making a tube

Hi all. Is there any simple way to make a tube in Fusion. I can do it using 2 x cylinders for the inner and outer walls, then another capped cylinder with masks for the top and bottom and add a weld, however, I was wondering if there was something available that is a lot more, well simple lol.

Cheers

Rich

Two ways, off the top of my head. Scale a torus, which results in a sort of barrel-shaped tube (fatter in the middle). Or Bend a flattened cube, which will give you a discontinuity at the seam.

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Text3D - letter O - extrude.

Text3D - letter O - extrude.

Haha, I thought the same

I've also used trails

Nice! The font Century Gothic has a perfectly circular letter O with uniform thickness.