Project Sketch on Curved Surface - Fusion 360

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In this video I show you how to sketch on a curved surface in Fusion 360. Sketching on a curved surface in Fusion 360 can be tricky at times, but there are some techniques we can use to make it happen.
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[@know_ivan]

it is very interesting, but it is not about sketching on a surface :(

[@IIZEROXII]

Yeah, I'd like to see him put writing around the cylinder like this.

[@BoneyardLabs]

Thank you! I was following someone else's tutorial on this and it gave me the biggest pain in the neck with a consistent error! Your tutorial was way easier to understand! Great work! Subscribed!

[@broom6958]

The title is wrong?

[@SessoDeluca]

totally lol

[@MusicMan9018]

Definitely. Cool tutorial, but this is not projecting. This is extruding and cutting. There is an actual function in Fusion called "Project to Surface" that can be used to project sketches on to complex and curved surfaces.

[@notavirus_probably]

Exactly what I came to the comments to say. I clicked on this video trying to figure out how to use Fusion's "Project to Surface" function and was waiting for this guy to talk about that, but instead I got this. Good tutorial, but not a tutorial for what is described lol

[@roukie78]

Amazing what you explain in just 7 minutes. I spent way more time to try and figure it out. Now that I know it is so easy. Thanks

[@Mumblestiltskin]

Awesome video, I wanted to keep the flat edge on the extruded piece.. so was able to just reverse the instructions and remove the internal part..

[@GladiusMaximus1998]

Not to diminish the admiral thing this man is doing, but the much easier way to do this is to select "Object" under "Start" in the "Extrude" window. That will make the extrusion begin at the surface of the cylinder and extrude out with a curved face. Great video tho, well explained.

[@leonmartindale1536]

Thank you, great video, I tried to do an extrude into a round surface but the indent that was created is not equal. The indent has taken the shape of the flat surface not the round surface, why would the be?

[@lucashergert2308]

Cheers for that! A great way to do it! Non-planar lip and grooves are a pain but should be easy with this

[@mrclarkey]

What a absolutely great explanation very simple and very clear. After a Google your video was the first one, glad I found your channel and subbed!

[@AlistairMcLennan]

Thanks for a brilliant video, I had already created the royal cypher(the royal logo on post boxes) but it is was on a flat plane. I need to recreate it on a curved surface and your video was an amazing help. Have subscribed as you are an excellent teacher.

[@asimkhan4733]

I did this and it helped, made my model on a curved side of a cylinder, wondering how can I delete the cylinder but keep the model bent

[@konixtwenty8275]

Very nice tutorial. Clear and to the point. Solved my problem. Thank you very much

[@davetpilot]

You make great videos that are easy to follow and pleasant to listen to. The sound quality is perfect. Thank you.

[@jordyv.703]

Is there a way to warp the sketch so that it follows the surface of the model? I want to add a pattern to a handle, but the shape it too complicated for a sweep or pattern.

[@jaroslavh943]

Nice explanation. Thanks sir. 👍🏻

[@dotJPJP]

Had a look at your webpage and will look out for your courses once they are online.Design a 3D toy car with opening doors in Fusion 360 is one that I think will be a popular subject for a paid tutorial.There is none on KZbin so far.Cheers.

[@matriawan7664]

Nice! Thank You :D

[@ShirinDelsooz]

Thank you for such a great explanation!

[@thehardwareguy]

You’re welcome :) thanks for watching!

[@peterphillips288]

Thanks a lot. This helped me so much

[@Spartacusse]

Great video, but at 2:48 wouldn't it be easier to select "Start = Object" select the cylinder face and extrude 1mm out?

[@mathewphilip6783]

thanks that was soo helpful

[@andyhibbert3234]

Great video. Exactly what I needed without extraneous stuff I didn't! well done.

[@jeremychan94]

Just what I needed. Thanks.

[@mmmmmmm8706]

Can u extrude it back into the cylinder to cut a channel?

[@ThraceKelsick]

Thanks!

[@tonyabdalla]

I think this video was created just for my use case! 😄 Well done and thanks very much for a great tutorial!!

[@jamesburke2209]

Thanks this is a really helpful tutorial. When you were drawing the dimensions on the surface you used a shortcut key (D) but didn't mention it. As an absolute beginner it was kind of confusing.

[@thehardwareguy]

Thanks for the feedback👍🏻 will correct that in future

[@seanwolfe9321]

Super Helpful! Subscribed....you get to the point and dumb it down, thank you!

[@ChrisHarmon1]

Any reason you did the split vs just joining?

[@stefanjohansson2605]

Excellent video, you saved my day.

[@alaskan6907]

Thank you

[@pud]

Thank you! Super helpful.

[@venko3211]

Good tutorial.how to make violin top arch. please update

[@davidwalker2632]

excellent explanation

[@independent900]

EXCELLENT video that clarified a number of questions. Thank you! You have a new sub!

[@jaafryousef1495]

merci beaucoupe

[@RLCPLUMBINGLLC]

You are one my favorite people to watch keep up the good works

[@rachellejanssen2655]

my trick would be to create another sketch on the top of the cylinder, make a bigger circle, and use lines to make either angled cuts (from the center point) or straight cuts (center point rectangles from the center of the cylinder). Finish sketch, select the outer parts, use the extrude tool and set an offset to whatever hight I want it to be. I feel like that adds a lot more accuracy.

[@davetpilot]

I don't know if it's "more accurate" but I just tried this method too and it is really fast and easy. Thank you.

[@rachellejanssen2655]

@@davetpilot hmm ok lets say it's a more flexible approach :P

[@Addepat]

in my case by combining the two bodys the inner part stiil exists after that. thanks anyway. i learned from it.

[@wizardOfRobots]

life saver

[@PaulGreggBYRC]

To your knowledge, is Fusion 360 able to make a sketch on a curved surface, like the surface of a cylinder, and then extrude the sketch radially? The trouble with your method here is that horizontal dimension of your 100mm rectangle is no longer 100mm once it is projected onto the surface, but it's a little longer.

[@thehardwareguy]

Hi Paul! Yes... you’ll need to use the sheet metal tool to “unwrap” your curved surface! I have a similar tutorial for adding text to a cylinder using the sheet metal tool... you might find that useful!

[@tmckearn]

@@thehardwareguy What if that "cylinder" isn't actually a cylinder and it's some other shape? minimally a cone or some other shape?

[@oreoflores7204]

Why not just use the join tool instead of new body; cutting and removing?

[@sjarboe1970]

AWESOME this is exactly what I needed to see!!!!! thank you !

[@jeremy6384]

I am new but I had to do it differently in 2024. Do a construct - offset plane, click the plane you want, push or pull the plane to roughly where you want, THEN click on the new sketch and select the plane you just moved into position.

[@Ponyreiter]

Thank you for your efforts, but this is not the solution to sketch on a curved surface. 🙂 Unfortunately this is only a sketch with offsets. 🤔 I am trying to put cylindrical holes and a groove perpendicular to a surface, which is curved by a spline and was hoping your video would help me 😞

[@doorwaycreative4693]

Yo are you Welsh? Fellow Welsh cad dude! Subbed

[@loweredexpectations4927]

This is not creating a sketch on the curved surface though. It is creating it on a flat plane. What would I do to create a pattern on a path, around the outside of a cylinder ? For example. If I wanted to create a spiral of holes from the top to the bottom on the outside of a cylinder. When done on a sketch, the extrusions run parallel to one and other.

[@jim5964]

This would have been better if you had showed how to push the new body into the cylinder to make a cut or trench. My attempt at using this method wouldn't allow for that.

[@ID-su4wj]

More complex is to project custom sketch on a part of a sphere

[@MrEthanPwn]

lol so "extrude to object" 2 clic ;)

[@GaryMcKinnonUFO]

No need for the splitting step, just combine.

[@Oggies100]

What you are doing is projecting to a curved surface not sketching on a curve. To sketch on a curved surface you need to flatten it first in sheet metal, then perform extrusions cuts etc. then resold it. Sketches are alway flat, unless a curve in 3d, but the sketch planes are always flat.

[@irql2]

How do you do that? Got a video handy by chance?

[@lewismccracken6073]

this isnt projecting to a surface its extruding through a body, could you not just use the project tool to project the sketch from the offset plane to the surface?

[@thehardwareguy]

It’s both. The sketch is projected to the curved surface and then you can extrude from there. They have recently added some updates that make this much easier. Now when you select extrude you can just select “from object” in the drop down and it does all this for you automatically!

[@thomasputko1080]

really nice - no loitering around, quick and to the point

[@afrykanerPL]

Fusion doesnt have such important operation like project 2D on surface. Thats strange.

[@Creator_Nater]

S U B S C R I B E D !!!!!!!!

[@spawn666reaper]

its not really sketching is it.

[@thehardwareguy]

Well it’s the best you’re going to get in Fusion! unless you go through the hassle and misery of sheet metal sketching!

[@ellisfletcher3491]

among us

[@SamChaneyProductions]

This is useful stuff and I appreciate the video but the title is definitely misleading and I don't think it's worth it to mislead your viewers just to get clicks. I know you can't actually sketch on curved surfaces in Fusion, so you could have added the word "workaround" or something to the title. I would have subscribed otherwise

[@thehardwareguy]

can you explain how it’s misleading? The video does exactly as the title says... we are projecting a 2D sketch onto a 3D surface. If you want to sketch directly on a curved surface you have to use the sheet metal tool, which I have a separate video for!

[@GuilhermeGomes2]

@@thehardwareguy you still created a sketch on a flat surface, and not on the round one. The results were then projected to the round one.

[@ClownWhisper]

This has nothing to do with the project command why don't you rename this video

[@boboscurse4130]

Cool trick, but not a projection.

[@gfarand]

Fusion 360 really is a pile of shit. I hope the one and only lesson in your course is uninstall and never use again lol

[@stefanjohansson2605]

Thanks!

[@thehardwareguy]

Thank you so much, that is very kind of you. Have a great day. -Gareth