Image to 3D Model in Fusion 360

[@robertulmer875]

I have watched a lot of videos on relief making that didn’t really help much. This video is straight to the point concise and it is awesome that we can do this all natively in fusion! Thank you

[@martindekker8203]

Great info just what I was after as I'm moving into 3d carving. This is going to make life so much easier Cheers mate. But Guy's just be aware when you select the object to extrude too you have to hide the sketch. It took me ages to figure that out as it wouldn't work for me with the sketch still visible. Small price to pay.

[@Balogh324]

Thanks for the tutorial. I'm working on a 3d printed relief for a blind girl as a gift. Hope I can finally make it.

[@thehardwareguy]

That's amazing! hope it goes well👍🏻

[@danielinflam3s]

for all that have problems with the extrusion: instead of creating a rectangle, choose the option to project onto the object. it will then create a plain that fits to the surface and the extrusion will work.

[@yasinkolgu]

Hi Thank you. For those who need to lower the resolution, you can use Paint. Open the pic with paing and use "Rescale" option. At the window that opened choose pixels then you can change the pixels.

[@jeffbob4660]

wow thanks for sharing. im on my 3rd week of youtube university for fusion 360...so happy i found your video....make sure bottom plane is selected for plaque sketch.

[@smellslikeupdog80]

Alright, this trick got me to subscribe here. This saved my workflow a LOT of time. thanks bud

[@thehardwareguy]

Glad it helped!

[@demonsforge1391]

I have been struggling for months to look for this exact solution without habit to buy other software and learn it!!! Dude, THANK YOU!!

[@iman_nekros]

Cannot complete extrusion. Cannot extend extrusion to object. The extrusion profile falls outside the boundary of the selected body. Select a face or plane instead, or adjust the profile so that it falls inside the boundary of the selected body. i keep getting this message can anyone help?

[@seanp6552]

Thanks dude, I have been searching for a program to do this for some time and I'm very happy to have found this. I was getting an error message when trying to extrude, saying "Tool Body Creation Failed" "Extend boolean fail. The termination entity might not be fully intersected with the tool body built along the operation direction" I messed with it for a while and couldn't get it to work, I restarted the project multiple times and it got the same error every time. I decided close the program and restart my computer. This fixed whatever bug it was and is working perfectly now.

[@alejandrocaruso5019]

I am getting the same error message, I tried different photos and starting Fusion 360 again several times without any luck. Any other possible solution?

[@walterfuellbrandt5206]

Same issue, get to making the plaque and it won't extrude. Keeps telling me to adjust the profile so that it falls inside the boundary of the selected body. I've done that a dozen different ways. Will not extrude

[@andreaszeitler287]

Thanks for the great tutorial! you made it really easy to follow along

[@thehardwareguy]

You're welcome, thank you for the kind words👊🏻

[@247gaming42]

ratio

[@georgegrenus6777]

Awesome video, I've been looking for something like this for over a year

[@antonioesquivel3709]

yo thanks a lot for the info. hope you have a great year.

[@thehardwareguy]

Same to you, Happy New Year!

[@joshchoate1797]

I have been unable to perform the extrusion as shown to create a plaque. When I go through the steps as shown the underside of the design remains concave rather than being filled in. The goal is to make a design for 3D CNC carving. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

[@agustinarroyo8718]

This tutorial is *chef kiss* !

[@freightuk]

A very good explanation, thank you :)

[@equisbert1]

Awesome!!! What a great video, clear concise info!!

[@ahmed12op]

Awesome video man, I enjoyed every second of it

[@markhartman8505]

Great video! just wondering, can this be done on the free Fusion 360 Hobbyist version or do I need to pay for the full version? (I am running V-Carve Pro and have never used Fusion360)

[@thehardwareguy]

I'm fairly confident all this can be done in the free version. Given that it's free to download it certainly wouldn't hurt to give it a try! You will find restrictions in regards to the CNC/milling features though.

[@markhartman8505]

@@thehardwareguy Thank you! Playing with Fusion now. Trying not to drop $1300 on an upgrade to Aspire lol. Thanks again for the video and response.

[@timhoffner]

Thank you for the vid and explanation. I am getting "mesh not closed" and/or "mesh has no positive volume" errors - 2 different pics - what could I be doing incorrectly here? I am looking for a straightforward way to go from .jpg to 3d print to include on a simple coin. thanks

[@kkeith49]

Same. Update: I was able to get the yield sign icon to go away. I double clicked the icon and it pulled up a repair action. After doing that, the error went away but I still can't convert to quad mesh. (sorry I realize you posted this 3 years ago)

[@3Ddavid]

wow - thank you! Did not know that this is possible :-)

[@AdamMi1]

I have found a solution to the extrusion issue that many including me have. If you make a square to extrude it to the image, the square has to be smaller than the image.

[@MrJatinder44]

in my case it wasn't of exact size of image. re-calculated as per the image size then it worked finally.

[@ahwendorf2]

This worked great, thank you!!

[@IQWorkshop]

Ohhh this is nice. I have a use case for this. Thanks for the video

[@thehardwareguy]

You're welcome man! Same here, makes a for good Christmas gift ;)

[@inventorbrothers7053]

Thank you! this is exactly what I was looking for!

[@Netkravler]

awsome, you deserve a big hug ;-)

[@anthonysamuelordonezson3394]

Thank you!!!! It was very useful

[@LyricsRapEn]

Does first app works for macOS as well mate?

[@bigprojects2560]

This was really useful for replicating silicone molds for stuff like cake decorations (we dont use them for food purposes) HVA foam

[@bigprojects2560]

Just a little plus, I made a 3d print of my town using topological images and this method

[@3boodPhotography]

Greate tutorial and very useful, i was wondering if i was doing something wrong as i did all the steps , but i am trying to combine it with a solid shape, but it wont let me select the image as a tool to combine.

[@MrJatinder44]

very beautifully explained! thanks for sharing!

[@sbrabson]

Wow. This was amazing. Thank you!

[@kathzerrato]

Thank you so much!!! a time saver!

[@theultimate3dman]

Wow that was great my pc was crying lol

[@jonathangreen9080]

thank you so much. so much better than tracing the logo a friend game me

[@cheungpaul9483]

Thanks a lot. That is exactly what I am looking for

[@JeffChoppah]

Trying this now but can't figure out how to resize my image size on fusion 360, and I see it's not possible also to resize at the ad-in screen b4 generating profile

[@RoughRidersTV]

This is good for flat images that you are just trying to add some texture, but what if the object you are trying to turn into a model is not flat? What if it is something with more depth and contours? For example, if you are trying to make a part for 3D printing that is round and tall like a cylinder, hallow center and clips on the side? Can you take several photos from different angles and then import them to create a single 3D model?

[@thehardwareguy]

As far as I know this is not something you can do in Fusion 360. What you're looking to do is more into 3D scanning territory!

[@avejst]

Great add-on THanks for sharing :-)

[@bdo-sonbobo]

thx alot. i learn something new today

[@VAXHeadroom]

Perfect tutorial, thanks!!

[@PatLures]

Hi man do you know why my fusion can't transform the mesh into a t-spline? I noticed that my mesh has only triangles. Is that the problem?

[@markcampano1184]

I can follow all the way to 7:12 select the surface model. The program does not let me select the model to extrude the sketch up to. Any thoughts to problem solve this?

[@brandontalmadge9109]

You have to make your sketch rectangle smaller than your actual model. Then you should be good.

[@joelneagles7489]

Would this work for a 360 image to convert into 3D model?

[@lulugoh3935]

Thanks for video, it's very simple and easy to understand. I'm new to Fusion 360, may i know how to output a proper file/format that suitable for the printer to print the relief on a medal? Many thanks!

[@noratayefeh9705]

Thanks! I was able to follow you all the way until you extruded the sketch to make a plaque, then I got an error message saying "Tool body creation failed." I've been messing around with the extrude options but can't find what I did wrong, do you have any tips?

[@williyhofmann1736]

I’m having the same issue

[@seanp6552]

It's a bug in fusion. Discard the project and close the program and restart your computer. Then start again, I had the same problem and this fixed it.

[@alejandrocaruso5019]

I am having the same issue. I changed photos, restarted the software as Sean P suggested below, I keep getting the same error message. Any other suggestions?

[@brandontalmadge9109]

Make your sketch smaller than the model. Worked for me.

[@trollonme]

Very helpful video. thank you

[@mp-fb4ds]

Yeah, this was great. Would love to see the cam side of it too???

[@dendovne]

i imagine i would have to do what you said for plaque to 3d print on, but how thick of a layer should the plaque be?

[@Zukes454]

Will this also work for images? ie: images found online or just photos?

[@YuryGitman]

super useful. thank you.

[@andyl2201]

Awesome thank you 👍

[@thehardwareguy]

My pleasure!

[@gregorychard]

Thanks mate.....This is totally awesome. Thanks for sharing with us... Happy3dmodeling Greg

[@DreamsOfTheMind-video]

Great explaining, thank you very much!

[@thehardwareguy]

Glad it was helpful!

[@brandontalmadge9109]

Having issues trying to 3D print once finished. Base works fine but as soon as it gets to extruded image section, it begins to wad up no longer creating a model. Any suggestions?

[@prairiefinish]

I have a question for anyone out there.....I used Image2surface to make a relief of two crossed pistons. It did the job like I want but I don't need the flat 'background' that surrounds it. Is there a way to trim all of that off to make this it's own 3d element?

[@tannerstreety9775]

Are you just running a parallel CAM option on this to cut? I cant seem to get it to work in Fusion under the 3d model parallel option. It says the 60 degree Bit is not correct for milling.

[@thephotostore636]

Probably use a ball mill

[@eightmantis976]

Nice! Have you seen anything like this for freecad? As fusion doesn't work for me

[@thehardwareguy]

I haven't seen anything quite like this for free as I'm afraid

[@Evan-rq2ee]

Sweet, thanks!

[@joebrassell2671]

For what it's worth, Image2Generator wasn't working for me at all but the issue was I had an external monitor running. I had to run laptop screen only to get it to work.

[@cristiandanni5681]

Thanks man!

[@Hoot0118]

is there a way to say make a triangle and say center is missing or cut out insert lithopane in the cut out portion so it takes the shape?

[@shipwreck69th]

im having issues in the finish form part my program keeps freezing on this step. what are your pc specs?

[@BluD]

this is cool but im not sure this is what i was looking for. essentially looking for a way to be bend an image like this around an already made round model.

[@mje5130]

I can only get as far as trying to extrude to the surface to create the "plaque". I get profile falls ytside of boundary error

[@mjodr]

A lot of people watching this video and trying the plugin experienced similar problems. I tried a bunch of different methods. What I realized is the surface that you create needs to be bigger than the solid body you will be operating with later on. I found a method that works better and gives me "deboss" and "emboss" solids that I can use as tools later on. I extruded a box smaller than my surface and then used the split body command with the surface in the middle of it as the tool. It helps if your initial image you create the surface with has a lot of negative/empty space around it on the borders.

[@alikoc5695]

very helpful

[@Unionboggle]

Thanks for little tutorial. I'm trying to learn how to use Fusion 360 to make files for my X-carve. I get to the point where trying to extrude the sketch into the body and i get the following error: Error: Tool body creation failed Extent boolean fail. The termination entity might be not fully intersected with the tool body built along the operation direction I'm a novice, so I'm not sure what's the problem. Any ideas?

[@ryanlewis113]

Having same problem

[@noratayefeh9705]

I have the same problem, did you find a solution?

[@zsoltkollar9916]

I have the same problem

[@seanp6552]

It's a bug in fusion. Discard the project and close the program and restart your computer. Then start again, I had the same problem and this fixed it.

[@Skaaptjop]

Hi I got a way to fix it, when you extrude the sketch, do it upwards past the other body you want to extrude to, then extrude the top back down to the image's body, hope it works for you also!!

[@camofelix]

Hey mate! Any ideas on how to use this and multiple images from different angles to re-create a real object in Fusion without needing a 3d camera? Have a build I'm working on where I need to import a part, but can't get the cad for it and don't have access to a 3d scanner- Using something like this in combination with the calibrate option of the canvas tool would be next level

[@augaureliusserious]

He used a 3D cam?

[@barthburger]

Aw man so close to making my first 3d plaque, I get to the steps (totally new to fusion 360 btw) I create the 2 point rectangle but once I go into Orbit to move the model intending to move onto the extrude section its as though the rectangle I just created is not flat to the surface of the rendered photo its like its standing on edge. Not sure what I am doing wrong there.

[@noratayefeh9705]

That sounds like you selected the wrong plane, make sure to choose the plane parallel to your plaque. Hope this helps!

[@w3ssu728]

NICE!!!!

[@shrimuyopa8117]

Can use this add-in on a personal use license?

[@NeoIsrafil]

Man, makes me really sad, I cant get it to work. Apparently whatever browser fusion uses internally doesn't have webgl activated, and though ive gone to every browser I know of on my computer and manually turned it on it still doesn't affect it in fusion. :( its no bueno T.T sucks cuz its the exact addon I need for what I want to do too... been fighting with it for over 10 hours now with no luck.

[@beachrats2milionaires2]

Having issues with this for some reason. I keep getting errors ......Can not complete extrusion?????????? I did this once but not sure what I am doing wrong . Could there be too much detail in the photo?????

[@khailey67]

Amazing!

[@mmmmmmm8706]

Are there any updated tools on the web todo this?

[@thehardwareguy]

Potentially! I will have a look and if there are I'll release a new video

[@chrisjeffers4028]

This would be a great tool if it worked for me. After I installed it, I played with several different images and it worked well However, it suddenly started creating triangles rather than quads at conversion to surfaces. It is in quads before but goes straight to traingles. It errors out and says 0 quads and however many triangles and aborts. not sure what i am doing wrong. At any rate any help would be appreciated. ********* Found my issue in preferences. Working fine now.

[@PatLures]

Omg same issue. How did you solve this?

[@chrisjeffers4028]

@@PatLures go to preferences and find mesh and select it. There is a check box that indicates triangulate polygons. In check that option. Should work then.

[@chrisjeffers4028]

Remove check( predictive text)

[@cbta9601]

Thanks

[@lsduk]

Thank you

[@thehardwareguy]

You're welcome!

[@makewithmegma]

👍

[@mmmmmmm8706]

Awesome! Hope this works …

[@calfisher1586]

The "Create a Plaque" section of the video does not work for me. I perform the extrude exactly as shown in this video. Are there some images that this wouldn't work for? My image is much simpler than this example, so I'm a little perplexed. It would help to have the Bodies and Sketches dropdowns expanded in these tutorials for the additional context of what bodies are being created, etc.

[@DeltaCodex]

What errors does it throw, if any?

[@thehardwareguy]

did you solve this problem? still works for me

[@jeffbob4660]

i had to create sketch on bottom plane....then image extrudes to object without error....was getting some extent of boolean error till i switched planes for plaque sketch

[@calfisher1586]

@@thehardwareguy For some reason I never got notified of this reply. Not sure if it was the version of Fusion 360 I was on or whatever, but I just revisited this project (11 months later) and am on the latest version now and got it to work. Thanks for the detailed guide!

[@youswizz1]

I still cant get the add ons to work what am i doing wrong is there a direct link that works ???

[@eriorellana89]

does this still work?

[@calamityjaycantebrigge]

Hey dude (and fellow commenters)... I'm struggling to get an image using the plugin onto a sphere, can you (or anyone) help please? I want to make a set of 6 lithophane baubles for someone and that requires doing an image2surface on a solid/shelled sphere. I am quite new to F360, so assume no prior knowledge when replying please :) Thanks. This is a great tutorial with no nonsense or waffle. Just how I like them. If only you could have added about shelled solids etc it'd be perfect, haha ;)

[@martindekker8203]

Still having problems extruding. It won't do it no matter what in try. Keeps coming up with this notice - Cannot extend extrusion to object. The extrusion profile falls outside the boundary of the selected body. Select a face or plane instead, or adjust the profile so that it falls inside the boundary of the selected body.

[@brandontalmadge9109]

You have to make your sketch rectangle smaller than your actual model. Then you should be good.

[@hillbillyraywillis5989]

Do you respond to anyone who has questions?

[@thehardwareguy]

Yes if I manage to see them

[@hillbillyraywillis5989]

How can I email you directly - or to even have a private chat ?

[@hillbillyraywillis5989]

​@@thehardwareguyhow can I contact directly?

[@mikebronsema]

when i click on download it shows this Warning: This URL has been blocked by Bitly's systems as potentially harmful. We recommend you close your browser window and notify the person who sent you the link.

[@frijoli9579]

Unfortunately this script won't work anymore

[@calvmoon]

Great video I get all the way to extrude but the nothing happens.

[@SheriffJackCarter]

I tried this on a less complex image and no matter what I do, I keep getting this error: Mesh to T-Spline conversion Warning: This body contains a high percentage of triangles or n-sided polygons . Converting will result in a T-Spline body that will not edit well and have poor performance. For conversion to a T-Spline body the mesh should consist primarily of four sided faces. Mesh Surface Content: Quads = 0 Triangles = 40310 Polygons = 0 Conversion has been aborted. I've tried shrinking the PNG down by 50% to only 733 x 702 pixels Pixels to skip: 5 Stepover (mm): 1 Max Height (mm): 5 Any ideas on what to do to make this work?

[@thehardwareguy]

I've never seen that one before! do you get the same result with different images?

[@SheriffJackCarter]

I do. It may be my computer. I’ve been experiencing performance throttling lately.

[@afrykanerPL]

ArtCAM or Vertic is much better for such design. Fusion is not for everything.

[@thehardwareguy]

You mean Carveco? I use that too! I just did this to show what is possible in Fusion 360. I agree there are better tools, but not everybody wants to subscribe or purchase multiple software packages.