Design a lure: Swimbait with Fusion 360 Free Form

Intro: 0:01
Starting design in free form: 0:42
Placing the stock object and settings to start: 3:12
Switching back to the normal model environment: 31:34
In this video design a lure to print and cast in alumilite VAC - 50 mold making material. I decided to do this series "Design a Lure" as a sort of tutorial in Fusion 360 because I had a hard time learning the program environment when I first started.
If you have any suggestions or information for people to help them with design, including myself. Please post it in the comments!
In this episode I use the free form environment within Fusion 360 to make a simple swimbait that should work well for freshwater fishing. I usually use this type of bait for walleye but I think it would work well with smallmouth and largemouth bass as well. The free form tool is an interesting fast way to create symmetric designs if you're a visual person. You can always use different tools after you export the file into the modeling environment as well. At that point when you switch to the modeling environment you are starting with a completed body that you can edit. This tool is great for quick prototyping of easy models and I will definitely be using it more in the future.
This was basically my first attempt with a little bit of previous practice in free form, so I guarantee you can do this with no problem!
I am designing these lures to print on the Anet A8 printer well as the Creality CR-10 3d printer.
I will be finishing this project in future videos using alumilite vac-50 to create the mold and alumisol to inject soft plastic into the cavities after the PLA is removed.
Autodesk Fusion 360 is a great platform that allows for free licensing if you make under $100,000 a year from its use. This tutorial is ultra basic based on the complexity of the project there are many other videos on KZbin to explore the fusion 360 environment further. I will also make additional Fusion 360 videos in the future depending on what projects are going on.
Thanks for watching and remember to keep your amps up and your filament dry!
Autodesk Fusion 360 information:
www.autodesk.com/products/fus...
Make Anything - Video on Fusion 360 Licensing:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVFoB...
Makelure for lure making materials:
www.makelure.com/
Music provided by Spike
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[@MarkWilder68]

I played around with it a bit and I love it this is something I can really work with thanks.

[@MarkWilder68]

WHAT! Just when I figure out one thing you hit me with another. 😄 I see I have my next project. Great job and thanks fir sharing...

[@RevampedOutdoors]

Well yeah! Thanks for watching!

[@shanebarrett5827]

Awesome video. Everything was well explained and at a good pace. Any chance you would make a video on making a mold around that solid model? I have a small homemade cnc I’d love to make a injection mold for soft baits.

[@RevampedOutdoors]

Thanks! I can put that on the video idea list for Fusion 360, I have one for tinkerCAD but it wouldn't hurt to update to Fusion version because it's just so much more powerful. If you're curious to see the TinkerCAD version you can check it out here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/joeahpp5gZt0r6s Thanks for watching and the video idea!

[@south_coast_tackle]

I am a complete noob with Fusion. I recently started a lure manufacturing company and I want to come up with some original baits that I have ideas for. This video will definitely help with that! Thanks!!

[@RevampedOutdoors]

Awesome, glad it helps! Good luck with the company!

[@south_coast_tackle]

@@RevampedOutdoors I have another question for you...what are you using to move around the model and rotate it? Surely not just a regular mouse, right? I'm looking for some better than just a mouse and keyboard. Thanks!

[@RevampedOutdoors]

@@south_coast_tackle yup just a regular logitech wireless mouse and keyboard combo for $20 , as long as the scroll wheel clicks they work well. I have Fusion 360 set for fusion 360 controls in the settings and holding down the scroll wheel moves the model view. And holding shift and clicking the scroll wheel orbits around the model. Takes some getting used to but after a bunch of practice it becomes second nature.

[@south_coast_tackle]

Hey, can you tell me how to get the menu that appears on the left back? When I create a new box now I get a shortened version of the menu without the options for mirror and the rest. It only lets me chose the type of box, (centered or 2 point), direction, and operation. I don't have the rest of the menu items like you do.

[@RevampedOutdoors]

Not sure I understand what you mean. Are you in the sculpting environment or the modeling environment. In the left most of the menu is it on sculpt or model? That can effect how the menus display for sketches.

[@jerrybritt65]

You should print that bad boy and lets see how it turns out. I'm assuming you are going to make a mold and cast the bait, it would be cool to see all that.

[@RevampedOutdoors]

You know it! I just finished the first print version of it and it's a little bit small so the next print will have to be scaled up a bit. It's always difficult to tell exactly what something will feel like in the hand after it's converted to the real world, not bad though printed decent! Stay tuned.

[@TeamAutoBoatsFishing]

nice job, ;) Could you make a video ==> Shad with fusion 360 ?

[@RevampedOutdoors]

I suppose that's something we could design on a live stream, no problem! I'll put it on the video list.

[@TeamAutoBoatsFishing]

good idea ;)

[@UnitedViral]

Is freeform the best way to make a swim bait in fusion 360? I saw the other video where you can sculpt it after exporting it. Swim baits look hard lol.

[@RevampedOutdoors]

Depends on what you're most comfortable with, I like to do a parametric model for everything now, making a body with cross sections. I used to use free form, but I like being able to modify and God backwards in a design if I chose to. Sculpting seems a bit harder to back track if need be.

[@UnitedViral]

@@RevampedOutdoors do you have a video on how you do this?

[@RevampedOutdoors]

I don't have one specifically on swim baits because I haven't done one in a long time but I use the same concept for the body and shape on swimbaits that I did on the musky popper I designed awhile ago. I used techniques that sthone(aka. never ending project list) uses. It might help. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4jUoWCDj7GSmLM

[@UnitedViral]

@@RevampedOutdoors Thank you man

[@jerryward9325]

How do you take it from design to mold form

[@RevampedOutdoors]

These two videos should help out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHfEn2qor9mAipY kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIS6mWSOi5l5rtE