Inkscape Plus Fusion-360

Make Your Logo come Alive! 3D Tutorial Episode #01

J3
Jungletronics
3 min readAug 25, 2019

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Hi, this is Pompermaier, let’s Making our Logo Come alive in 3d?

You’ll need:

3 D Inkscape plus Fusion 360.

That’s the vector file:

Fig 1. J3 logo will be used for 3d file

It is very simple to convert.

First, step download https://inkscape.org/

Then sign up at https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/students-teachers-educators

After all, follow the steps below

Sorry by this rock tutorial but I’m without any screen recorder

I hope you don`t mind.

Let`s rock!!!

1° STEP — Click on File -> Open

2° STEP — Select an image

3 ° STEP — Just press OK

4 ° STEP — Click on Path -> Trace Bitmap

5° STEP — Click on the image; check “Live Preview” then select edge detection, press OK and close the trace bitmap window

6 ° STEP — Click on File -> Save as, then save your SVG file; it is almost done, now open Autodesk Fusion 360.

7 ° STEP — Click on Insert -> Insert SVG

8° STEP — Click on the folder to open/select the SVG file

9 ° STEP — Select your file

10 ° STEP — Click on a plane on the center of the screen then your file will be loaded to that plane

11 ° STEP — Resize by clicking on the blue option on the center near to the box and arrows

12 ° STEP — Click on Stop Sketch

13° STEP — Click on Modify -> Press Pull

14 ° STEP — Pressed CONTROL click on the edges/parts you want to EXTRUDE selecting them all then finally set the distance you want to extrude and press ENTER

15° STEP 15 — Click on SAVE

16 ° STEP — Save the file

17 ° STEP — Click on File -> Export

18 ° STEP — Select STL type and your location file and press EXPORT, voilà!!!

Enjoy it!

o/

Credits

Márcio Pompermaier

Computer Engineer

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J3
Jungletronics

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