BMFA In the Air Tonight - 11/04/2023 - A continuation of wing rib fabrication using Fusion 360 with Ron Gray - recording added

There was a very sharp eyed attendee who spotted that I hadn't made the tip airfoil section parallel to the other ribs and this was because I made a mistake when tracing over the imported drawing. The beauty of using the Manufacturing Model function is that it is directly linked to the design so it's a simple matter of just editing the wing layout sketch and moving the line for the tip airfoil to the correct position, once done and the sketch saved the Manufacturing Model is automatically adjusted.

I should have pointed out during my webinar that the 'Arrange' option I used to create a dxf file from all of the ribs, is only available on the paid for version of Fusion 360, however there is an add-in available that will allow you to do something similar on the free version, its called DXF for Laser, when installed it will give you the option to select the parts that you want and to save them as DXF files. I've not used it myself but it looks straightforward to use (maybe easier than the Arrange function if you only have a few parts to export).

Download the add-in from the Autodesk​​​​​​​ store.

That sharp eyed chap was me Ron.  Will the "DXF for laser" add-on be usable for me to then cut the ribs etc. with a 3 axis Stepcraft mill, as I don't have, and probably wont ever, get a laser?

@john-minchell if you currently use dxf files for your machining then yes you could use the ones the add-in produces (it also allows you to set the kerf).

Hi Ron, just managed to catch up with this, some actual building got in the way 😀 

really useful, I need to watch again to take it all in.

This should also get me back on track with the Akromaster 

many thanks for great presentation and well done 

Jono 

@jono thanks Jono

Hi Ron, just following your demo, it looks like the arrange function is a paid for feature  

I wonder if there is a way to achieve the same effect 

Jono

@jono if you look further up this thread you will see my post regarding this but you need the DXF for Laser add in.

@rong Hi Ron 

Thanks for that, as a dyslexic read I do miss quite a few comments 😀 

I will try that "add in" and see if it does the trick 

thanks again 

Jono

Hi Ron, tried the DXF for Laser add in seems to work great. thanks for all the tips really helpful 

@jono glad to be of help!