A question for the Fusion 360 experts

It was a freebie. I replaced the pc about 3 months ago, the motherboard failed on the old on and the replacement board and installation was £125 i.e. not worth doing on a 4 year old PC. It came with Windows 10 installed and a note saying a free Windows 11 upgrade would be provided when it became available. I'm committed now so I guess I will have to get used to it. One very annoying "feature" I have already found is in windows explorer the paste function is hidden in other options. Who would dream of moving a basic function like that to a subsidiary screen, luckily ctrl c, ctrl v still works for copy-paste.

 

To conclude the saga of the mysterious body appearing when printing the fish wagon.

After finding the foreign bodies in screen grabs 4 and 5 I created two new stl files one of the chassis and other of the body and did the same Chitu test, both bodies had disappeared which simply added to the confusion. In the mean time Rob undid and reapplied his changes of the mark 2 wagon and resent me the stl file. I then reapplied the tests and they had disappeared so it appears to be some strange corruption in Fusion 360 that didn't show up when viewing the stl but did after slicing.

I then went through the normal Chitu process of supporting and slicing the stl and fired up a fresh test print which printed with no problems at all. We all live and learn but it would be nice to know what happened and why but sadly I guess we never will.

Mossy

 

Paul

I think we all know why software suppliers like could based software - piracy, but even after all these years its definitely flakey and prone to problems when there is a heavy demand. In this instance as to what actually happened I think will remain a mystery just a part of the tapestry of life.

 

IBM used an interesting phrase about their mainframe software.

Any function which didn't work correctly and that they had no intention of fixing (and there were any number of them) were always described as "features".
That must be the politest way of say *&^(%% off and don't bother us.

 

The IBM mainframe boys were using feature before Sinclair came out with the ZX, IBM with the PS1 or Microsoft's first Windows.
I'm so long in the tooth as to remember them all. In fact I can get back to using 80 character cards as data input but not quite back to plug-board programming.
But where did it start - lost in time I guess.

 

Hi Guys

Since its a new year, I thought another silly Mossy question was in order.

I have been following the Leek Station developments for a fair while now, and was especially struck with the lamps, Andy printed.

Over the Christmas period I have been playing with a 49ft coach, yeah the only way it could be printed on my Mono would be in 3 sections, so for now it's another drawing only project.

The roof has pairs of gas lamps above each of the seven compartments, but the sketch isn't detailed enough to figure out the lamp details, but I have a very detailed sketch of an NER 52 ft clerestory coach which has excellent details of the lamps and gas pipe runs. So given the extracts attached, what would be the best way of drawing these in Fusion. I wondered if the best way would be the same way a chimney is create. Any other suggestions gents. And before Mr Lancaster pipes up, if it every gets printed, I have no repeat no plans to electrify them.

Happy New Year everyone.

Mossy

 

Thanks Rob,

Play time I've never used revolve so that's going to be a new one - always good to learn.

I think I sent you a copy of the Dia 7 Composite. It's incredibly detailed, but has obviously been reduced from a bigger drawing as many if the dimensions are unreadable. which is a real pity.

Best of all its got great details of the interior of compartments, most of which is legible.

 

Well revolve was very simple I now have a lamp correctly positioned on my quarter roof.
Next was the pipe support and pipe run, though I have to admit I cant figure out the exact shape of the support, versions 1 and 2 have been scrapped and it's getting late, plus too much excellent Jura whisky consumed to try again tonight.

 

Hi Rob,

My first time, but it wont be the last, no more concentric circles and filleting to create a shaped cylindrical body.
Given all the mods your doing to that lathe, I guess it's second hand and needs beefing up, not that I understand what your doing or why.
I think I will stick to 3D printing and not go anywhere near lathes.