Our assignment for Week 2 was to create a new extrusion in Fusion 360 by finding a dimensioned drawing of an extrusion, creating a sketch of the cross-section, and extruding the sketch to create a 3D model.
Dimensioned Drawing
This was the final dimensioned drawing I chose to work with in Fusion 360: a 40x20 aluminum extrusion.
My Extrusion
I did find it helpful that this 40x20 extrusion drawing was symmetrical and most of the dimensions were even numbers, and it was beneficial to have a sheet of paper and a pen to make additional calculations and jot down numbers that were not marked on the drawing. I started my sketch in Fusion 360 with a combination of construction lines and rectangles on the left side before replicating it on the right side. This assignment was a great opportunity to become more familiar with the basic sketch tools while realizing there is still more I want to learn about how to best approach creating a drawing or making my sketch more precise.
The sketch in progress.
The completed sketch ready for extrusion.
The final 3D model of the extrusion.