Summary

In this chapter, we learned about the various ways to open CAD and mesh files in Fusion, ranging from utilizing the File | Open... workflow to uploading files to Fusion Team from a web browser or the Fusion desktop and mobile apps.

We also covered how to insert mesh files into our active designs, how to set the units, and how to position those parts. We highlighted how to render and color data contained in certain mesh files. We talked about how to inspect problematic mesh bodies. We also went through an example using both automatic and manual repair steps, such as trimming mesh bodies and mirroring components, to fully repair a heavily damaged mesh file.

Using the skills you learned in this chapter, you can now feel confident in your ability to open, inspect, and repair most mesh files using Fusion.

In the next chapter, we will go over how and why we may want to work with parametric modeling versus direct modeling. We will also cover how to automatically detect features for models we import to Fusion and how we can edit those features with Design for Additive Manufacturing principles.