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Learn a valuable workflow for preparing an existing design to become an assembly.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
4 min.
Transcript
00:03
In Fusion, you can prepare an existing design to become an assembly in just a few steps.
00:09
By manipulating the Timeline, you can create a new component and then move the sketches and features to the new component.
00:16
The Component Color Swatches and Display Component Colors options enable you to differentiate among components in an assembly
00:23
and the associated parametric features in the Timeline and in the Browser.
00:28
For this example, open the V-block clamp Fusion archive file.
00:33
Using the Create Components from Bodies tool is a great way to take an existing body and convert it to a component.
00:40
However, if the sketches used to create that body are unique to that body, it might be best to have them in the same component.
00:48
In this design, the V-block was created as the very first body, and the sketch used was the very first sketch.
00:55
If you had created a component first,
00:57
that sketch and the extrusion which created the body would have been contained within the component.
01:02
A useful technique for taking a body and its sketches and adding them to a component is to take advantage of the Timeline.
01:10
On the Timeline, drag the marker all the way to the beginning of the design.
01:15
This returns you to the same conditions as when the design was first created,
01:19
with no sketches, features, or bodies.
01:23
You now can create a new component.
01:25
On the Design workspace toolbar, Assemble tab, in the Assemble group, select New Component.
01:33
Enter the name “V-block”, deselect Activate to stay at the top level, and then click OK.
01:40
Next, on the Timeline, click Move to End to move the marker all the way to the end.
01:46
Expanding the Browser folders, you can see that the V-block component has an Origin folder,
01:52
but the Body and Sketch still exist at the top level.
01:55
Since the Body is a result of the Sketch, you can click and drag the Sketch down to the V-block component.
02:02
This moves that Sketch and the Body under the V-block component.
02:06
You can activate the V-block component to check this and see that the Sketch and the extrusion are there.
02:12
Activate the top-level component.
02:15
You can use another technique to verify this as well.
02:19
In the Timeline, click Settings, and confirm that Component Color Swatch is selected.
02:25
You will see color swatches in the Browser and in the Timeline for each component,
02:31
enabling you to view the parametric features associated with each.
02:35
To color the components on the canvas to match the color swatches,
02:38
on the toolbar, click Inspect > Display Component Colors, or press Shift+N.
Video transcript
00:03
In Fusion, you can prepare an existing design to become an assembly in just a few steps.
00:09
By manipulating the Timeline, you can create a new component and then move the sketches and features to the new component.
00:16
The Component Color Swatches and Display Component Colors options enable you to differentiate among components in an assembly
00:23
and the associated parametric features in the Timeline and in the Browser.
00:28
For this example, open the V-block clamp Fusion archive file.
00:33
Using the Create Components from Bodies tool is a great way to take an existing body and convert it to a component.
00:40
However, if the sketches used to create that body are unique to that body, it might be best to have them in the same component.
00:48
In this design, the V-block was created as the very first body, and the sketch used was the very first sketch.
00:55
If you had created a component first,
00:57
that sketch and the extrusion which created the body would have been contained within the component.
01:02
A useful technique for taking a body and its sketches and adding them to a component is to take advantage of the Timeline.
01:10
On the Timeline, drag the marker all the way to the beginning of the design.
01:15
This returns you to the same conditions as when the design was first created,
01:19
with no sketches, features, or bodies.
01:23
You now can create a new component.
01:25
On the Design workspace toolbar, Assemble tab, in the Assemble group, select New Component.
01:33
Enter the name “V-block”, deselect Activate to stay at the top level, and then click OK.
01:40
Next, on the Timeline, click Move to End to move the marker all the way to the end.
01:46
Expanding the Browser folders, you can see that the V-block component has an Origin folder,
01:52
but the Body and Sketch still exist at the top level.
01:55
Since the Body is a result of the Sketch, you can click and drag the Sketch down to the V-block component.
02:02
This moves that Sketch and the Body under the V-block component.
02:06
You can activate the V-block component to check this and see that the Sketch and the extrusion are there.
02:12
Activate the top-level component.
02:15
You can use another technique to verify this as well.
02:19
In the Timeline, click Settings, and confirm that Component Color Swatch is selected.
02:25
You will see color swatches in the Browser and in the Timeline for each component,
02:31
enabling you to view the parametric features associated with each.
02:35
To color the components on the canvas to match the color swatches,
02:38
on the toolbar, click Inspect > Display Component Colors, or press Shift+N.
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