Fusion 360 Surface Modeling Tutorial - Core Concepts Explained

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Fusion 360 Surface Modeling Tutorial - Core Concepts Explained

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Fusion 360’s surface tools offer several advantages. In this video, we’ll take a look at using core surface tools to surface model a spoon.
I’ll walk you through a common “skeleton” technique that we'll use to reference the top profile shape. We’ll complete the surface model by surfacing the handle and trimming the excess material away.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Surface modeling a spoon in Fusion 360
0:45 - Creating the top profile sketch
4:00 - Making the top sketch fully-defined
5:26 - Intersecting the top profile points
5:38 - Creating the side profile template
6:42 - Sketching the side profile
8:53 - Projecting the spoon shape
10:00 - Finishing the sketches
11:27 - Patching the spoon shape
13:45 - Lofting the handle shape
14:44 - Trimming the handle
15:21 - Adjusting the spoon and handle shape
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@andybarnett4060 4 жыл бұрын

Something I learned from this video? - That I've still got loads to learn...

@banefsej 4 жыл бұрын

me 2

@kspokermike1629 4 жыл бұрын

That’s exactly what I was going to say!

@isaac4858 4 жыл бұрын

I thought I was better at cad :0

@benjaminmaher2989 3 жыл бұрын

Likewise.

@manleyg4907 5 ай бұрын

Yeeeeessss.... ;-(

@Topher1Lee 4 жыл бұрын

Everything was new to me. Intersect tool is super useful. This is the kind of tutorial I need to really learn Fusion. Thanks!!

@cinemaseta 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! 5 spoons later I have been able to understand every concept and tool behind each step of this demo. Intersect and selecting one among coincident lines by holding and releasing the left mouse button were unknown to me until I saw your video. But it also helped me to consolidate and improve my knowledge about better practices like constraining, projecting and organizing sketches and views. I haven't been able to apply Fillet on it, but I will leave it for now and move to the next "lesson". Thank you again for these videos.

@sblack48 7 ай бұрын

selecting one among coincident lines? wait what??? Can you give me a time stamp? That sounds important and I missed it.

@danballarin 4 жыл бұрын

I learned that I really suck at modeling... time to binge on your videos!! Thank you

@tkrgculinary5468 3 ай бұрын

I can't tell you how helpful your tutorial has been for me as a Fusion noob. Great job articulating the steps in a clear, concise fashion. Thank you!

@AllanHolden 2 ай бұрын

Very useful. I have watched it several times to pick up details. The importance of having things fully constrained.

@fiaadmin92 4 жыл бұрын

Man, I was strugling for hours with "loft" function and you solved my problem with your "patch" and "thicken" in few minutes !!! Thank you )) ...and I didn't even care about spoons but propellers.

@DanBader 4 жыл бұрын

Indeed! Patch with internal rails is awesome. Been banging my head against loft/sweep trying to get the shape I need for months now. So much simpler.

@nevillecreativitymentor 3 жыл бұрын

Surface modelling was a mystery to me .... 50% mystery solved. Thank you for the interesting project selection.

@ProductDesignOnline 4 жыл бұрын

Beginner Surface Modeling ➞ bit.ly/surface-playlist Intermediate Surface Modeling ➞ bit.ly/surface-playlist-int - *TIMESTAMPS* 0:00 - Surface modeling a spoon in Fusion 360 0:45 - Creating the top profile sketch 4:00 - Making the top sketch fully-defined 5:26 - Intersecting the top profile points 5:38 - Creating the side profile template 6:42 - Sketching the side profile 8:53 - Projecting the spoon shape 10:00 - Finishing the sketches 11:27 - Patching the spoon shape 13:45 - Lofting the handle shape 14:44 - Trimming the handle 15:21 - Adjusting the spoon and handle shape

@JuanAdam12 4 жыл бұрын

Kevin, I have some feedback for you. I think this tutorial would be more effective if you started by telling us, in general terms, how you plan to accomplish this model: using sketches to delineate the form, then the patch command to create the concave part of the spoon, and a loft command to create the handle. That way, we’re not just following the steps like cats watching a laser pointer. I started to get fatigued at 14 mins because I was just passively watching, not thinking ahead and trying to predict your next move (and thus learning when my predictions were wrong). I see so many Fusion tutorials do this, when they could be so much better. I offer this critique in the hopes that it helps you make the best content. Thank you for all you do, Kevin.

@ProductDesignOnline 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, Adam. Thanks for this. I truly appreciate your feedback. In all honesty, I do this in some tutorials, and it's a constant battle of finding the right balance. One of the (several) challenges faced by using KZfaq as a learning/tutorial platform is that you have to pick and choose the battles between what's best for the "algorithm" and what's best for the "learner". I almost always choose the learner, but this is one thing that has always been extra challenging. The videos where I've included more "discussion" and preparation upfront have had huge drop-offs, in the beginning two minutes of the video. Consequently, the videos perform very poorly and don't get shown to as many people, which makes it frustrating when so much effort goes into each one. To summarize, I hear you (and really appreciate this feedback) and I'll continue to look into more ways to improve in this realm. I'm also planning on making more tutorials specifically for my website (that won't be on YT) so that I can focus solely on the tutorial without worrying about pleasing the platform. Cheers, Kevin :)

@ishanmamadapur6307 4 жыл бұрын

@@ProductDesignOnline In that case, I suppose you could go through the major steps and learning outcomes in the description for all those interested to read and just give a plug to that info at the start of the video.

@davidwilliams1097 4 жыл бұрын

I personally loved this video and it's pace. There is an advisory that this video will not be a "point and click" video. And, I totally understand the algorithm not recommending the 1hr video of how to draw a box, I've sat through them. That being said "look and listen", the pause and rewind buttons are your friends. I'm new to F360 but not "CAD" and found this well worth while .

@spyrosspyrou5809 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Kevin. I totally agree with Adam's comments but I also understand your dilemma. May I suggest that you do 2 versions of, at least, some of your tutorials. I think this one is a good example of one where a second, long version, would have benefited people like me and Adam. I have watched quite a few Fusion tutorials on you tube and you are, by far, the best at explaining things in a way that I can understand. Please keep up the good work. Spyros

@sunpeter8260 4 жыл бұрын

This is certainly eye-opening! I need to watch this tutorial multiple times, as I am picking up many tricks you used in the tutorial, though I think it will take me a long while before I can even repeat what you did! Thanks again!

@hybriddude007 2 жыл бұрын

Kevin, you are the man! I consider you a Fusion 360 God! You make everything super clear and concise, and you show the application of different tools in ways that I would have never known about or how to use. Thank you so much for your exhilarating videos!

@ProductDesignOnline 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Ed! I appreciate your support and kind words :)

@randywetzler5976 4 жыл бұрын

The intersect and tangent arc tools, never really used those in the past. I also picked up on you using the "S" shortcut for the search toolbox, very handy as I hadn't used that in a while. Also gained a little more knowledge of surface modeling. As always your tutorials are very well presented along with you providing the project resources!

@John-lw4ex 2 жыл бұрын

I learned about the Surface Tab. I was amazed with Solid Tab functions, the possibilities of the Surface Tab humbles my soul.

@ProductDesignOnline 2 жыл бұрын

Surfaces are like learning another language. Very powerful though :)

@AlexisCarrera 4 жыл бұрын

you are the best youtuber ever, because i can learnt a lot about fusion 360, thanks!

@peterandrade4313 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a hobbyist/casual user of Fusion for the past year. I mainly make parts for my street rod and really enjoy learning and using this powerful product. As already stated I learned how much I don't know and still continue to learn. Great video and well presented. Peter

@ProductDesignOnline 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Peter! I appreciate your continued support.

@MuratIsikHome 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. A humble spoon teaches us the thin line between hobbyist approach and industrial product design. Thanks very much.

@samstreet101 3 жыл бұрын

Really good tutorial. Brings me back to university days. I really appreciate the clear steps and the fact that you broke it into chapters

@seyedaminkazemeini9797 2 жыл бұрын

my workflow doesn't really use surface modeling but for some reason, I just keep watching your videos, keep up the excellent work

@EJTechandDIY 4 жыл бұрын

The thing I learned from this one is that there still so much for me learn, thanks for tutorials I hoop you and your family are in good health in this hard times.

@ProductDesignOnline 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Never stop learning. I appreciate the kind words. Stay safe :)

@ivanvladimirovic2972 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro!After watching this tutorial,i am able to create a precise wireframe of sketches and get ultra precision with modeling anything.

@PELBTOR 2 жыл бұрын

The whole surface modeling technique is amazing. Excellent video

@DavidDatica 3 жыл бұрын

The way you use planes blew my mind. Thanks a lot friend, cheers from Venezuela!

@ProductDesignOnline 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, David. Cheers!

@kstickak 8 ай бұрын

Wow. I Learned a ton on that one. Mainly intersect and how to create the planes with the construction lines. Looking for another at this level.

@camchennai5043 2 жыл бұрын

your tutorial fusion360 videos is going to be develop my design knoledge.. thank you so much ....

@lethPointer Ай бұрын

Okay i finally got the hang on project/intersect. Thanks Fusionmaster :)

@ProductDesignOnline Ай бұрын

Glad to hear that! Thanks for watching :)

@jhow3d688 4 жыл бұрын

Holy crap! Ive been using Fusion for two years and never knew about the intersect tool. Thank you!

@abhishekpawar3895 4 жыл бұрын

Could someone explain to me, why do we use intersect option? I can understand what term 'intersect' is but didn't understand why to use it. For e.g. when Kevin used it while doing spoon lip mid and front.

@madddmunky 4 жыл бұрын

@@abhishekpawar3895 sketch plane intersecting edges that you choose and creates new points on that edges, it is handy if you need references

@abhishekpawar3895 4 жыл бұрын

@@madddmunky Thanks👍 got it!😊

@madddmunky 4 жыл бұрын

@@abhishekpawar3895 you're welcome =)

@chrisnorthall8317 3 жыл бұрын

Surface modelling is second nature to me, been at it since the late 80's when it was all typed commands, something like this would have been a good solid weeks work. Sign of a good CAD user is someone with a good understanding of surface modelling.

@afajalaka 4 жыл бұрын

Great to learn how you fully define your 3d geometry. Impressive!

@ashers_workshop 2 жыл бұрын

I try to remember to like all your videos! You are a great help to me a 15 year old noob to fusion 360 with a 3018 cnc and a 3d printer!

@ProductDesignOnline 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I appreciate your support and am glad you're enjoying them :)

@ashers_workshop 2 жыл бұрын

@@ProductDesignOnline surprised you saw my comment! Never thought you'd see amongst all the other ones. I appreciate your videos sooooo much. Thanks

@ProductDesignOnline 2 жыл бұрын

@@ashers_workshop I try to read and respond to as many as I can. Thanks again for your support! :)

@diegoG21 4 жыл бұрын

Love it, finally understanding how does this kinda weird shapes work on fusion360!

@charlescooke5879 2 жыл бұрын

I learned about tangent arc and a different way to surface a awkward shape great tutorial keep up the good work learn more each time I watch.

@jaredjones6570 2 жыл бұрын

I learned about intersecting sketches, the tangent arc tool, and the plane at angle tool. Prior to this video, I did not know that the dimension tool only asked for the radius of the tangent arc. I also had never intersected a sketch. I would always project the full geometry in the past and make sure I carefully kept track of what geometry was relevant in my own mind. I had no clue that you could construct a plane on a line. That's going to come in handy.

@kaddasixseven3581 Жыл бұрын

This is a great tutorial to learn about working with multiple sketches in different dimensions.

@hysni 2 жыл бұрын

For a simple Spoon -So much Work :D

@zhenya7992 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for making these videos. This was a good exercise. The intersect and project tools are very handy to use. Also seeing that the Patch tool has internal rail selections is a game changer and helps reach that next level in modeling with f360. It seems to me that it's better to do the last loft in two parts. Loft the two identical profiles first, then connect that surface body with the edge of the spoon shape. This allows you to use the tangent feature on the second, shorter loft and get a cleaner final product. Using this method I was able to use the fillet command after thickening the spoon without any issues. I wasn't able to apply fillets to the thickened body properly with the method shown in the video, unless I did something wrong or missed something.

@trinaryan10000 3 жыл бұрын

This is the best lofting video I have seen. Very clear and easy to follow. Thank you.

@farukbasar4497 3 жыл бұрын

I've never really used the arc tangent this way. and the parallel construction lines as guides are really doing the job. And the patch command with the interial rails...

@mograms Жыл бұрын

Tangent arc is so useful! Great video, this is just what I needed.

@3dfactory619 4 жыл бұрын

this is the most smooth tutorial ever in youtube, love it

@AL3X36000 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I learnt that F360 is not the same think method than sketchUp! As I'm a beginner using f360 I'll try this tutorial several times

@ProductDesignOnline 4 жыл бұрын

Very true. SketchUp is a lot different :)

@thephysicsofthesoulandgod3537 3 жыл бұрын

I learned how useful the intersect feature is along with projection. Sort of shocked how I was doing this all wrong before and this has taught me that I need to take the time to learn Fusion360 features and not just stick with basics.

@TheTranq 5 ай бұрын

Cool, I’m new to surface modeling trying to understand it better. Good video

@ProductDesignOnline 5 ай бұрын

Thanks! Check out my surface modeling playlists in the pinned comment 😎

@aspendesign 2 жыл бұрын

I am shifting from solidworks because I need a G3 modeler now. So you have helped me understand the workflow more and I thank you for this.

@_c_y_ko3150 4 жыл бұрын

Never notice the patch tool also has the interior rails selection, that's awesome!

@markg1531 4 жыл бұрын

Great! I've learned about the power of the patch command with rails, keeping an eye on sketches for being constrained, and reversing the surface normals. Thanks!

@brajogopalchakraborty908 2 жыл бұрын

not only one thing, i learn many things from this video

@laurawerner 2 жыл бұрын

In case you're still watching comments on this.... As a fairly new user, my first instinct would have been to use the surface sculpting tools (with mirror symmetry) to model the bowl part of the spoon. There must be good reasons why you didn't go that route. One I can think of is that it would be harder (or impossible?) to make the design parametric. Are there other reasons? Thanks for the videos! You, Lars Christiansen, and Fusion 360 School are my three go-to channels for learning Fusion 360.

@ProductDesignOnline 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Laura, yes, I still (try) to read comments on all videos. You're correct - the main downside to T-spline (sculpt) at this point is that they're not fully parametric. There are obvious advantages. If one were really experimenting with a spoon shape/contour, it would be a good way to iterate quickly. Cheers!

@laurawerner 2 жыл бұрын

@@ProductDesignOnline Thanks!

@davidalan6701 3 жыл бұрын

I think this may have been the next thing I needed to learn for my next jewelry design.

@ikearumba66 3 жыл бұрын

This is precisely what I needed to know in order to model a sink...THANKS!! Subscribed!

@treemot2417 6 ай бұрын

I learnt that you need to make introduction videos which get everyone to the same point you think we are at. This is so we can understand what you are doing.

@ProductDesignOnline 6 ай бұрын

Please see my surface playlist in the pinned comment. I do have several beginner surface tutorials. This one is intermediate and to highlight some core concepts 😎

@treemot2417 6 ай бұрын

@@ProductDesignOnline AAAH , welp, its annoying that google recommended this video first then. Thx for clearing things up.:)

@davidsalaverry9060 3 жыл бұрын

Learned important basics, like turning on browser to keep an eye on the red fully constrained icon as you go. this has messed me up in my newbie drawings. thanks.

@johnlafferty5032 4 жыл бұрын

I'll be replying this one a few times to master the basics. So much detail well compiled.

@ProductDesignOnline 4 жыл бұрын

Glad to see you're back at it John! Cheers, Kevin :)

@thecatholicwoodworker2648 5 ай бұрын

The Project feature is new for me. Thanks!

@vikatverlekar4340 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome !!! after watching this video i realized i have to learn a lot from your entire collections.

@sblack48 7 ай бұрын

there was a lot of little details in here that I will have to absorb. Great project.

@jovyestampador8865 5 ай бұрын

So brief and well explained

@timp2433 10 ай бұрын

So much to learn! Next Level! I am just hoping I can remember half ow what you showed. The 3-d sketch visualization with the intersect tool was awesome

@mhattaran 3 ай бұрын

That was very enlightening. Thanks

@noe1077 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your knowledge - the intersect tool alone is worth watching your video

@mtstek 4 жыл бұрын

Nicely done. Intersect is definitely that I need to learn more. Thanks!

@tomokee 4 жыл бұрын

Well, I'm proud of myself for trying this and making it most of the way through. Oddly enough, I could not do the thicken operation at the end, so I'm not sure what happened. It's probably because I made mistakes along the away and had to tweak things to get the loft to work. The mistakes occurred because I could not get the first two sketches to be fully constrained. For the first sketch, I lost the constraint after cutting away the insides of the small handle circle and setting the radius dimension of the spoon curve did not restore constraint. I had many more issues with the second sketch -- for example, I had to specify perpendicular constraints on the vertical lines with the top line or everything moved when I tried to set dimensions. But it didn't matter, because this whole exercise really upped my sketching game! I was never great at sketches, but now I feel way better about constraints, project, intersect, and the arc sketching. In order to understand them, I had to follow the whole thing and try to complete it. Thanks for the lesson!

@1312maria 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! I finally understood how to use constraints and the surface tool. Now I can use this knowledge on one of my own projects. Thank you! I have one question though: For some reason I couldn't apply the fillet either. Any idea why this happens?

@Kes77777 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve only used solid rectilinear operations before; so much to learn!

@ProductDesignOnline 2 жыл бұрын

little by little... happy learning :)

@joesabourin11 4 жыл бұрын

Love your channel! new to surfacing, the intersect tool is my biggest take-away.

@onkarkitekt Жыл бұрын

10:50 plane at angle is something new for me 🖖🏾

@gauravmathur4940 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a ton What I learned is surface tool use. I only use solid body , so this is a good step up for me thanks 👍

@ArginLerit 4 жыл бұрын

I've watched this video at least three times and I just got the spoon-feeding pun at the intro. 😂🥄

@ProductDesignOnline 4 жыл бұрын

lol :D

@3dconceptsofutah757 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate! Very clean modeling here. Nothing for Fusion to blow up ;-D

@eddieyan8412 4 жыл бұрын

after watch your video and practice by my own, I believe I m definitely upper intermediate lever in fusion now. Thank you, Kevin!

@alejandroperez5368 3 жыл бұрын

No you aren't.

@silassza2890 3 жыл бұрын

Love the content, always learn something new, I have not used the surface tools at all yet so I learned how to use all of those and I am quite excited to give them a shot!

@ProductDesignOnline 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that! Keep learning :)

@jkiry Жыл бұрын

Great tutorial! Thanks!

@biglouie69 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. For me a glimpse of what i might do in the future once I learn the prerequisite skills!

@thebabe1184 Жыл бұрын

Very helpful thanks for the tutorial!

@XRelabs 4 жыл бұрын

informative way to sketch thank you alot i have learned , projection, constraints, surfacing.

@mcnultyfp 4 жыл бұрын

The secret is to hang on your every word - very encouraging to contemplate getting through this to a real project. Do you give out badges? Excellent instruction, and thanks!

@mccauleysm85 Жыл бұрын

That seems SO much more complicated than done of the other methods I've seen. Im guessing the added benefit from that complexity is the ease of editing later? Or maybe some added precision?

@daymaker_trading 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! I learned a lot )

@mofongo317 11 ай бұрын

This was a fantastic tutorial! Ive been having so many issues trying to make it make sense.;

@Shabazza84 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent Tutorial.

@jajaramillo5 4 жыл бұрын

Hi. What I learned is the surface/patch tool. It will help me to reduce time creation of some models.

@paullabbe4189 4 жыл бұрын

I learned the project command. This is gonna save me sooo much time. Thank you.

@leo-the-truck7672 3 жыл бұрын

A very good tutorial and I have learned some new techniques, thanks

@michaelantipin4055 Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Perfect explanation

@davidcoman2135 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thank you!

@JohnFrazier Жыл бұрын

This was massively more difficult than previous tutorials.

@a038307 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the lesson.

@gstrickland560 4 жыл бұрын

I jumped into the deep end to see how the water is, now I need to doggy paddling back to the kiddie pool before coming back ;) I'm designing a snow globe. I have a cabin designed , but it needs to sit on a base that I would like to look like drifting snow... so I'm looking for videos where I can apply some "planned randomness" to a surface. Every day I get closer to my goal :) Thanks!

@rjlatheart 4 жыл бұрын

K, This was quite a project. Lots of info for us, and a must to review a few times to get this one …. intersect surface loft to name a few. Thanks again. Hope all is well with you and yours.

@antonygray4581 Жыл бұрын

This is the first one of your tutorials I have "failed". The loft doesn't work. I get the message: "The centreline does not intersect all profile planes". I've checked everything I can think of and even started again from scratch. Same problem. However, I've been incredibly impressed with my progress thanks to your other videos. Great work.

@ProductDesignOnline Жыл бұрын

Hi Antony, would be happy to take a look if you can upload/share the file, here: community.productdesignonline.com/