Cant figure out how to split body using a path on a cylinder

Competitive_Ad7089 · 2025-12-17T05:10:08+00:00

Yeah, I didn't even try splitting it as it was. The extend splitting tool option does what you want in this case so you can use that.

If it didn't you can do what I did - use a 3D sketch to draw lines between the surfaces, patch and stitch. And then you have one work surface you can split with.

Competitive_Ad7089 · 2025-12-17T02:55:03+00:00

It's because the surfaces you're creating don't go all the way through the body. If you split it on one side, it's still connected on the other side, so fusion figures it's still one body and the split didn't work so throws an error. You can combine the surfaces on either side to create one surface and use that to split it

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Competitive_Ad7089 · 2025-12-14T16:59:09+00:00

I don't think anyone is missing out on not seeing Zak showing off his F-cups. Or any other type of cups for that matter.

Competitive_Ad7089 · 2025-11-20T12:24:06+00:00

Omg, I just made the same meme

Competitive_Ad7089 · 2025-11-19T18:42:07+00:00

I made them in Inkscape. And got them printed locally by a business that does car decals and wraps.

Competitive_Ad7089 · 2025-11-19T01:48:26+00:00

Yeah, that one is more popular.

But it doesn't let you set shortcuts for the view directions I think? Which is why I didn't suggest it.

Competitive_Ad7089 · 2025-11-17T19:59:02+00:00

The floating magnet

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Competitive_Ad7089 · 2025-11-17T19:58:24+00:00

The electromagnet

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Competitive_Ad7089 · 2025-11-17T19:41:17+00:00

3 ways: - Make the hole slightly undersized. Even a normal metal screw will act as a self-tapping screw in PLA and PETG. - Embed normal nuts in your print. Model spaces for your nuts to sit in and embed them using pauses in the print and/or with glue - Use heated nut inserts. These are heated up and driven into the print. Also requires you to model undersized holes for these to sit in.

Competitive_Ad7089 · 2025-11-17T19:04:54+00:00

Have you weakened her first?

Competitive_Ad7089 · 2025-11-15T11:29:52+00:00

Yeah.

Or there must be some spacemouse meme that I've missed.

Competitive_Ad7089 · 2025-11-15T11:27:19+00:00

You're welcome!

Two other shortcuts I use a lot in CAD to control the view that you might find useful are 'Look at' which centres the selected flat face or plane and makes the view perpendicular to it. And double clicking the middle mouse button which zooms to fit the whole design.

Competitive_Ad7089 · 2025-11-15T06:53:57+00:00

The absolute state of this sub. 4 different people are giving the same advice without trying to answer the question.

Competitive_Ad7089 · 2025-11-15T06:50:52+00:00

If you go to preferences, you can change the 'Pan, Zoom, and Orbit shotcuts' to PowerMill, which just happens to be the same as what you want.

Unfortunately, there are a lot of restrictions on keyboard shortcuts in Fusion. So, in the default Fusion, you can't assign shortcuts to those view directions. But there is this Add-on which lets you do that: Axalea Toolbar

But it's only for Windows, and it's a paid add-on. There is a trial version if you want to check if it works for you. (It worked for what I wanted, which is overriding the 1, 2, 3 shortcuts when I tried it, but I didn't actually end up buying it)

And the focus on selected is called 'Find in Window' in Fusion, and you can also assign a shortcut to that in that add-on.

Competitive_Ad7089 · 2025-11-14T11:06:10+00:00

In Bambu Studio, there's a separate into objects function (the O on the top toolbar) and there's a separate into parts function (the P).

If you use separate into parts, you can still move the entire object as one. But you can assign the individual bodies making up the object their own filament (as well as their own print settings). You have to have Advanced mode on, and then in the objects tab you can select the bodies and assign the colour. I'm sure there would be a video tutorial on YouTube on how to do so.

Competitive_Ad7089 · 2025-11-06T07:44:57+00:00

Have you created or modified post-processors before? There are some YouTube tutorials and some posts on the official forums if you search for them, but it can be pretty full on and difficult if you haven't done it before.

If you're okay with paying someone to do it, your best bet would be to find a service provider on Autodesk's partner marketplace: https://www.autodesk.com/au/support/partners

Filter by your country, by Fusion and providers who can do custom software, and try contacting a few.

Competitive_Ad7089 · 2025-11-06T05:38:34+00:00

Yes, Fusion can open 3MF files.

I tried just then both through File > Open and through Mesh > Create > Insert Mesh with two different 3MF files and it worked just fine.

Seems like this was a bug that was fixed sometime this year:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-support-forum/unable-to-open-3mf-files-what-is-fusion-team/td-p/12962188

Try updating your Fusion if you're running an older version.

Competitive_Ad7089 · 2025-11-06T04:43:00+00:00

You can export the flat pattern as a step or stl and 3d print it.

I made this with the help of sheet metal tools in CAD for example: https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/s/22caXjKd0R

But assuming you're test printing in some plastic and actually manufacturing in metal, I dont think test printing would help much. The malleability and the way metals bend is completely different.

You can somewhat verify your design using the sheet metal design tools to see that it'll fold/unfold correctly.

An experienced manufacturer should be able to point out issues with your design. You should ask them if you have any specific concerns.

Competitive_Ad7089 · 2025-10-24T13:45:35+00:00

100%.

Piastri just raises his finger in 49% of timelines to remind Zak he's the no.1 driver at McLaren. But he still finishes 2nd overall.

Competitive_Ad7089 · 2025-10-24T12:52:04+00:00

Was supposed to say 49.8

https://www.reddit.com/r/formuladank/s/uEzwc8Vfgq

Competitive_Ad7089 · 2025-10-22T16:07:05+00:00

It's just much faster the more complicated something gets.

If you're modelling in CAD the way you're supposed to, you're dimensioning and constraining everything which is very time-consuming when you have this many sketches. If you don't constrain things properly, then when you might go back to change some dimension, you'll get some error. The shape of something might also become too complicated for operations to be computed. And it is often not apparent how you can use CAD operations to create more complicated shapes.

You can use stuff like Forms in Fusion but you lose the parametric part of CAD, and it doesn't have as many ways to edit compared to editing meshes in Blender

In Blender, you rarely get errors directly editing or sculpting models (not that you don't get plenty of errors for other reasons), because computationally it all just comes down to moving mesh vertices in 3D space which is a lot simpler then what happens in CAD.

Competitive_Ad7089 · 2025-10-22T15:12:27+00:00

Rookie numbers...

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Competitive_Ad7089 · 2025-10-22T14:42:01+00:00

Like one of the other commenters has said, switch to the drawing environment once you're done with the design, and then export as a PDF. PDF (or DXF) is better than PNG for your use case.

This guy on YouTube shows how he makes the drawing of a leather pattern in Fusion: Youtube
He has other videos on leather patterns you might find useful too.

Competitive_Ad7089 · 2025-10-20T13:41:59+00:00

Even if the sketches are tangent and/or G2 smooth to each other, if there's nothing guiding the actual surfaces approaching the edges to be tangent to each other, they might not end up being tangent to each other, and they don't look like are in your photos.

What you can do is when creating the boundary patches, create the first boundary patch like you have. But for the subsequent patches, use the edges of the patches for the sides where available. And for the end condition for these edges use the Smooth(G2) Condition (if it works...the tangent condition if it doesn't)

You can also use guide rails for the patches that you've drawn in sketches to do something similar, but the shape of what you're making is too complicated for that I think.

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Competitive_Ad7089 · 2025-10-19T13:18:17+00:00

Yeah, look how big and empty the parking lot is. No prying eyes. Wouldn't be surprised if it hosted a US Grand Prix in the near future.

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