[Video Tutorial] Drawing a real mountain bike in fusion360

woah, i didn’t know this post existed! this will be super helpful to me to start figuring out frame geometry in fusion. totally gonna do your tutorial asap!

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Yeah, that was my idea too, but how do I then fix the imported bottle component to the DWG sketch? I’ve tried aliging the base sketch line from the bottle to a line drawn at the tube surface between the 2 points, but that doesnt work. Also moving point to point didnt do the trick. Is there another way to connect the dots?

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Ah, I forgot. Here is my bottle:

I join the sketch to the holes on the bottle.

File: Fusion

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OK, but how do I join the sketch to the holes? Wheres this function/button/shortcut in Fusion?

The tricky part is getting the joint to snap to the correct spots on the line. on a PC, hold CTRL when you hover over the line to lock the selection points.

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Yes! Thanks! And the tricky part in this case was me not realising the Joint command did what it does. Man, it is very satisfying building a bike like this and just have other sizes generated including the build drawing and even the parts I want printed.
I do find I have to unlearn a lot of the 15+ years I worked with Autocad and 3D studio Viz as Fusion is almost working in the opposite direction.

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Thank you @Daniel_Y for putting this together! I’ve been working on my design for about a month and I think I’m just about there!


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That is one sweet looking ride!

Thanks! I’ve been plugging away at it and I think it’s just about there.

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Thank you for the guide. Started work on a base design with inclusions of parametrics thanks to the video by cobra frame building.

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@Daniel_Y got a question for you. How would I constrain a straight line off of a curve? I’m trying to do the braze-ons for a bolt on frame bag, and I just can’t seem to get everything constrained in the sketch.

I use a construction line, constrain it to be tangent to the curve, and perpendicular to the line.

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That did it, thanks!

Just chiming in to say that I watched your tutorial 3 times as I learned Fusion. Unbelievable contribution to the community! I have your YouTube channel on the bookmark bar. I’ll be posting some of my learnings and first draftings of my wooden bike soon on my build log thread.

Thank you!!!

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Ugh! I have a splitting headache now, but I think I got there! Steep learning curve for me, thanks so much for making all of this available. This place is amazing.

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Well done!

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It is such an amazing resource! Nice job on your first virtual frame! :upside_down_face:

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I dig the AborVelo name for wooden bikes!

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Anyone had problems with a SS sketch not showing up in the auxillary view? In my design sketches just dont show there and therefore - this view is basically useless. Thanks