Beginner Question: Extending a cylinder form after rotation

Beginner Question: Extending a cylinder form after rotation

jonathan.garrison
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Beginner Question: Extending a cylinder form after rotation

jonathan.garrison
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Hi, I'm working through the Fusion 360 tutorials and I'm working on the cylinder for the handle of the Ryobi saw. I can create and set the initial height / diameter of the T-Spline cylinder and then I can follow the step for rotating the cylinder to match the angle of the saw handle. Once that is done though, I can't seem to get back to editing the original cylinder height/diameter any more.  I can double click on the open edge of the cylinder and then primitively extend it, but this doesn't seem to be perfectly in line with the original cylinder. It seems like the right way would involve editing the original cylinder parameters. Any tips?

 

For reference, the cylinder steps start at 4:17 in this video: https://help.autodesk.com/view/fusion360/ENU/courses/AP-CREATE-EDIT-FACE-CYLINDER-FREEFORM-BODIES

 

Thanks for any advice.

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g-andresen
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Hi,

Please share the file.

 

File > export > save as f3d on local drive  > attach it to the next post.

 

günther

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davebYYPCU
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When you press Ok, that Dialogue is gone for good.  Delete and restart.

Further manipulation is done with the Modify Tool Set.

 

Might help....

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jonathan.garrison
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@davebYYPCU Thanks for confirming that the original cylinder parameters are unreachable. So I suppose when matching a form to a canvas picture, like in that exercise, you'll need to measure the exact dimensions that your form/cylinder will need ahead of time.

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davebYYPCU
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The whole point of TSpline is to manipulate the starting shape, if the shape is done at the start, use solid modelling, (not the case here).  The exercise requires manipulation, so the start size is not imperative.

 

 

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