Fusion 360 Product Design: Lighting

Dive into 3D modeling techniques by learning how to build a familiar object—a table lamp—with the Fusion 360 tool from Autodesk.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Exercise files

1. Sculpting the Form of the Model

• Sculpting the outer form
• Sculpting the inner form
• Creating new facets
• Sculpting the tail
• Adding the control module
• Creating inner form curves and frames

2. Creating the Lug Support Sketches and Pattern

• Creating the lug loop sketch
• Creating fillets
• Adding an extrusion
• Adding the extrusion bridge
• Joining the frames with a tangent spline

3. Creating Frame Ring Connector Rails

• Using 3-point planes to create the frame
• Cleaning up the frame rings
• Creating the center line sketch
• Creating the flat tail rails
• Creating curved rails
• Central spine

4. Form 2: Build Volume and Copy

• Form 2: Build volume
• Sketching lines to help divide the model

5. Creating Additional Material around Slice Zones

• Adding 2mm material around slice zones
• Adding sweep 2mm material around slice zones
• Adding strengthening material
• Adding a middle web
• Adding web to body
• Adding the cable loop slots
• Adding fillets to finish and slice

6. Creating Interfaces at the Connecting Zones

• Adding the frame connectors
• Adding parts to an assembly

7. Adding Shell for Outer Skin Sketch: Tail Split Surf and Split Tail

• Outer volume layout
• Creating the tail surf split
• Creating the tail support sketch
• Adding upper support pins
• Adding lower support pins
• Adding side support pins

8. Dividing the Model into Parts

• External parts assembly
• Separating the model into parts
• Organizing the main body parts

9. Creating the Support Lugs

• Creating the tail lugs
• Creating the eye lugs
• Sketch lug profile

10. Support Base

• Creating the power exit
• Creating the support base
• Support base sketch
• Creating base feet
• Adding base webs
• Adding base fillets

11. Tail End Details

• Adding the tail end lugs
• Connecting the tail end lugs
• Creating tail pins
• Creating tail pin hallow
• Creating the tail drain
• Creating the tail socket
• Finishing off the tail

12. Splitting the Model

• Creating the head split
• Creating the fin split
• Validating the print form with PreForm
• Creating the final body splits

13. Window Panels

• Using spline to create windows
• Creating window cuts
• Changing part materials
• Finishing the frame

14. Internal Support Structure

• Setting the mass properties
• Building support parts
• Fin geometry
• Creating fin lugs
• Completing fin lugs
• FrameCreate tail pin hallow print

Conclusion

• Next steps