Mesh Workspace is inaccessible

[Anonymous]

I have selected the Mesh workspace in the Preferences page. I have selected Apply and have also tried restarting and unapplying a few times and when I go to the workspace tab in Fusion I don't see the PCB or the Mesh workspace in the drop down menu.

[James.Youmatz]

Hi @Anonymous,

Welcome to the Fusion 360 Environment!

To access the PCB Environment:

You should see this option under the Create menu. The suggested steps to get going with PCB are

1. Open a Fusion design and create a new component. This new component will be your PCB.
2. Make the PCB component active in the browser.

3. Sketch the board outline for your PCB.

   Tip: If you create a sketch plane for your PCB profile that is linked with an existing feature on your enclosure, such as a boss face, the position of the PCB will automatically update if your enclosure feature is modified.

4. In the Create drop-down, select Create PCB.

To access the Mesh Environment:

You need to be in a direct modeling mode. This can either be done by disabling the timeline or by creating a base feature. Once done, the Mesh environment will appear in the ribbon drop down menu. This article here goes over that in more detail.

Hope that helps!

[Anonymous]

Hi,

My current priority is to get to the Mesh workspace. But was mentioning that I also can't get to the PCB space.

This is a screenshot showing that the mesh workspace is missing.

[James.Youmatz]

Hi @Anonymous,

One thing that is tough to see in the screenshot - is your timeline enabled or disabled? Also, if you go to the Help menu and select About, what version of Fusion are you on? 

One other quick thought - if you right-click the mesh body in the browser tree and select Edit Mesh, will this force you into the Mesh workspace?

Thanks,

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi James,

The timeline is enabled

I hit "edit mesh" and that brought me into the mesh workspace! Thanks!

[James.Youmatz]

Hi @Anonymous,

Ahh, okay. So the mesh workspace is only directly available that way if you are in direct modeling (i.e. you have disabled the timeline or are working within a base feature). 

Thanks,

[Anonymous]

I'm trying to edit a downloaded stl file with a mesh on it. When I try and edit the mesh it says I need to turn on the mesh workspace in my preferences. I have done this and I get the same message. My Design History is turned on. I only have the educational version of the program, could this be the reason I can't access it?

[william.bickersjones]

I'm in the personal use version, and finding that despite enabling mesh preview, and disabling the timeline, there is no mesh workspace, and right clicking on the mesh body in the tree does not show an "edit mesh" option.  So its as if the mesh workspace just does not exist...

Anyone got any idea where I go from here?  Should I be converting the STL to something else first, then trying to split it?  I'm trying to split a model railway wagon body for 3D printing, as its way to big for any non-commercial printer (490mm long).

[william.bickersjones]

Just found what I hope is the answer in another separate enquiry, that its been moved to an entirely different place!  I do wish Autodesk wouldn't keep moving the commands and menu items to different locations, its really not helpful.  mesh now isn't a workspace at all... Now let's hope I can actually split this monster body!

[agpereirav]

Have the same problem, do you mind telling me where is it?

Thanks

[william.bickersjones]

Hi, sorry for delay, slight broken shoulder issue!

If, and only if, you have a mesh type document (such as STL) open, it will
show in the headings above the icons at the top, i.e. solid, surface, form,
mesh, sheet metal, etc.

This was after I'd jumped through all the hoops mentioned in the article,
so I'm still not clear exactly which bit enabled it!

I'm still in the early stages of learning, but I've produced a few
components for resin 3D printing successfully.

William

[agpereirav]

Thank you very much for the info!

Good luck with the shoulder, that takes time and painfull.

Regards

[Anonymous]

what is the solution?

[agpereirav]

It is not gone, it has been relocated.

Activate de Preferences ->Preview Features -> Mesh Workspace

Deactivate on the Browser menu-> on the first icon right click-> DO not Capture design History

MESH will appear on the menu left of SHEETMETAL menu

Regards

[Anonymous]

Thank you this works, for now 😉

[HughesTooling]

You can access the mesh workspace with the timeline active if you add a mesh feature from the create menu.