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Convert STL Mesh to a Solid Body in Fusion 360 (2023)
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Fusion 360 can convert STL mesh files to bREP solid bodies. Use the Insert Mesh tool, which allows STL, OBJ, and 3MF mesh files.
Once inserted, Mesh files can be converted with the Convert Mesh feature. Converting an STL to a Mesh with Fusion 360 is now streamlined. Fusion 360's new mesh tools allow you to convert as a Faceted or Prismatic option. Prismatic will provide phenomenal results that are similar to a native Fusion 360 file or an imported STEP file.
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00:00 - Convert STL Mesh to Solid in Fusion 360
00:26 - Insert Mesh file into Fusion 360
02:57 - Convert Mesh to Brep Solid Body in Fusion 360
04:00 - Faceted vs Prismatic in Fusion 360 explained
04:48 - Generate Face Groups in Fusion 360
05:38 - Turn off Face Group visibility in Fusion 360
06:47 - Merge facets in Fusion 360
07:46 - How to Open Mesh file in Fusion 360
09:04 - Summary of STL to Mesh in Fusion 360
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@JoeOggier Жыл бұрын
As someone who came from a traditional Engineering background and have always struggled working with anything but solid models, this is a game changer and a lifesaver! I will be using this often, and I was previously wholly unable to successfully convert STLs to anything useful. Thanks much!
@ProductDesignOnline Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your support! Glad it was helpful 😊
@thespencerowen 3 жыл бұрын
Prismatic is not included in hobby license... booooooo, what a let down, I was so excited for this
@ProductDesignOnline 3 жыл бұрын
Agreed... I was pretty bummed when I learned this while testing the feature :(
@thespencerowen 3 жыл бұрын
@@ProductDesignOnline Despite this, the rest of the mesh workflow is fantastic. Maybe blender + fusion will be a work around for us hobbyists.
@maggge89 3 жыл бұрын
@@ProductDesignOnline But you still waited until 6:40 to mention it. That is really frustrating.
@chuckycheesetouchedme7434 Жыл бұрын
....it shows up for me...am I just not able to use it?
@batesjernigan1773 10 ай бұрын
@@chuckycheesetouchedme7434yep that's right. I tried just now after following this workflow and it shows a prompt that it's only for paid subs.
@agie170hss2 3 жыл бұрын
As always, a crystal-clear explanation, spoken at the correct pace, and easily followed. Your channel should be promoted by Autodesk!
@KetaFPV 3 жыл бұрын
Duuuuude, your channel is so beneficial! I completely missed the fact that Fusion360 updated and when I launched it today, I couldn't find any of the BRep to Mesh settings. You're the only person I could find that has done a video on these specific changes. Always crystal clear and excellent tutorials. Thanks man!!
@ProductDesignOnline 3 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it was helpful! I do my best to release the videos asap when changes happen :)
@pmsskateing 3 жыл бұрын
If you guys are having any problems where after you convert your mesh into a Brep, it only acts as a SURFACE body instead of a SOLID body, here is the fix. After you convert it, and it is a surface body, go to the surface ribbon ( next to mesh ). Under modify, click stitch. Then select your object and hit OK. It should be a solid body now.
@mattconte4363 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@joelstolarski2244 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@octavioaguila9276 Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@thomasdenner1846 3 жыл бұрын
Great video, but unfortunately, they locked out the hobby users - which are actually those who would use it the most. With this feature one cold easily modify all thingiverse STL. Imagine, which reach Fusion360 would get if unlocked for hobby users. But I feel that large reach for hobby unseres is not in the interest of the company any more.
@JJFX- 3 жыл бұрын
Autodesk's model is to get people into 3D design and use the free users as beta testers and data collection. Those that do upgrade realize they are still limited by many of the bugs, features, performance/online restrictions being used to push serious users to their real 3D product, Inventor. Customers who take the plunge into that realize it's also far from perfect only now they're so deep in the Autodesk ecosystem they're unlikely to leave.
@alejandroperez5368 3 жыл бұрын
@@JJFX- Ok, go back to using Freecad if you don't like it. LOL
@JJFX- 3 жыл бұрын
@@alejandroperez5368 I'm not saying that just to hate on it. It's only because it's frustrating to me how much potential F360 has over typical CAD programs but Autodesk seems set on undercutting it.
@cosmicrdt 2 жыл бұрын
@@JJFX- can confirm. Our company wanted to switch from autocad to another software but the licensing, staff training and lost revenue meant we are stuck with autodesk forever
@lorenzorojasv 2 жыл бұрын
@@alejandroperez5368 ah yes, im banned from using something cause of pointing out how it could improve
@kylek29 3 жыл бұрын
"Prismatic is not included in the free personal or hobby licenses." So, like the people that will actually use the feature? Lol. Great feature and tutorial.
@ProductDesignOnline 3 жыл бұрын
Mesh files are actually used a lot in the commercial space these days. I think this is a misconception with the 3D printing community. Particularly with 3D scan/reverse-engineering workflows, which is one of the main reasons the Mesh tab/environment got all of these updates. They brought in a bunch of technology from Autodesk Netfabb.
@wachocs16 2 жыл бұрын
@@ProductDesignOnline Yup. I do photogrammetry with a pirated software and a student licence of Fusion360 for reverse engineering. Even with that, it's REALLY difficult to get clean and precise parametric designs (A god scanner, like the Einscan Pro 2x cost 65 full median salary here in Argentina)
@svendemeyer6278 2 жыл бұрын
I do 🤷♂️
@ProductDesignOnline 3 жыл бұрын
IMPORTANT: The original conversion method, using faceted, is still available to ALL license types. Prismatic is not available on the Personal Use license. *Enter the next 3D Modeling Challenge here* : bit.ly/July3DChallenge *Demo File* ➞ bit.ly/mazePuzzleSTL Thanks to Thangs.com for sponsoring the prizes!
@truegret7778 2 жыл бұрын
It would be helpful for you to continue from the faceted method so that those of us hobbyists can learn to modify STL that do not have a Fusion 360 subscription. Thank you in advance.
@ProductDesignOnline 2 жыл бұрын
Hey, thanks for the suggestion! I do plan to cover some more of the facets techniques and new mesh tools soon :)
@joelstolarski2244 2 жыл бұрын
I saw some of those tools for simplyfying mesh, and tried to use them. Ended up with some missing facets, that fusion was unable to fix. So hopefully just a few tips will be appreciated.
@techiejam 2 жыл бұрын
Instep Studio :)
@gummispecht Жыл бұрын
@@techiejam useless comment, InStep is also NOT free with full functionality.
@IJackDaWackI Жыл бұрын
@@gummispecht Perhaps a useful comment would be to pay for the program if it has something you need it to do. People dont develop these highly complex CAD programs so they can offer it to the world for free. The "free" versions are nothing more than trials of the paid product for people to test so they can decided if the program is worth purchasing the full version. The "free" versions often come with WAY more usability then they really should. Fusion 360 now has an additional addon option for organic conversions where prismatic fails. Faceted conversions are extremely difficult to work with, and there isnt going to be a "how to guide" once they are converted because they will all behave differently. Keep in mind Fusion 360 education if Free and is basically the entire paid for base program. You only need an education based email address to register.
@Michele-ue5eu 3 жыл бұрын
This is a godsent, I didn't know about the new prismatic feature, I have been searching for an effective workflow to deal with stl, I hope this is it
@ahmedghaith6080 2 жыл бұрын
You have no idea how much i struggled with this trying to do it on my own. YOU ARE MY HERO!!
@x-onicsltd.2118 2 жыл бұрын
is it possible to convert the mesh body without paid license of the fusion 360?
@joelstolarski2244 2 жыл бұрын
Everybody suffers with this program. There's a YT video that an engineer made. He had problems with it too.
@33rdframe Жыл бұрын
I have searched for MONTHS for this... thank God for you bro. Subscribed!!!
@ChasingAfterTheWind Жыл бұрын
Wish you could have went more in depth about the faceted convert method for those of us that are using the non-commercial version, but you put in enough information for me to be able to work my way through it. Thanks for this video. I am looking forward to watching more of your videos.
@ProductDesignOnline Жыл бұрын
Have many videos on the topic. Kindly see this one next: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ect9e9SSnrbcnmw.html
@Fredster9984 3 жыл бұрын
I wish I could like this more than once! I'm sorry for the people that don't have the paid version, but this is what I have been looking for!
@wakjagner 2 жыл бұрын
Hello Fellow folks; if the Convert Mesh option isn't present, make sure you're not in Direct Edit mode for the mesh (Instead, you want to be in Mesh mode directly, from the top row, [Solid, Surface, Mesh...etc])
@eldiagrama 2 жыл бұрын
tHANKS THIS SAVED ME ALOT OF TROUBLE.- i FOUND UT I NEED TO PAY TO USE THIS FEATURE
@allornothing7957 2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!!
@superchargedkayaker Жыл бұрын
This tutorial is my go to. Thanks so much for taking your time to make this video.
@MaxGoddur 3 жыл бұрын
This software, Fusion 360, is not your mom and dad's drawing program. Learning it takes a mentor with the knowledge to explain what frustrates you. Kevin takes the time to offer free and paid help. That is one class act of juggling the two and so far I have not seen one item dropped. So if you want to do something other than drawing a rectangle and coloring it blue Fusion 360 is what you need and recommend it but without Kevin's videos and support, I would be lost. Thank you, Kevin.
@Bob-Is-A-PotterNow 3 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU for this video. I hadn't run Fusion in a week or so and was stunned when the Mesh->Brep was not where I expected to find it - an artifact of silent, push upgrades. Without your help I would have had to struggle with Autodesk documention, I find obtuse to say the least... Thanks again!
@ProductDesignOnline 3 жыл бұрын
You're welcome! They definitely push out software updates faster than documentation :D
@daviddowning4991 Жыл бұрын
Thank you - this helped me (a beginner in Fusion 360) overcome a roadblock in a project which had stumped me for days!
@siddharths1672 5 ай бұрын
A much clear video on how to convert mesh into a solid.💯 Good work👏
@ProductDesignOnline 5 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! appreciate you!
@sanperez313 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Kev!!!! Much needed... I was so lost earlier until I found ya!!!! 💙💛💙💛
@wfpelletier4348 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this excellent explanation of the mesh-prismatic conversion. It really does look like an incredible tool, especially for working with a lot of 'Thingiverse' STL models.
@timfischer 2 жыл бұрын
Indeed, looks incredible. Too bad it's priced out of my hobby budget.
@BioStuff415 2 жыл бұрын
I watched 3 other videos on this topic. Thank you for getting it done right. Excellent. Subscribed - thumbs up.
@quanli3552 3 жыл бұрын
This is game changer, now you can access the immense ocean of mesh files.
@RoamGaming 3 жыл бұрын
only if you have a paid license.
@maxiu.. 3 жыл бұрын
@@RoamGaming for simple enough models the free faceted workflow works just fine and allows to change plenty of dimensions without any problem, I've used it to change dimensions on camera mounts and other small pieces
@RoamGaming 3 жыл бұрын
@@maxiu.. i've used it as well. but in this case "simple enough" means very very simple. Any model with complicated surfaces (pretty much anything beyond modeling a bracket) fails quickly.
@finnyzmeobmw Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, this is the exact information I needed to fix my imported STL mesh to help with the creation of fillets.
@simonsimpson4695 2 жыл бұрын
The tutorial is excellent and very timely. It helped me personally enormously but fact that prismatic isn’t available on the free licence IMHO doesn’t make sense. I completely understand why it isn’t available but I’d have thought that the file size is enormously smaller to store and processing is less involved once it’s been converted. Therefore IMHO it would actually be sensible to allow it to go on the free licence esp if there are large numbers of STLs being stored in the translated form with thousands of triangles etc. I’m still very grateful to Autodesk for being able to use it etc. I’d be struggling royally without that. It’s just an observation.
@nathan24277 7 ай бұрын
Amazing step by step video .Thank you Very much.
@PerB_M 2 жыл бұрын
Why couldn't they "sell" a Prismatic module ($20,- per year) to hobbyists and Personal license holders? They would get thousands of new customers.
@MaxGoddur 3 жыл бұрын
Looks like we need some more videos on the subject matter herein: "'fork in the road' where you choose between Faceted vs Prismatic." Thank you, Kevin.
@ProductDesignOnline 3 жыл бұрын
Fair point! A follow up showing additional details per Faceted would be helpful
@joelstolarski2244 2 жыл бұрын
Great explanation, easy to follow. I'm on the free version, and modifying even a simple stl is burdensome.
@qus.9617 Жыл бұрын
Thank-you. New to fusion 360. I recently downloaded a stl file that was 'mesh'. I wanted to edit it and was used to using Tinkercad. In the end I used tinkercad but good to know I can now use Fusion 360.
@russellmiller2564 3 жыл бұрын
What are the mesh facet limitations, as far as face count? When the mesh tools were in preview, it was around 10k, which is a tiny mesh. Has this been improved?
@ProductDesignOnline 3 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure if they've released an 'official' limit. I've had some success with 50K facets, but it really depends on the shape/type of model.
@toddmayphoto 3 жыл бұрын
I tried a 9766 poly count mesh. It failed each time. Then made face groups and still failed to convert to solid.
@cassidycantrell6829 2 жыл бұрын
Any guidance on what to do if the convert results are a surface body as opposed to a solid body?
@ryanwilson1369 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I didn't know about the generate face groups command and once i saw that my mesh was converted to the solid body super nicely. Great video.
@Dylise Жыл бұрын
Man, you're great....I was attempting to alter an STL I found for my security cam...I remember seeing your video for STL's and had that in the back of my head for when I needed it. So, I'm watching it, and following along in Fusion, and I get to the point to right click, and Convert to BREP or whatever that means....and it's not there. I'm looking everywhere, trying all kinds of things, and all I really needed to do was take a closer look at your video, because right under your video, you had a link to think even stating 2022 Version! So awesome, because minutes after i noticed that, I had my model to print. I really wish the Prismatic feature was available, but I totally get it. They already allow almost anyone to use Fusion for free, so its hard to complain. Great video, thanks a lot. Huge fan of your tutorials, and still getting through them as I find the time. They've helped me tremendously (professionally/at work & at home playing with designs to print) I can't wait until I get to your videos on how to model things specifically for 3d printing, but I am watching them all in order as you put them up. Cheers!
@ProductDesignOnline Жыл бұрын
Thanks, John! Glad to hear you found the '22 version. I wish it was easier to call out the newer versions as folks often don't see that. Nonetheless, best of luck with your projects!
@bf4chode2 6 ай бұрын
How is this the one video in 1,000 that actually tells you to generate face groups. Good work man.
@vanhelzer22 5 ай бұрын
great video. Thanks for your time!
@ProductDesignOnline 5 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching. Appreciate you!
@depopa1033 3 жыл бұрын
its really great how you have to find 200 different tutorials because features keep changing and i dont even have the features showed in the tutorial.
@thronex4741 3 жыл бұрын
i need help with the hobbyist licence the free version to convert stl to body after doing that im getting the weird lines and i can't select the whole body how to do that?
@grantdavies6081 Жыл бұрын
I tried this and it worked pretty well, but I do have 3 bodies which are from the mesh as a result of the generate face groups and then convert mesh. I have added solids to this model but they are treated as separate bodies and combine does not work. This means you can't "filet" between the mesh that was converted to your new solids.. (I was adding a divider to a box, the box was a mesh and the divider create two compartments, but I can't create filets between the two)
@Alfonsovice 4 ай бұрын
thanks worked great
@HosonZes 2 жыл бұрын
Just for people like me, that were unable to see the "Mesh" tab and were always right clicking the mesh and entering "direct edit" or "edit feature": You will switch to mesh mode, yes but you won't get the convert mesh feature here. So import the mesh, then in the top tabs switch to mesh and you have it.
@thomasleftwite Жыл бұрын
Thank you! It's very helpful. I couldn't do it well before.
@penjim 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent instructional video! Thank you!
@howardbaxter2514 Жыл бұрын
Oh. My. God. THANK YOU! This was the perfect video I needed. Also, in the most recent version, Fusion 360 also takes OpenSCAD models, and has an "Organic" Method when doing Convert Mesh.
@ProductDesignOnline Жыл бұрын
Great tip! The 'Organic' method is pretty slick. May have to do a separate video on that :)
@matedwards8439 2 жыл бұрын
This is a life saving video, Amazingggggg!!!!!!
@kajpaget3180 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!❤
@DanCounihan 3 жыл бұрын
Just stumbled across this video. You now have a new Subscriber. Great video and was something I actually needed know and will save me a lot of time and effort.
@ProductDesignOnline 3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it/learned a lot!
@awensman25 5 ай бұрын
Amazing explanation
@BARE_TEETH 2 жыл бұрын
I have latest version of 360 in Personal setup and my Modify menu is very different. Convert mesh is not on there at all and I can't find the function. Curious if this is because i'm on a non commercial license?
@NeoIsrafil 2 жыл бұрын
well...it seems the educational license DOES let you do the prismatic.... though i also still have no clue what im doing and so far it seems like its 1000x easier just to pull it into 3ds max and edit it as a mesh or poly. i was hoping to try playing with parametrics, but it seems like its really really complicated to convert and is gonna provide a same, or possibly more restrictive result... maybe im just misunderstanding it though.
@TheWindGinProject 3 жыл бұрын
Top Notch Fusion 360 Instruction. Thanks!
@ProductDesignOnline 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@JohnVanderbeck 2 жыл бұрын
Is there a way to modify the face groups if it appears to make a mistake in the auto creation?
@flavianojose8423 3 жыл бұрын
This deserves more than 10 likes from each person that will like this tutorial
@nobleamadi1074 2 жыл бұрын
God bless you !
@CraigHollabaugh 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent coverage of additional Fusion 360 functionality. Thanks for the video and to your sponsor, checking out their website now.
@ProductDesignOnline 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Craig! Be sure to check out the July 3D Modeling challenge (open to everyone) - bit.ly/July3DChallenge
@jsvalentin 7 ай бұрын
I was always wondering my my measurement wasn't right, I now know thank you. When you upload str it's in CM and I needed in MM so now I know he proper way is to use insert cause you get it in mm and capture your timeline must less work.
@iuiz 2 жыл бұрын
Prismatic is paywall locked. I would pay for it, if it was a lifetime licence. But 360 € each year ist just too much.
@doco6186 3 жыл бұрын
Very informative and, as always, very clearly presented.
@zachangelo7670 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video. In less than 24 hours the program updated and I was lost on my usual way of converting mesh to body.
@ProductDesignOnline 3 жыл бұрын
What?? You can still convert via the normal (faceted) way that was always available to everyone. Only the Prismatic feature/conversion is not available, which was never a thing until July 2021 update. Don't get me wrong, I'm annoyed it's not available to everyone as well, just want to be clear that the 'regular' way of converting is still available.
@zachangelo7670 3 жыл бұрын
@@ProductDesignOnline i use to be able to right click on my m esh insert and convert to "body" its no longer like that. your way helped me find how to do it again... not sure.. my program is the free version so maybe thats why? sorry for the confusement
@joelstolarski2244 2 жыл бұрын
Would like to update a comment I made before. On Free Fusion Hobby version and editing STL's is actually very easy. I found a very nice stl for Ipad Mini holder for my DJI Mini drone. So both are mini... haha. The original design was for a Huawei Tablet and I have IPad Mini 5 that my wife gave me to use with drone app from DJI. When in Fusion insert the Mesh first. Then Get into Mesh mode at top. I needed to cut the holder and add about 28 mm to enlarge the holder. Cut mesh convert mesh to Solid to add the square and then extruded the square piece to fit the holder to extend it. When extruding the square to holder then easy Extrude Join. Then When holder is correct dimension I check I measure, to measure that holder is correct for Ipad Mini 5. Then can go convert back to Mesh, again easy, to do. So now I find best to get the Stl ready for Cura or Prusaslicer, just go export and save it as Obj file. You can also just output direct to Cura and also check preview the stl so you can see that model is ok. Sounds hard, but once you do one it will be easy. I like to save the stl as obj so can use in other programs like blender and use diffrent slicers. Can send it to Meshmixer or Meshlab. When cutting the holder also remember that at the cut Plane it will leave non manifold edges on the cut pieces. Those need to be fixed. Fusion can fix those also. I think in cutting plane adjust setting to close edges. Can't remember . But take time and not hard to figure out.
@koolkiwikat Жыл бұрын
video or it never happened bro
@VallGowrylo 3 ай бұрын
Super!
@hveliorum8252 2 жыл бұрын
Thank's! Very qualitative tutorial! Helped me out a lot!
@johnkneeboi369 8 ай бұрын
Hi there, your videos are always nice to follow along with and are easy for fusion 360 noobs like myself. I recently purchased the 1 year plan in order to use prismatic, and I attempted to do exactly what you have done in this video. When I convert mesh (parametric/prismatic), it leaves 3 holes on the maze section. Is there a setting I need to change from the default?
@ProductDesignOnline 8 ай бұрын
It can be highly dependent on the model. Depending on the holes, it may be something you can fix with the "repair" tool. Before going to convert the mesh body, is there any yellow warning icon next to it?
@johnkneeboi369 8 ай бұрын
@@ProductDesignOnline there isn't (only the usual 10k+ triangles warning in the bottom right when converting mesh), and I tried combining faces and it did clear up the holes but it warps the edges into curves that look like they are dented. I hit repair on the face grouped mesh, and it says it is closed, oriented and positive volume. Faceted creates a closed body; Is there a way for me to convert the faceted solid bodies into a parametric (i.e. skipping the select/delete faces)
@matthewwain9958 Жыл бұрын
Did they remove some of the features for this? I can no longer convert mesh to bodies after the first step. As a hobby/small business person, they seem to be doing all they can to push me away from using it.
@amazingscout61 2 жыл бұрын
thank you so much! most files i use are stl and i can get accurate files because its a mesh. very grateful for this tutorial
@michaelbrown-qe8cr 2 жыл бұрын
Another Excellent Video Kevin!
@ProductDesignOnline 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Michael!
@nargames 2 жыл бұрын
This is utterly amazing thank you so much, everyone is so confusing
@MAVICHERODRONERO 2 жыл бұрын
Muchas gracias me has ayudado muchisisisisisisisiiimooooooo
@strangeworkshop7733 Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for clearly explaining the process and not going a million miles an hour haha!
@Dyfcom21 2 жыл бұрын
What to do, when fusion 360 is freezing every time when I try to face group the mesh? I got an i7 11700k, a RTX2070 and 32 GB RAM. It is happening with a simple mesh cylinder...
@Akegata42 2 жыл бұрын
I wish I had watched this before spending a couple of hours trying to clean up a model I converted from stl to step in FreeCad, rather than after I had given up on that. Not sure why, but the prismatic conversion works perfectly for me with a free hobby license.
@bluesman285a 3 жыл бұрын
Any Idea why when I do coverrt mesh I get Not all facegroups of the mesh body could be converted. The generated solid or surface body is not complete. Try a different method for conversion or adjust the face groups to correspond better to geometric features of the mesh.
@ProductDesignOnline 3 жыл бұрын
what file/object are you working with?
@airgunningyup 2 жыл бұрын
after converting mesh , it wont let me export the model , and also wont let me repair face groups ? any ideas.
@Nordic_Goon 2 жыл бұрын
This, is, friggin, AWESOME.
@soundmindtv2911 3 жыл бұрын
Great video, thanks! Sadly, prismatic is now only available with a paid subscription.
@Guesticles 3 жыл бұрын
Just ran into this issue as well. Pretty disappointed in that.
@MaxGoddur 3 жыл бұрын
Forgot to ask what does creating a solid copy for 3D printing do for the printing process?
@ProductDesignOnline 3 жыл бұрын
This "STL to Solid" workflow is most used to reverse-engineer and/or alter preexisting parts from sites like Thangs, Thingiverse, etc. That said, having a solid file and using Fusion 360's additive setup will be a huge advantage in the future, as you'll no longer need to convert your file to a mesh, losing the parametric nature.
@MaxGoddur 3 жыл бұрын
@@ProductDesignOnline is there an existing video on how to carry out what you are describing? I would certinainly to go back and try that out.
@ProductDesignOnline 3 жыл бұрын
@@MaxGoddur Sure is! - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e5yYecR0m8qonIE.html
@andrewkurtz1252 3 жыл бұрын
Your tutorials are awesome! Thanks to you, I know the basics of using Fusion which is completely awesome! One quick question about the new prismatic conversion availability. Is it included with the education license? 🤞
@ProductDesignOnline 3 жыл бұрын
Yes! It is available on the EDU license.
@stevnmolla5151 2 жыл бұрын
@@ProductDesignOnline Just switched to educational version and prismatic is still blocked. You also marked a post which says that prismatic conversion is not availible in the educational version, what is correct?
@joelstolarski2244 2 жыл бұрын
Ive been learning 360 and went to try insert mesh, and noticed that prismatic is grayed out. Wanted to do a little modification to a model. Probably going to use mesh mixer or something similar until I learn to do my own designing.
@DTCFilms Жыл бұрын
Yes it is included in the EDU license. I just used the function yesterday on my education account.
@LuisSanchez-kx1pm 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!! Helped me out a lot!
@RichardMumford1 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Kevin, I very much appreciate your detailed explanations. I have a paid version and every time, regardless of the methods used I get compute failed or the conversion does not show all of the parts Is my computer at fault? Perhaps too slow to do the required calculations, I have had it for a few years. Thank you.
@NitrobuggyGR 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much man
@TFMTraining 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent lesson.
@guilhermeluz1000 2 жыл бұрын
Helps a lot!! Thanks!
@riverainventions Жыл бұрын
Thank you...
@ModularIsl 3 жыл бұрын
I make the face groups, convert to a prismatic base feature but it generates an incomplete solid; “try a different method for conversion or adjust the face groups to correspond better to geometric features of the mesh”. I tried fast instead of accurate in the face groups instead and got the same result with a partial solid.. 🧐
@ProductDesignOnline 3 жыл бұрын
Can you link to the file you're trying to convert? It may be something specific to the geometry, but I can try on my end and see if I get the same result.
@ModularIsl 3 жыл бұрын
@@ProductDesignOnline I tried pasting a drive link but it keeps disappearing
@GeekCreek73 5 ай бұрын
so unless you have the paid version of fusion this is sadly not possible... could you show how to do it whit the hoppy licens ?
@ProductDesignOnline 5 ай бұрын
On the hobby license, you will use the faceted approach. You can then clean up the triangles using these 3 tricks: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ect9e9SSnrbcnmw.htmlsi=RwtnxbVa7wJ372Vv
@GeekCreek73 5 ай бұрын
Thank You! @@ProductDesignOnline
@Procuste34iOSh 2 жыл бұрын
clear and precise, thank you!
@mtheapes 2 жыл бұрын
Super useful and succinct info! Thanks!
@ProductDesignOnline 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching, Matt! :)
@Tjm1875 2 жыл бұрын
Very helpful thanks
@AllenIsbell 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely perfect video. Thank you!
@ModularIsl 3 жыл бұрын
doesnt work as seamlessly for models with higher face counts, but would be worth figuring out with different models
@elpipetuanis 2 жыл бұрын
This was really helpful, thanks!
@terranceroberts6259 3 жыл бұрын
I dont know if it has changed - yet again - but I have a paid version of this and I had to do it a completly different way. FIrst I saved the project. Then I turned off the timeline history (as usual). I had to go to the very top (above the icons) and select MESH to go into the mesh workspace. Then I could go to modify / convert mesh / and do the conversion. Painful.
@ProductDesignOnline 3 жыл бұрын
You don't have to turn off Design History to access Mesh features/conversion anymore. Mesh is now parametric.
@N17C1 2 жыл бұрын
The prismatic option seems to only be available in paid versions
@SRPhotographyVideo 2 жыл бұрын
Great Tutorial, you've helped me a lot! Now i get a litte bit better in fusion and can edit my models a litte bit better for my 3D Prints.
@jaxsonmillz6474 2 жыл бұрын
finally someone who doesnt say do this then that then process thank you for explaining how to use fusion
@Yavorh55 2 жыл бұрын
Whyyyy did I not know of the face gouping! That's what I've been needing for so long lol
@ProductDesignOnline 2 жыл бұрын
It was released ~2 or 3 months ago, so still fairly new :)
@kevinhart9006 3 жыл бұрын
Pretty poor communication from Autodesk regarding changing Mesh to Brep to Convert - they talk about making changes, but don't detail how to use them in their release notes. Thanks for the video!
@ProductDesignOnline 3 жыл бұрын
Agreed. They did not have their documentation ready... but I do my best to help with that :D
@teatrolites3446 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! This really helped me alot
@jelsondalmeida6208 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this video ☺️
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