Step 1

Now that you’re back in the Model workspace, go to the CREATE menu and select Extrude.

Select your wheel profile and drag the arrow up to 25mm or type 25mm as Distance in the Extrude dialogue box.

Step 2

You have created a crude 3D shape of the wheel rim you’re designing. It is now time to create a new sketch in order to refine the wheel’s profile.

Go to Project/Include in the Sketch menu and select Intersect.

Set your sketch plane as one of the vertical planes.

When the dialogue box opens, select the outer rim of your wheel.

3D extrusions are known as Bodies in Fusion 360. In order to work on your next sketch, you will need to hide the Body of your wheel rim. To do so, look for the Bodies tab in the left-hand menu and click on the lightbulb to turn it off.

(Hint: If you need to see the body again, to check it against your sketch, simply click on the lightbulb again to turn it back on.)

Step 3

The Intersect command allows you to map out the edges of your 3D model at the points where it intersects with the plane you’ve selected to work on. It should now show the outer lines of your wheel’s body in red.

Right-click on the left-hand line and set it as a Construction Line (shown as a dashed orange line).

(Hint: A construction line turns a normal line into a point of reference for creating your design. Construction Lines will not be taken into account when extruding a sketch into a 3D model.)

Step 4

Using this new Construction Line as your starting point, use the Line tool to draw the profile highlighted in blue as follows:

Once your profile has been drawn, select Arc in the SKETCH menu and choose a 3-Point Arc.

Use the Arc tool to complete your sketch profile as below:

Stop your Sketch.

Step 5

Once you’ve returned to the Model workspace, select your sketch before turning the lightbulb on your Body back on in the left-hand menu.

Go to the CREATE menu and select Revolve.

In the Revolve dialogue box, select your sketch as the Profile, the green axis as your Axis and set your Operation to Intersect. Select OK to complete the command.

Congratulations! You have created your first prototype wheel rim!