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Creating LOW POLY Models in Fusion 360 for 3D Printing | Practical Prints #5

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Low Poly Mesh designs are popular among the 3D printing community. Just about any mesh file can be turned into a low-poly design.

In this tutorial, we’ll look at using Fusion 360 to turn a mesh body into a low-poly design. We’ll then convert the mesh body to a solid to further work on it.

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Creating LOW POLY models in Fusion 360
1:00 – Getting a model from Thingiverse
1:20 – Inserting a mesh file
2:00 – Turning off Design History
2:26 – Switching to the Mesh tab
3:00 – Using the Reduce tool
4:07 – Changing the Reduce Target
5:36 – Changing shading style to Flat Shaded
6:48 – Adjusting specific parts of a model
7:50 – Changing model to solid body
8:37 – Splitting bottom to make it flat
9:00 – Printer Results

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