{"id":1641,"date":"2016-07-19T14:50:57","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T14:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/blog\/mesh-to-t-spline-in-10-steps"},"modified":"2016-07-19T14:50:57","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T14:50:57","slug":"mesh-to-t-spline-in-10-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/blog\/mesh-to-t-spline-in-10-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"Mesh to T-Spline in 10 Steps (Fusion 360 & Remake)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n

Fathom Step-By-Step Tutorial\u2014How to Convert a Mesh or Scan Data Into a Workable T-Spline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In this tutorial, Fathom Research Associate, Sebastian Morales, walks you through the process step by step\u2014preparation, gap fixes, mesh export, Quads selection, T-spline body selection and conversion for the purpose of 3D printing<\/a> a prototype.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Software needed \/ \/ Fusion 360, ReMake (formerly Memento)\u2014both available from Autodesk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Preparation<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Open ReMake and import your mesh. This example features a mesh of more than two million triangles, a scan by Bernard Brits<\/a> on GrabCad. We chose something with complex geometries to really test this workflow and this scan has a high degree of intricacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once the mesh finishes converting, get it ready for Fusion 360. The 10-step workflow is as follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10-Step Workflow<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Fix all the gaps.<\/b> Click on “Analyze” (the microscope icon) and select the “Detect and Fix Model Issues” (the band aid icon). Detect the issues and fix them all.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    2. Export the mesh.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    3. Select “Quads.”<\/b> Fusion 360 will need the quads in order to make the T-Splines. Select the number of quads depending on your needs, keeping in mind that Fusion will struggle with a higher number. For this project, we selected 100,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    4. Re-import the mesh into ReMake<\/b>. This time, use the quad-based mesh you just saved. Repeat the issue detection step (#1) and you will likely fund a number of problems with the new mesh. Fix each of the issues you find.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    5. Export again<\/b>. Make sure the mesh is exported as quads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    6. Perform one last analysis<\/b> on the mesh and fix any issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    7. Upload your file<\/b> to the cloud through Fusion 360.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    8. Open the drawing and click on Convert from the Utilities<\/b> on the Sculpting menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    9. Select the Mesh to convert it from a Quad Mesh to a T-Spline body<\/b>. This may slow Fusion 360 temporarily but eventually will create the T-Spline body. Once it has converted completely, you should have two bodies inside your Bodies folder. One of them a mesh and the other the T-spline body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    10. Select the T-Spline body and click convert<\/b>. This conversion will yield a B-rep! After Fusion 360 loads, the entire process is complete.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Follow this step-by-step Fathom tutorial to convert mesh or scan data into a workable T-Spline in Fusion 360 and ReMake\u2014ready for 3D printing prototypes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":5496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-standard.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"tag_industry":[33],"tag_technology":[23],"class_list":["post-1641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","tag_industry-all-industries","tag_technology-engineering-design-and-support"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1641"},{"taxonomy":"tag_industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tag_industry?post=1641"},{"taxonomy":"tag_technology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tag_technology?post=1641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}