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About creating assemblies

Learn the best practices for modeling assemblies using joints, working with and creating components, linking joints, and testing motion.


Tutorial resources

These downloadable resources will be used to complete this tutorial:


00:03

Assemblies are a part of virtually every product design, ranging from simple to complex.

00:09

Companies rely on assembly modeling to make sure that the products they manufacture work as planned in the design phase.

00:16

You must know that the design you create will stay together and move the way that you want it to.

00:22

This requires the ability to control connections between the parts of your design.

00:27

In Fusion, an assembly model is a collection of parts and subassemblies that function as a single unit.

00:34

Parts and subassemblies are connected by assembly relationships.

00:39

Since there is no special file type for assemblies, each Fusion design can be a single part with only bodies,

00:46

an assembly with joint components, or a mix of the two.

00:50

It is important to learn the concepts of assembly modeling, fundamental tools,

00:55

and the extended capabilities of the assembly modeling workspace in Fusion.

01:00

By employing best practices for assembly modeling in Fusion,

01:04

you will gain experience using assembly modeling tools that will help you to create and analyze your own designs.

01:11

To create assemblies in Fusion, you will need to be able to do several things:

01:15

Manage the structure of the design using components.

01:19

Connect components together to replicate the real-world model.

01:23

Test mechanisms to see the effects of their actuation on the individual components.

01:29

Use advanced control of joints.

01:32

Apply connections between joints to model complex mechanisms.

Video transcript

00:03

Assemblies are a part of virtually every product design, ranging from simple to complex.

00:09

Companies rely on assembly modeling to make sure that the products they manufacture work as planned in the design phase.

00:16

You must know that the design you create will stay together and move the way that you want it to.

00:22

This requires the ability to control connections between the parts of your design.

00:27

In Fusion, an assembly model is a collection of parts and subassemblies that function as a single unit.

00:34

Parts and subassemblies are connected by assembly relationships.

00:39

Since there is no special file type for assemblies, each Fusion design can be a single part with only bodies,

00:46

an assembly with joint components, or a mix of the two.

00:50

It is important to learn the concepts of assembly modeling, fundamental tools,

00:55

and the extended capabilities of the assembly modeling workspace in Fusion.

01:00

By employing best practices for assembly modeling in Fusion,

01:04

you will gain experience using assembly modeling tools that will help you to create and analyze your own designs.

01:11

To create assemblies in Fusion, you will need to be able to do several things:

01:15

Manage the structure of the design using components.

01:19

Connect components together to replicate the real-world model.

01:23

Test mechanisms to see the effects of their actuation on the individual components.

01:29

Use advanced control of joints.

01:32

Apply connections between joints to model complex mechanisms.

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