Puzzle 3D With 2D Pieces

Greetings, 

Today I’m going to share woh to make a 3D puzzle with 2D pieces in autodesk fusion 360.

Credits to the autor of the image: https://www.pexels.com/es-es/foto/agua-animal-mamifero-charco-10538872/

Supplies

For this case we will need a laser cutter and 2 mm thick wood the length and width will not be greater than 410 x 400 mm

Step 1:

Let’s get started by getting an image for reference.

Step 2:

Then, we trim the silhouette that we are interested in from the background.

Step 3:

Once we have the desired silhouette, in this case the rhino, we send it to another document and save it as a JPG.

Step 4:

We open the file with Illustrator.

And make an image trace, with the option silhouette

Step 5:

Then we exchange the colors of the trace and filling

Step 6:

Now we divide the silhouette in the parts of interest for us by using the “erase” tool

Step 7:

We open the file in Autodesk Fusion 360

And we insert a reference image of the silhouette with the tool “canvas”

Step 8:

Once the sketch is finished, we extrude it.

Step 9:

And then we continue to generate the rest of the elements.

In my case I generate the head and then join it to the body

Step 10:

And generate the joins of the puzzle.

Step 11:

We generate the sketch and extrude it by using the “new body” option instead of the “join” option.

Step 12:

We copy-paste the legs they fit.

Step 13:

We continue generating the sockets in the main silhouette, which lastly has been joined to the head, generating a single body and head solid.

Step 14:

And to finish we move the different parts to their final position.