Even more, these features are all tied back to the material.įor example, let’s say you swap your part material from ABS to Nylon. By combining these features, you’ll get your designs done quicker and reduce features in your timeline. Also, these plastic features automatically create secondary items like drafts, fillets, and associative top/bottom features. The Fusion 360 Product Design Extension adds purpose-built features that automate the creation of bosses, snap features, and rib/webs. In addition, they come pre-populated, but you also can customize them. These material rules provide design advice if you have any potential issues with face draft, wall thickness, knife edges, or undercuts. Thus, the benefit when changing from one plastic material to another is that you’ll see your plastic features automatically update per the new material rules. These include wall thickness, draft angles, fillet radius, and more. For example, when creating a sheet metal part, selecting your part’s material will set up rules to help automate features. That’s why the Fusion 360 Product Design Extension has you define a material early in your design process.

Proper material selection is crucial when manufacturing a plastic part. What’s available in the Fusion 360 Product Design Extension? Intelligent Materials

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