How to Sculpt a Halloween Pumpkin in Fusion 360 - Learn Autodesk Fusion 360 in 30 Days: Day #24

[@darrelloneal3489]

Kevin, you are indeed THE MAN! Would love to meet you one day and press the flesh. Please, keep the education flowing and enjoy the coffee Ninja Guru, you deserve every last drop!

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks so much, Darrell! I appreciate your support :)

[@ProductDesignOnline]

How'd it go? Are you starting to get the hang of the (basics of) t-splines? Let me know below! - *TIMESTAMPS* 0:00 - Sculpt a Halloween Pumpkin in Fusion 360 1:23 - Control point spline 3:27 - Revolve t-spline 10:27 - Select through faces 12:56 - Thicken t-spline

[@jimr3633]

T-Splines are getting easier! The repetition of the earlier concepts (Using the Alt Key) along with the new shortcuts (Alt+1) is really helping to cement it all in my mind. Select Through and the other select modes is a big help. I'll have to practice more with the Control Point splines to see if I like them better than the original spline. Switching between modes (sketch, sculpt, and model) is becoming more intuitive with practice. Even when I work on my own projects and experiment on my own, I still wind up learning some nuance by doing the tutorial that I missed when I simply watch it. Keep 'em coming!

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, Jim! It's exciting to see that my videos are helping - but you also deserve a lot of credit! Your perseverance and practice will continue to pay off. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@cbbosse]

Well Done! I have watched other "how to make a pumpkin" videos, this was by far the best one.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, Catherine! Glad you enjoyed this one :)

[@tamasposta6178]

For anyone who cannot toggle on Box display mode, you need to hit Alt + 1 not Ctrl + 1 :)

[@me-my3xt]

thank you so much!

[@carolinehan2073]

That explains a lot.

[@oldfarmhand7714]

I really enjoy the way that you lay out a project and explain each step . It makes it so easy to follow. I have noticed Fusion360 reference you in some of their videos. Again Thanks For the Videos

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, oldfarmhand! I'm happy to see that you find my videos easy to follow. I appreciate the support! Cheers, Kevin :)

[@timwilliams632]

Thank you! Taking in all the sculpt/T-spline info I can find. Well done!

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, Tim! I'm happy to hear you enjoyed this one. I'll be doing more sculpting and t-spline videos in the future. Please don't hesitate to comment on any of my videos should you have any questions. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@markg1531]

Just terrific, really great, like all of your videos. Thanks!!

[@erikkamariesrensen6989]

hi kevin! just wanna say that i love your videos! im learning so much from them!

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, Erikka! Glad to hear that :)

[@kenchang3456]

Thank you for this session. I thought you nicely illustrated some really interesting features of F360.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, Ken! You're making really great progress...keep at it! Cheers, Kevin :)

[@darrenthacker9223]

Hi Kevin, my selection priority is also grayed out like some of the others and I'm using Alt 1 to get the box shapes. pls help... Thanks in advance

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Hi Darren. Upon investigating. It appears that they have changed things up a bit. Because some of the sculpt functionality differs from the model/surface tabs, they moved the relevant selection features into the "Edit Form" dialog. You'll find the selection filters for sculpting, here - snipboard.io/8JOMF4.jpg The selection filters in the "select" dropdown are now supposed to be used for solid and surface modeling only. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@darrenthacker9223]

OK awesome, thank you very much I appreciate it. :)

[@ProductDesignOnline]

@@darrenthacker9223 You're welcome. Don't ever hesitate to comment of you have questions. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@BillyBob-si2db]

Awesome as usual... Thank you.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

As always, thanks for watching and commenting! :)

[@reaford2004]

These are just all so good. Thank you so much

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, rj!

[@ellerycadel]

Love your videos!! Interest in having a short video on fixing spline errors (conversion errors) after completing a sculpted model? I try following your instructions but if you are off by a bit you get intersecting lines and I am not clear how to remove. Thanks!!

[@WelderMann]

Great tutorial on t-splines... Thanks Kevin.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, Bob! I always appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment! Cheers, Kevin :)

[@samarthk4130]

If anyone's pumpkin is not exporting into the parametric environment, make sure your thicken is going outward along the pumpkin's normals, not inwards. Look at the blue arrow that appears while thickening. Inwards is bad, outwards is good.

[@Alasdair-Morrison]

Awesome TUT I notice tho when I set Thickness to 4 errors stop me from converting it, so I just made it thinner and was able to continue :)

[@ProductDesignOnline]

You'll have to adjust the geometry if you want a larger thickness. That error is due to the geometry self-intersecting on itself.

[@snarkfinder2621]

I had the same problem. I had made my stem too thin. When I hit undo a few times and re-sized the stem, it converted properly. I had to re-do all the other things that I had reversed too. Good learning exercise though.

[@메이커한쌤]

great tutorial~ Thank you~ Your tutorials are simple and easy to follow. I like it~

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, 한쌤메이커! I appreciate you following along. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@daveyJ213]

Hey Kevin. Great video lesson; thank you. Question: if I wanted to apply an appearance, say orange to the pumpkin body and brown to the stem, how would I do that? In the sculpt environment is there a way to make the stem a separate body from the pumpkin? Thanks again.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

You will have to first split the body and/or make additional faces there. Appearances can be applied to unique faces of the same 3D body by selecting them first (They will be highlighted in blue) > then you can drag and drop the appearance to the highlighted area.

[@daveyJ213]

@@ProductDesignOnline Got it: that is done after you convert the spline faces to a solid form, correct? Thanks again.

[@mrphilbert1]

Love these videos. It's kind of curious that all my grid measurements are on the left when I want draw the spline on the right. I'm on windows and I set all the preferences to default as well.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Hi, MrPhilbert. Could you share a link to a screenshot of what you're seeing? I'm on a Mac... but not sure if that would cause a difference. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@StephenBoyd21]

As with a lot of these videos you stop just as the exciting part is about to start. So how would I calve into the pumpkin in the model environment?

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Hi, Stephen. I didn't want the tutorial to run longer than it already was. I aim to have each tutorial at no more than 10-12 minutes or watch time dramatically drops. With that said, if you want to carve the pumpkin with the model tools, then all you have to do is click "finish form" as I do at 13:23. Then, you can use any of the tools. I would suggest creating some offset planes from the origin plane, where you can create sketches and extrude cut the profile shapes out of the face of the pumpkin. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@chrisnatale5901]

For some reason the thicken command doesn't hollow out the pumpkin for me. Instead it creates separate objects consisting of the outer shell, and the inner shell. I had to use the modify -> combine tool's cut operation to create the hollow version.

[@CadmonShum]

Hi Kevin, I can see that I can following your video without replaying the video too many times as before. Thanks for your help. By the way, can I modify the size/shape after I've done the Form?

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Yep - if you hit the "Finish Form" button it will convert the shape to a solid body (or surface body if there is an opening). At any time, you can double-click on the purple form icon in the timeline to re-enter the Form environment with that shape.

[@helios_ja]

I had to modify thicken command to 1.5mm instead in order to convert to model sucessfully but i think thats mostly because i didn't make my model to scale

[@jakelewis9543]

Also had to do this

[@yakouresshaminiature]

Hello so usefull. but I have a question, how I can fill the entire inside of the pumpkin without changing the outside for a 3D printing?

[@ProductDesignOnline]

You can use the 'Boundary Fill' tool once the T-spline is converted to a solid body.

[@PabloLucio]

Intersection error on the stem when I do the thicken and try to finish form. Something simmilar happened with the base of the mouse on the previous video. I've seen an article of your telling how to fix it, but it's not working. Is there any way to avoid this errors? I've just done the same as you did on your tutorial...

[@raunaksingh7761]

i always get an error while i try to thicken the surface can u help me out?

[@LummyBear2]

Selection priority wasn't working for me. I ended up under Selection Filter just checking the T spline faces box. (This is about 10:20 into the video). Just a tip in case anyone else runs into the same issue.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Hi Thomas, can you provide a screenshot or screencast of the selection priority not working? What language are you running F360 under? I know they had a bug a while back where it wasn't working in some languages other than English (forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360-support/selection-priority-options-greyed-out-in-german-version/td-p/8089864) Cheers, Kevin :)

[@LummyBear2]

@@ProductDesignOnline i.imgur.com/50RkszL.png

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks for providing a screenshot, Thomas! I'm curious, did you report this to the Fusion engineers? Did it fix itself or are you still experiencing the selection filters being greyed out? Cheers, Kevin :)

[@ahmedadelali5305]

same problem :(

[@ProductDesignOnline]

@@ahmedadelali5305 Hi, Ahmed. Upon investigating. It appears that they have changed things up a bit. Because some of the sculpt functionality differs from the model/surface tabs, they moved the relevant selection features into the "Edit Form" dialog. You'll find the selection filters for sculpting, here - snipboard.io/8JOMF4.jpg The selection filters in the "select" dropdown are now supposed to be used for solid and surface modeling only. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@niiidar]

Why exactly must the model be thickened? Is it not already a fully closed shape?

[@bossybilly8989]

When I try to finish my edit form it says “conversion error for body 1: highlighted surfaces may be self-intersecting or unwelding adjacent edges” this is stopping me from able to finish my form and I don’t know how to fix it

[@stonez56]

Hi Kevin, great tutorial as always! I have followed the tutorial and created my own pumpkin. However, there is a line on the pumpkin and how do I remove the line? Thanks!

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Hi, Kevin. It may be a visual style line and not a line that effects the geometry of the pumpkin. Can you check your display settings > visual style > select "shaded" option and see if the line goes away. Let me know if that was it! Cheers, Kevin :)

[@stonez56]

@@ProductDesignOnline Got it! set view into "Shaded" option and the line was gone. Thanks!

[@ProductDesignOnline]

@@stonez56 Perfect! Glad that was it! Cheers, Kevin :)

[@samflournoy]

Hey Kevin, thanks so much for the video! Would you mind helping me with this issue? I'm trying to make the pumpkin solid but cannot, for the life of me, figure out how to do it. Any tips? Thanks in advance!

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Hi Sam. Happy to help (Sorry, just seeing your comment). If you can share your Fusion 360 file in the PDO Community then me or a community member can chime in - community.productdesignonline.com/

[@greencastleonlineauctions9152]

Every time I do this tutorial I get an error message saying model cannot be formed - lines intersect. I even tried backing up and only doing the base shape without the stem, which is where I thought the errors were. I am guessing this message is because this video is old and the new version of the software requires that I do something differently?

[@mihaialexandru314]

Alt+3: is it only for display or you could print it like that (with rectangular faces)?

[@applebutter4036]

I got a conversion error when using "finish form" at 13:23. It says surfaces may be self-intersecting. Any ideas how to fix it?

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Hi apple butter. I have a video on this that you'll want to watch - kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3nXpmZ5eciNobc In short, you'll want to use the box mode to look at where it's intersecting...and then you'll have to pull that area out. Let me know if you get it working! Cheers, Kevin :)

[@applebutter4036]

Thanks! The issue was a couple faces inside the stem. Just had to lower the opacity and zoom way in there to fix em. @@ProductDesignOnline

[@ProductDesignOnline]

@@applebutter4036 Glad you figured out where the self-intersecting surfaces were! It can certainly be frustrated when the sculpt won't finish form because of one small point interesting... In that case, I always recommend looking at the model in box mode. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@janhrkal7088]

Why does the stem move weird when I try to put an angle on it?

[@spritethirstman]

I changed my mind. Fusion's tools are more than adequate for working with meshes, and this might have something to do with how good a teacher you are. I won't say blender is inadequate by comparison, they both have their uses, and I've been teaching myself, no tutorials.

[@bossybilly8989]

I’m trying to change the shape at around 10:00 using ctl + 1 but it doesn’t work. Is there another alternative?

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Are you on Mac or Windows? CMD + 1 if you're on Mac :)

[@asgeronsberg5168]

Hello :) How can i make different size holes all over the pumpkin? :) Thank you :)

[@soulkhaya]

Hi Kevin, my rotation slide only gets the selected entity (the stem and the upper part of the pumpkin) twisted but not angled. I've tried all the three slides on different axes but none of them worked... Can you help me please, thanks 🙏

[@soulkhaya]

ohhhhhh i see i can manage it now after i cleared symmetry!! Still appreciate your videos so much!! They have been the best fusion 360 tutorials for me!!

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Glad you figured it out! Cheers :)

[@ahmedadelali5305]

how you color the final model with more than two colors if it consists of one form (no faces) >>>> for ex. how can i color the pumpkin (one body ) with two colors ??

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Hi, Ahmed Adel Ali. Great question. Unfortunately, that is not possible in Fusion 360 unless you add a label on top of the item that has your desired color pattern. I actually re-colored the pumpkin (cover image of this video) in Photoshop to make it stand out more. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@ahmedadelali5305]

@@ProductDesignOnlineThanks Kevin

[@ProductDesignOnline]

@@ahmedadelali5305 You're welcome! I'm always happy to answer Fusion 360 questions. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@youreapwhatyousow6057]

Why is there a line on the finished pumpkin? Example: at 13:46 .

[@ProductDesignOnline]

That's simply a visual style setting (does not affect the model). You can change it to "shaded" and it will go away - productdesignonline.com/default-settings-for-fusion-360-tutorials/#visualStyle

[@selimanebelaroussi6436]

AWESOME JOB . I HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE LANGUAGE SINCE I AM FRANCOPHONE .... can you please show me how to work on an ' ACER ' THE OPTION KEY ....ETC I tried and it didnt work ..... hope to receive the answer as soon as it is possible thank you

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Hi selimane belaroussi. I'm not sure why the option/alt key wouldn't be working for you. It should work on an ACER brand computer just like any other. I'm personally running Fusion 360 on Mac, so I don't encounter all of the bugs/issues that are unique to Windows machines. I would suggest restarting Fusion 360 (if you haven't already done so). If the issue still persists then it may be a bug with your version of Windows. If that's the case I would suggest submitting this to the "Fusion 360 Support Forum" - forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360-support/bd-p/962 A F360 engineer may be able to look into your specific license. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@StephenBoyd21]

It will be the one marked "Alt"

[@ig7002]

I made the worst pumpkin ever, but I learned things.

[@ankursharma8837]

In my case none of the Selection Priority options is highlighted.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Hi Ankur, could you please provide a link to a screenshot of what you're seeing? That will help me decipher what the problem is. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@ankursharma8837]

@@ProductDesignOnline Yes, here it is imgur.com/a/E5cYmL3

[@ProductDesignOnline]

@@ankursharma8837 Hi Ankur. Upon investigating. It appears that they have changed things up a bit. Because some of the sculpt functionality differs from the model/surface tabs, they moved the relevant selection features into the "Edit Form" dialog. You'll find the selection filters for sculpting, here - snipboard.io/8JOMF4.jpg The selection filters in the "select" dropdown are now supposed to be used for solid and surface modeling only. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@pedroloures3310]

Wouls please model an f1 car?