no way to export Volumetric Lattice?

parfumisme
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no way to export Volumetric Lattice?

parfumisme
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I've just installed the trial version of the Product Design Extension.
I was very curious to try the volumetric lattice tool. I've modelled an object and successfully used to tool which I think works great. However - maybe due to the limitations of the trial or my personal use license - I can't seem to able to 'export to mesh' like I found in the tutorial. In any other way I try, it simply exports the original solid it was based on. This way I can't run a test on my printer to see if it'll work for what I have in mind.

Can someone point me to why i'm missing that feature? or what I can do to resolve it?

Thanks!

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jhackney1972
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You say you have tried to "Export to Mesh", have you tried to use the "Save As Mesh" by right clicking on the body in the Browser?  Also if this does not work, attach your model and I will test it on my Subscription License.  If you do not know how to attach your Fusion 360 model follow these easy steps. Open the model in Fusion 360, select the File menu, then Export and save as a F3D or F3Z file to your hard drive. Then use the Attachments section, of a forum post, to attach it.

 

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parfumisme
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Thanks for wanting to help!

'Save to mesh' unfortunately didn't do the trick either.
I've included the f3d file. There are two individually latticed components (cup left and cup right) that I'd like to play around with. If you can make it work and export to mesh (step of 3mf), that'll tell me to finally update to subscription 😉 

I'm curious to try out if and how the lattice can be printed on my printer using a TPU polymer or if I need to outsource to resin-based printing to successfully print these with sufficient properties in the Z direction.

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jhackney1972
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The Fusion 360 license type makes no difference, as you can see in the image.  The lattice is not captured in the STL export.

 

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jeff_strater
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You have to use the Create Mesh tool in the "Volume Fields" tool set to convert the latticed body to a mesh body.

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This will convert the latticed body to a mesh representation that you can then export.  Be aware, though, that this mesh is a large amount of data.

 


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martin.weismann
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Hi @parfumisme ,

 

i suspect you will not see the "Volume Fields"-tab.

If this is the case, try right-clicking the body, and select "Create Mesh", instead of "Save as Mesh". This will do the same as what Jeff showed in the video above.

 

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Best regards

Martin

 

 






Martin Weismann
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TrippyLighting
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@jhackney1972 wrote:

...  The lattice is not captured in the STL export.

 

 


Maybe someone from the Fusion 360 team can comment on how to achieve this. @jeff_strater @jodom4 @CGBenner could you tag the right person please?


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jodom4
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 may be able to weigh in on this one.


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mmilleratticus
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Did this ever get solved?

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g-andresen
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Hi,

try this

 

 

günther

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Hi,

I was wondering if there is no new way to export Volumetric Lattices?
Is there not any extension in 3MF which may allow this?

Converting LAttice as mesh in high resolution could cost a lot... I mean generate huge files difficult to share...

 

Many Thanks

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