mean that you want to split this body into 5 layers or copy it five times above each other to form different layers like my video above?

Regards

Saeed

[isaac.speddingGS8GQ]

I would like to split the board design into 5 layers of differing thickness. AND I would like to be able to modify the board design in FORM mode and have the layers follow the modification.

I have attached a video example of my board and my attempts to create layers, but I think it is the wrong way to do it.

[davebYYPCU]

Are the different layers, constant thickness?, (without thinning to the outside edges,)

like five layers of plywood glued together? 3, 6, 9, 6, 3mm, or similar

If so, I would Loft or Sweep in the Patch Area, and then offset / thicken, etc etc.

a modification to the loft profile, will carry through all.

will sleep on it, Might help...

[Brady_Fulton]

What is your end goal? You example graphic most likely only has one "contoured" part and the rest are simply laminated in a press onto the wood core and then take their shape in the process. If you want to make a bunch of one-off boards, there's going to be a lot of processes for each one. Designing the wood core is the first step, then you can mill one of the surfaces, then mill a negative of that surface so you can flip the board over to mill the other side. Alternatively you could mill two forms that you could use to "lay-up" your board in a press. Either process, you really don't benefit from "modeling" all the various layers and thicknesses. Hope this helps, and I hope you're able to get your completed boards out on the water and up in the air.

[Brady_Fulton]

Here is a great example of what I'm talking about

[SaeedHamza]

Hi,

Sure it can be done, this is the same principle used above, but I guess using a splitting tool is the tricky thing here, but still the same principle

Watch this screencast please, I hope it helps

Kind regards

Saeed