Fusion 360 - Parametric pattern on Cylinder with little domes.

This is a workflow demonstration based on a question from Facebook - Fusion 360 User Group

[@Kebabrulle4869]

Very helpful tutorial! I think this style of tutorial is really effective since you get to see the entire workflow for a model. Really well executed too!

[@KristianLaholm]

Thank you :)

[@jesusloves7369]

big help for me for the pattern

[@marksneyd1262]

Thank you for producing the video, very kind of you.

[@kupfeli]

Very nice! Btw, have you ever tried Shapes of constant width? I just discovered them and I really LOVE them and I can imagine you will like them as well. For instance: Reuleaux triangles and Tetrahedron and the better version: the Meissner Tetrahedron

[@KristianLaholm]

Thank you. And yes I have watched Makers Muse videos of this shapes and have seen them in other places. The hard part for me is cracking the math over to geometry of the "true shapes of constant width", if I find an interesting application I might give it some more time :)

[@kupfeli]

@@KristianLaholm For me the same, I am more of a model by constraints and geometry person, a bit like you. I have created a Meissner Tetrahedron in Fusion 360, printing that in polycarbonate right now. If it is good and you would like to have the Fusion 360 file let me know and you can take a look at it. All done with lofts, no spheres. Btw, this video is good in my opinion: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5a0knlshNKKgdk

[@jochenheinzmann1280]

Love your videos! You might get a more responsive model (to parameter changes) if you pick the compute option 'identical' for your patterns.

[@KristianLaholm]

Thank you. And you are right "Identical" in pattern would make it compute faster, I was a bit to locked in on the workflow to see that :)

[@HariWiguna]

Min and Floor will be very useful in my parametric models. Thanks for the tutorial Kristian! Maybe you've already done this, but how about a parametric Christmas tree complete with lights and ornaments? Does Fusion parameters have random# generator?

[@KristianLaholm]

Thanks. A Christmas tree sound more lika an assembly design and we a re a bit far of from that season now ;) I don't think a random function will be added to Fusion as it have little value to normal design, there are add-ons to import parameters and could be solution to import random#.

[@hammymagfedpaintball8156]

haya great video new the fusion how do you put triangles on cylinders

[@KristianLaholm]

I have this video on how to cut hexagons on a cylinder. Or are you thinking of a more flat triangle polygon lock?

[@hammymagfedpaintball8156]

@@KristianLaholm so they would be on top all spaced around the surcomfrance of the cylinder to make it pointy sorry new to this lol

[@KristianLaholm]

@@hammymagfedpaintball8156 Do you have any real world examples, triangles can be done in so many different ways. I'll see if I come up with something interesting to share.

[@hammymagfedpaintball8156]

@@KristianLaholm yes need some way of sending a pic

[@KristianLaholm]

@@hammymagfedpaintball8156 Post on Reddit r/Fusion360 or in Facebook group Fusion 360 users. If I don't have a good answer there are plenty of helpful people in those groups.