Back to Basics - Sculpting Tips

Curt Chan is all like, check out these great tips for getting started with the sculpting environment in Fusion 360. Go from nothing to a bike frame in just a few minutes by following these guidelines.
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[@storyboarddave5860]

Ok I figured out how he split the frame at 7:40. The "trick" happens at 5:25 when he selects only one face NOT two, and pulls the one face with the alt key held down. If your having trouble getting the frame to split then you are selecting two faces which would be one face on each side of the symmetry line.

[@ErnestCaballeroLloris]

OMG! You are right!!! Thanks! Close to half an hour trying to solve it. xD

[@charlieherbert7716]

Just started with Fusion 360 and this video was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for your work!

[@adskFusion]

Oldie but goodie!

[@adampaquette5129]

Curt, thanks for the tutorial it has certainly helped, however am having trouble trying to split the rear frame the way you did. Whenever I select the surfaces and then edit form it simply just makes the rear wider. Is there something else I am missing?

[@gunjan_]

Might be you missed symmetrical function

[@abhilashs9820]

awesome tutorial, crisp, resourceful and totally worth the watch. love the tutoring brevity and clarity. 5 stars!

[@jpberti]

At what point did you choose to split the rear stays? It seems it happened by "happy accident". How do you control the splitting of forms being made mirrored like this.

[@adampaquette5129]

+JP Berti Im trying to figure this out now and it certainly does not split as shown, did you ever figure this out on your own?

[@matthewmartin2287]

you have to make sure symmetry is on

[@matthewmartin2287]

duplicate symmetry (mirror-duplicate)

[@ya55er4008]

I work with 3Dmax but it kind of missing precision in dimensions , does this program doing any better ?

[@marsomatic639]

This is very cool stuff

[@joshualocsin]

is it possible to make this design parametric? that is, if i wanted to change the dimensions in the future, would the design update?

[@xrok1]

Ahhhhhh! if you look back at 5:29 hes pulling one side and its duplicated (branched) from that point forward. All that happens at 7:40 is speading of the two already seperate tubes.

[@ppradana]

it's a cool video, thanks

[@robajohnson]

BEST VIDEO I HAVE SEEN YET! Yes, I was yelling, I am that exited! That was awesome information! --Thank you!

[@krasenmaximov8110]

:D and I was clapping. about the alt extrude method

[@worldlord12345678]

Hello great tips, however I cant's seem to be able to add symmetric when I am extruding my image what can I do please help. when ever I select the faces the extrude turn to just one option, it select one side for extraditions don't know why

[@yuanfang2352]

Cool! But I have problems when convert the body. It says the T-spline surfaces self- intersect. I did the model same as in the video, by creating surface, then extrude, then hold ALT and extrude until it gets to the ideal shape, with some Bridge and Crease commands. Anybody know how to solve this?

[@endlaiers]

Did you insert that picture as a canvas, and went straight into sculpt?

[@pakman422]

That Face command is a nice tool! - Jacob S.

[@binstipuous]

Curt - I'm trying to figure out how you got the image of the bike in the background to sculpt over. Where is the "import image" command? Thanks!

[@curtischan137]

Hello Stephen - Sure thing, under the INSERT Icon, select ATTACH CANVAS, then select a plane you'd like to place it on. IF you select a PLANE, then a folder will appear called 'ATTACHED CANVAS' in the browser, and you can right click on the canvas, then EDIT OR CALIBRATE the image. Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.

[@eliasfauser2764]

I love how you hear the fan turn on when he starts rotating

[@Angry_Russian]

Great tutorial!!! Hello from Russia)

[@adskFusion]

Speak Russian? Then you must see: kzbin.info/door/EcwWzCzwKR5G4KWmhnV30Q

[@copywriteclaim7389]

Which one systm z required for this soft

[@cekuhnen]

Nice video but I do not think the topology is ideal. I would thin out the amount of loop cuts and add loopcuts where needed to define more transitions between the pipes connections.

[@argentosebastian]

Why the symmetry doesn't work even though I checked it??

[@ayajivayajivayajiv]

What was the command when You SPLITTED the back of the body in that bicycle? (In the video 7:40).

[@SteinErikDahle]

If you're looking closely you can see the green line marking the plane that's used to mirror the model. He didn't use any special function, he just pulled the tail end part of the model perpendicular from the symmetry plane. Sorry for bad wording, I hope you understand what I mean...

[@Griffo1936]

Johnny Lonka uy

[@storyboarddave5860]

He was not clear on this

[@bitsurfer0101]

I saw him right-click and then edit form after selecting the back end of the bike.

[@storyboarddave5860]

Curt Chan Great video But... how did you split the frame at 7:40?

[@pakman422]

He could do that because he had symmetry activated and since he pulled all those faces perpendicular (he only selected the faces on one side) to the plane of symmetry it split em apart at that symmetry line (the green line) because each side had to stay symmetric. (Awful lot of symmetry going on here lol) - Jacob S.

[@steevesmith1573]

You made that split using the mirror comand?

[@adskFusion]

Sorry, at what point in the video was this? I haven't watched this in a while and the details escape me.

[@steevesmith1573]

Autodesk Fusion 360 at the ending you split the rear into two branches

[@alanherrera5421]

Just the video I needed...

[@adskFusion]

Happy to oblige.

[@Bernworx]

Thank you so much, Brilliant

[@enderslai4303]

How do I get into that phase, to capture the geometry from a picture

[@adskFusion]

Insert a picture from Insert > Attached Canvas.

[@fish9817]

explained very well...keep it up,thanks :)

[@thewanderingvoice7349]

Audio's a bit choppy for some reason. Though it might just be on my end.

[@KnightOfNostalgia]

that was dope man

[@ya55er4008]

why cycle frame in the video looks like a bubble ? extrusion in 3Dmax doesn't do that

[@JoshuaAugustusBacigalupi]

Try selecting specific edges and "Crease" them in the Modify drop down.

[@arundhatiupadhyay8665]

I am not able to use the extrude command on with this technique!! It don't even get the option to change thickness

[@adskFusion]

Can you share the model progress on the forum? It's hard to troubleshoot from this...

[@arundhatiupadhyay8665]

sure.

[@byerdemir8796]

your expression is very beautiful. we expect you to share in other tutorials.... Thx...

[@adskFusion]

Will do!

[@blackshark4666]

nice

[@muhammadayyan4256]

i very impress your technec

[@adskFusion]

Thanks!

[@matt1170]

3:27 extrude, I cant seem to extrude using symmetry?

[@adskFusion]

--We're seeing the same thing on our end. Let us check with the dev team to see if something has changed, and if so, whether or not it was intended. You can extrude with sym from a sketch profile, so you can create a sketch and project those faces if you're struck.--

[@adskFusion]

On my second attempt it worked as expected. Not sure what, if anything changed, but for some reason I was having a terrible time trying to select my group of faces. Double clicking seemed to help.... the sketch profile is still a valid alternative.

[@magsh451]

@@adskFusion when I select all faces it does not allow for the extrusion. how do I fix this?

[@magsh451]

@@adskFusion it only allows me to extrude only when I select one face

[@adskFusion]

@@magsh451 Not sure why its not working for you....in my last test I did get it to work but not without a little tinkering. For some odd reason the selection was a bit tough to get. Try double clicking.

[@leonwilde8128]

Can you please delete old video's that no longer match your software?

[@adskFusion]

We just recently updated to the blue UI, so if we did that we'd have hardly any videos. We won't remove videos with old UI until we have suitable replacement. The functionality is still the same, so the lessons are still valuable.

[@anothermoth]

Very helpful video, but can you please not have floating heads in the corner? It is distracting and adds absolutely nothing to the demonstration.

[@Tywash]

I used this picture to follow along. Same bike with a different scene. images.cyclingtips.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2N4A5270.jpg

[@yesman.]

NICE THANKS

[@Realzy132]

there is no sculpt command anymore

[@adskFusion]

There most definitely is. However, you'll find it on the modeling toolbar. See the attached images to see its location in both the old interface, and tabbed interface. www.dropbox.com/s/1j4pylmsylmz7bb/Sculpt%20Buttons.png?dl=0

[@adskFusion]

And sorry for any confusion!! The interface in this video is a couple generations old, but we keep it due to its popularity --and the lessons are still applicable.

[@Realzy132]

Autodesk Fusion 360 Thanks for telling me this.