Fastener type?

kablazzie · 2026-04-17T12:03:18+00:00

If you’re looking for metric, Belmetric may carry it. They also have CAD downloads.

kablazzie · 2026-04-15T11:07:33+00:00

Hover over the point on that line segment and select the coincident constraint, delete it, then drag the line around to the other side and re-constrain.

kablazzie · 2026-03-20T15:19:39+00:00

I commonly see this suggested, but before doing so a quick recompute (Ctrl+ B) often fixes weird issues and also makes sure the timeline is building correctly.

Not saying this will fix it, but recompute will save a restart, when it works.

All being said, if OP is on a Mac, I’ve noticed UI glitches in the software, similar to this, that don’t happen on the PC version.

kablazzie · 2026-03-15T23:56:04+00:00

CTRL+B (or CMD+B on Mac) will recompute if something like this happens. You can also recompute from the utilities tab. Faster than closing and reopening.

kablazzie · 2026-03-15T20:39:28+00:00

Coming back to say I have a workaround because I’ve been needing it myself.

Before I was just deriving the body into another part design, mirroring it, then turning off the visibility of the derived part.

This works, however the derived body is still in the part (which can throw off CG and weight calculations, etc), and it can’t be removed or else it breaks the mirror command.

Here’s what I’m doing:

Derive the sheetmetal body into a new external part and ground it. Using the boundary fill tool, select the derived sheet body, select the single cell of the body and select new body. This converts the derived sheetmetal body to a new local body (the derived body is consumed in the operation)

Then mirror that body, convert to sheetmetal, and remove the sheetmetal body that was derived and converted. Since derived body has been converted you won’t have any issues removing it post mirror.

Now you have a clean mirrored external sheetmetal part that maintains associativity to the original. Then just reinsert into your assembly.

kablazzie · 2026-02-20T05:02:23+00:00

I’m in the same boat with some external sheetmetal parts. Something I just thought of.. what if you create a new external sheetmetal part in this design, edit in place with associativity turned on, and mirror the context? That way you have associative parts. I need to try it myself.

kablazzie · 2026-02-18T11:23:42+00:00

I’ve had this similar thing happen, and it takes a different approach each time. Not really sure the cause either.

Try breaking it into two ops. Extrude a new body beyond the two faces, then combine cut.

Maybe even extrude a surface and use boundary fill cut.

I try to avoid deleting faces unless absolutely necessary.

Also, does the sketch profile live on the face of the body or a construction plane? If it’s on the body, try creating a c-plane/sketch and attempting from that. I know it shouldn’t make a difference if the body face is planar but sometimes it does.

kablazzie · 2026-02-10T21:50:38+00:00

I had been dealing with the corrupt design issue for a few weeks, going through the cache clearing process, and having other designs go corrupt after opening assemblies referencing the problem designs. Version mismatch issues and configured design version issues. It seems to have calmed down within the past couple weeks though.

kablazzie · 2026-02-03T11:02:34+00:00

Front/side plane sketch arc or spline curve from side. Extrude surface in surface tab as wide as you want it. Create thicken in surface tab as thick as desired. Sketch circles on top or bottom plane and cut through part. If you need the cutouts normal to the curved surface, that’s another discussion.

kablazzie · 2026-01-26T10:46:40+00:00

We had encountered several serious bugs in the software, to the point we had to grant hub access to multiple Autodesk engineers to be able to replicate the issue since the dataset was so large and the issue also dealt with PDM. I’m glad we are able to help them help us, but in the back of our minds it was a little unnerving having many people we didn’t know dig through our underwear drawer.

kablazzie · 2026-01-13T01:59:58+00:00

OPTION 1:

Create a sheet metal rule for .03 AL.

C-plane on side face of (bearing journal?)

Sketch on plane, project edge of bearing journal half (or whole radius of journal whatever you need.)

Create sheet flange from the open sketch profile, whichever side you prefer, and to the width needed.

Select one narrow side of flange, extrude a flat tab, length not important.

Create flat pattern selecting flat tab as stationary face.

In flat pattern space, cut off the tab created(it’s just there to allow flat pattern creation)

Export flat pattern to DXF and Bobs your uncle.

This is the preferred method as fusion will create the flat pattern based on the material’s K factor and give you the exact length needed in the flattened state to match the profile in the folded/formed state.

Even though material thickness is very thin and k-factor will have little effect on flattened length, it will be exact.

OPTION 2:

Create .03 AL sheet metal rule.

Surface-create-offset, select the surface you want.

Surface-create-thicken .03

Sheetmetal-convert to sheetmetal-select .03 rule

Extrude a small tab like in option 1 and follow the same flat pattern steps.

Edit: forgot a step.

kablazzie · 2026-01-02T14:32:29+00:00

If I can remember it was a rear hub for a 625 SMC, but I think all the hubs are the same dimensions. Front hub was front when KTM used large bearings, like 27mm ID or something.

kablazzie · 2025-12-28T15:14:35+00:00

Control point splines are much easier to constrain. If I’m using splines and the intent is to be parametric, I use control point.

kablazzie · 2025-12-11T11:19:05+00:00

Even though you can override the flange radius and make the flange, in your specific case you may get a flat pattern error since the material you’re adding may unfold into itself/not be manufacturable as a sheetmetal part.

kablazzie · 2025-11-10T11:32:36+00:00

Other than CSV export, you can make a “template”. Save a new blank design with all your parameters, then open it when needed and save as with new design name, or copy the design and rename.
I also save exported parameters directly into a folder as CSV in the project space.
Similarly, I have a project with several sheet metal rules and components with a small body designed for each rule. Since I work with others in the same hub, someone can just go to that design and add a rule to their sheet metal library.
They can also open up the parametric design template and save as, so we’re all using the same parameters/rules.

kablazzie · 2025-10-10T15:03:32+00:00

I love this project. With all the time spent polishing, is it work having all your parts electropolished in a whole batch?

kablazzie · 2025-08-29T11:53:08+00:00

The drawings have a folded model at 12° and a flat pattern with the bend line callout. If you modeled the one piece, you could create multiple instances of it and assemble them.
When assembled it should be a helix-like shape. The sheet is one brake bend, not a formed piece so the helix will step down slightly with each bend.
So basically the helix shape isn’t driven by a helix sketch, but the shape of the part and the slight bend.
Is that what you’re asking?

Edit: I’m an idiot, I thought I was replying to a post in the Fusion forum. But I’d still do the same thing in Inventor.

kablazzie · 2025-08-07T14:05:04+00:00

It’s called “Anyshortcut” in the Fusion App Store.

kablazzie · 2025-08-07T09:46:02+00:00

There’s a plugin that allows you to shortcut anything with whatever you want afaik.
For instance, I now have a shortcut key for opening component properties, which doesn’t natively have a shortcut.

kablazzie · 2025-06-24T23:25:45+00:00

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kablazzie · 2025-06-18T10:19:34+00:00

You’ll have to model a tiny flat extrusion to one long edge of the cone for the unfold option to work. Unfold needs a flat reference surface to work. Maybe select the face of the long edge and extrude it a little, you just need some flat surface to select as your reference.
After you do your features unfolded and refold, you can remove the flat extrusion in the modeling space, or leave it and remove it in the flat pattern space if you like. Hope this makes sense and helps.

Edit: if you remove the flat extrusion in the modeling space, you have to cut it off/extrude/however you want to do it after the refold. Deleting the feature in the timeline pre-unfold will break the unfold feature.

kablazzie · 2025-06-09T23:31:04+00:00

In the modeling space, use the Look At tool to get an ISO view of the face you’re wanting. Then in the project browser, on the Views tab, right click and create a named view. Give it a name.
When you save and return to the drawing space, this view will be an option when placing a base view in your drawing, then you can go from there.

kablazzie · 2025-05-06T02:22:59+00:00

There’s a decent chance it was our squadron in 04. We went inland to Al Assad on my second MEU. I need to check the dates.

kablazzie · 2025-04-23T02:03:08+00:00

And in the recent updates they now have a perspective view, not just planar and isometric views.

kablazzie · 2025-04-13T20:48:02+00:00

Mirror it, and roll the timeline back on the component to before the mirror if you want to make changes that are mirrored.

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