Learn how to accurately assemble the components of a scooter using Autodesk Fusion. This article offers a step-by-step process on how to connect the fork to stem A using a rigid connection.
Key Insights
- The article demonstrates how to use Autodesk Fusion to connect the fork of a scooter to stem A. The process involves rotating stem A and then using a rigid connection to attach the fork.
- The author advises against allowing the fork to rotate along with stem A. Instead, the use of a rigid connection lets the fork move along with stem A without rotating.
- Further steps involve selecting joint and snapping points, hiding and unhiding components during the assembly process, and finally naming the connection as 'Rigid Fork'.
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Now that we have stem A rotating in the neck, we need to connect the fork. So let's go ahead and turn it back on. And we can also turn on the wheel to see everything for a moment here.
We need to think about this. If this stem A is rotating, do we also want the fork to rotate? No, we don't. We want it to move along with stem A. We'll actually use a rigid connection.
So let's go ahead now and go back to our assemble. We'll select joint. And we want to assemble the fork up to stem A. So let's hide the neck.
It's just in the way at this point. And let's hide stem A. And we want to select our snap point, which is right at the top of the fork here. So simple origin, hover over the surface, hover around until we get close to the center, and watch that snap point snap right to the center of the top of our fork.
Click one time there. Now we need to unhide stem A. And we'll hide the wheel two. And we'll also hide our fork.
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We'll orbit until we're looking up at stem A. And we want to have our simple origin mode again. And we'll click right on that center ring again. We'll notice there's already a snap from our previous operation.
That's okay. I want to click again on that center ring one time. Now let's go ahead and unhide the fork.
Go to our motion tab, preview the motion. And if we're still on Revolute, we'll see what happens. That would be a difficult scooter to manage because the stem would rotate and the fork would rotate.
It would be really complicated. So instead of the Revolute, we want Rigid. So they should just shake if we hit the preview motion, and we're good to go.
With that, we'll go ahead and click okay. And let's go ahead and give that Rigid a name. We'll call it Rigid Fork.
And we can also unhide our neck, unhide our wheel, and zoom out to see the result.
