Discover how to effectively import a break file from a manufacturer into a model using a universal CAD format. This article thoroughly walks through the process, highlighting the steps in the Insert menu to Import DXF, and the options available once the file is successfully imported.
Key Insights
- The process begins by importing the break file from the manufacturer, using the Insert menu and selecting the option to Insert DXF, a universal CAD format.
- Once the DXF file is selected and opened, it appears right above the back tire of the model. No changes are required in the units, insert mode, or the X and Y locations.
- After the file has been imported and the sketch is created, the next step involves opening the Sketches folder where the file named Fusion 101 Break Profile is located, ready to create 3D geometry.
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Now we are ready to import that break file from our manufacturer. We're all set up. We've got break as the active component.
If we click off to the side of our model, we will deselect everything. And we are ready now to import that file. We're going to go to the Insert menu and look for Insert DXF.
This is a universal CAD format. We'll click that. And the plane we want to add this to is that break center.
We can click the Select button and right from our browser, click on Break Center. Now we can select our DXF file. There's a little folder.
We'll click that. And we're going to download this from our course downloads, save it to our computer, and then we can click the Select from My Computer. And we're looking for that file, Fusion 101 Break Profile. DXF. We'll click Open.
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And we get a few options. Right away, we'll see that it does import right away, right above that back tire where we want it. So that is perfect.
The units are millimeter, no change there. Insert mode, single sketch, also no change. And no change on the X and Y locations.
We will just click OK. It's going to think about it and there is our sketch. Let's go ahead to our Sketches folder and open that up.
And it's called Fusion 101 Break Profile. And it looks really good. We're ready to create our 3D geometry.
