Since there are clearly 3D models of the Lead 1010 in existence, is there one available that we can use in Fusion 360 for simulation? There are tons of other companies' machine models available in Fusion 360 so it would cool to have the Openbuilds represented. You can use a generic model made by Autodesk but it looks pretty bad and I would argue it's not as useful as an accurate one.
If you have a 3D mode of the machine, it's not too hard to set it up as a F360 simulation model (if nobody else has done it already). I did it for my own design machine by following this video: (Note I have it in my mind that the OpenBuilds Fusion 360 post processor didn't used to support simulation models, but that it does now - be worth checking that you're up to date if you run into problems.)
The trick is having that 3D model of the whole machine. I figured that the Openbuilds team must have made a full assembly model since there are renders of the machine on this website. If we could get that model, one of us could get it set up in F360 and I would imagine we could upload that F360 setup here for everyone to use.
Only in Sketchup format (builds menu above > openbuilds machines category. Each machine has a Build. Each Build has a Files and Drawings tab where you'll find the Sketchup files) Fusion can import sketchups, not sure if such a complete model might be problematic to import though Otherwise can use sketchup and export to some other intermediate formats
I could open the sketchup model in F360 but it's like an STL file - not really solid. Maybe that would work anyway. But the z-axis and gantry are one component which would be pretty hard to separate. I don't have sketchup. Would it be difficult to export the major axes as separate sketchup components that could be imported separately? Ideally sketchup would have a STEP file export or some other solid format?
Looks like Fusion can convert a mesh body to a solid and I've had success with a few parts. It'll be tedious but I may slog through it.
Sketchup Make 2017 (Last free version) Solids out of sketchup is unlikely, not sure if fusion can do some kind of cleanup
Yes, the SketchUp files are definitely a PITA to work with. They come in as a bunch of components, but some of the components are nested many layers deep. Every single mesh needs to be converted to a base feature and even then, some don't stitch together correctly and you just get a surface body instead of a solid. What I don't understand is, you can download solids (STEP I think) of stuff like plates, wheels and even actuators, which is what the Lead 1010 is made out of, so why is it modeled in SketchUp? Doesn't seem very useful for maintaining a CAD database of parts that get made and sold. Or maybe I'm missing something.
