WEEK 07 - FUSION 360 LOFT AND SHELL

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ONLINE TUTORIAL FUSION 360: LOFT AND SHELL
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F I N A L   3 D   M O D E L
Initials: E C O

Right View (using view cube)

 

'E' sketch

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'C' sketch

 

'O' sketch

Back / Left Edge View (using view cube)

Back View (using view cube)

Top View (using view cube)

Front View (using view cube)

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P R O G R E S S

Initially, I had stylised the initials of my name (ECO) in lowercase form because I personally prefer the 'softness' and consistency in the curvatures rather than the sharpness found in the uppercase forms.



However, when I tried to loft the letters together, I received an error message: 
"The loft would intersect itself." 



After reading forums and YouTube videos online with not much luck in solving the issue, I decided to create a new design using uppercase versions of my initials instead to see if it can make a difference.

Below is an image of my second attempt at the initial model, which was successful in completing the loft and shell function after creating uppercase stylised letters of my initials. 



I found that creating sketches with as many straight edges as possible using the rectangle tool was far more successful in fulfilling the loft function than primarily using circles and curved lines.

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From here, I readjusted each sketch to create a more organic 3D shape and reduce sharp edges as much as possible. The previous attempt also posed the issue of failing to 'see through' the hollowed out 'E' and 'O' faces. This was because of the placement of the last letter 'O' which was positioned significantly towards the right of the other two letters. 

In this model, the 'O' sketch was edited to have rounded edges and was moved to be more in line with the letter 'E'. The middle letter, 'C', was moved slightly to the left, raised and slightly rotated to add dimension to the overall shape. 

The following image is a front view of the final loft and shell model of my initials.