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Transcript
00:03
It's time to create additional components and see how they fit together.
00:07
You will learn the key differences
00:09
between bodies and components and understand how
00:11
assemblies can be created using either a top down or bottom up approach.
00:17
You will also begin to create additional assembly components
00:20
since you will be working with assemblies,
00:23
it is important to distinguish between bodies and components.
00:26
A body is a single container for a continuous 3d shape and can be a solid,
00:31
a surface sheet metal T spline or a mesh.
00:36
You can create components from bodies.
00:39
A component is a container for the design elements which can include bodies,
00:44
joints,
00:45
sketches, construction geometry and even other components.
00:49
A component is an individual part of an assembly
00:52
and can be used independently or in another assembly.
00:56
There are two methods to create an assembly, bottom up and top down
01:01
to create a bottom up.
01:02
Assembly components are created in separate files and reference
01:07
or are inserted into an assembly file. In
01:10
this video, you will be working with top down assemblies
01:13
to create a top down assembly. The components are created in a single design file
01:18
before creating the component, make the top level assembly active
01:23
by clicking the radio button to the right of the file name, my Tumbler
01:28
in the solid tool bar group
01:30
in the assembled drop down tab,
01:32
you can choose new component.
01:34
You may also choose the icon. If available,
01:37
you will be prompted to name the component,
01:40
change the name to gasket and click. OK.
01:46
Notice in the browser, you now have two components.
01:49
One is called Tumbler and the other is called Gasket.
01:53
Also notice the radio button to the right of gasket is black.
01:57
This means the gasket component is active.
02:00
The Tumbler component will be transparent showing it is not the active component.
02:05
Gasket component is added to the time line.
02:09
However, notice there are no features displayed in the time line
02:12
because no features have been created for the gasket.
02:15
Use the extrude command in the create group
02:18
and click the ring on the top planar face of the
02:21
tumbler extrude this to be 0.125 inches [3.175 millimeters] and press enter.
02:26
Notice the time line does have a feature now
02:29
activate the entire assembly by clicking the radio button next to my Tumbler
02:35
and save.
Video transcript
00:03
It's time to create additional components and see how they fit together.
00:07
You will learn the key differences
00:09
between bodies and components and understand how
00:11
assemblies can be created using either a top down or bottom up approach.
00:17
You will also begin to create additional assembly components
00:20
since you will be working with assemblies,
00:23
it is important to distinguish between bodies and components.
00:26
A body is a single container for a continuous 3d shape and can be a solid,
00:31
a surface sheet metal T spline or a mesh.
00:36
You can create components from bodies.
00:39
A component is a container for the design elements which can include bodies,
00:44
joints,
00:45
sketches, construction geometry and even other components.
00:49
A component is an individual part of an assembly
00:52
and can be used independently or in another assembly.
00:56
There are two methods to create an assembly, bottom up and top down
01:01
to create a bottom up.
01:02
Assembly components are created in separate files and reference
01:07
or are inserted into an assembly file. In
01:10
this video, you will be working with top down assemblies
01:13
to create a top down assembly. The components are created in a single design file
01:18
before creating the component, make the top level assembly active
01:23
by clicking the radio button to the right of the file name, my Tumbler
01:28
in the solid tool bar group
01:30
in the assembled drop down tab,
01:32
you can choose new component.
01:34
You may also choose the icon. If available,
01:37
you will be prompted to name the component,
01:40
change the name to gasket and click. OK.
01:46
Notice in the browser, you now have two components.
01:49
One is called Tumbler and the other is called Gasket.
01:53
Also notice the radio button to the right of gasket is black.
01:57
This means the gasket component is active.
02:00
The Tumbler component will be transparent showing it is not the active component.
02:05
Gasket component is added to the time line.
02:09
However, notice there are no features displayed in the time line
02:12
because no features have been created for the gasket.
02:15
Use the extrude command in the create group
02:18
and click the ring on the top planar face of the
02:21
tumbler extrude this to be 0.125 inches [3.175 millimeters] and press enter.
02:26
Notice the time line does have a feature now
02:29
activate the entire assembly by clicking the radio button next to my Tumbler
02:35
and save.
Learn about bodies and components and how they are used to create assemblies as you begin creating additional components to your tumbler design. You’ll discover key differences between top-down and bottom-up assemblies and gain a better understanding of workflows in Fusion.
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