Fusion 360 for Beginners - Model a Box & Lid with Screws - In-Context Design - Lesson 9
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- In this tutorial, you will learn an absolute ton about sketches, extruding, in-context design, joints, fasteners, and so much more! Hope that you benefit from these videos. If you do, please like and subscribe. If there is something else that you’d like to learn or are finding difficult with Fusion 360, please drop a comment below. We will do our best to tackle that problem in the near future.
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00:00 - Intro
1:17 - Let's dig into it - What we'll learn
1:45 - Look at the drawings
3:01 - Create your components
3:35 - PLEASE TAKE NOTE - Component Activation
4:00 - Box drawing
4:55 - Model the box already!
7:08 - Offset sketch feature
10:16 - Create them tapped holes
15:06 - In-context design
19:55 - Project tapped holes to c-bore
22:55 - Joints
24:57 - Mate the lid to the box
26:52 - Insert them screws
27:47 - McMaster
29:44 - Capture position?
31:05 - Join the screw to the hole
32:23 - Review
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Yeees! I`ve made it by my self! It took my twice to watch the whole movie, few shorter replays, few tries and today morning I`ve replicated whole procees from the scratch to the end without the movie. With your chanel and you as a teacher I believe that learn and understand Fusion360. Thanks!
Great job! You will love the next videos in our series. They get increasingly more difficult and teach a bunch of new skills. Have fun!!!
Awesome useful tutorial. My only suggestion would be to shorten that loooooooooong intro to 5 seconds or less and maybe lose the music. My autistic brain wanted to click off immediately. I'm glad I didn't! Sometimes when you're trying to sneak a video at work, the last thing you want is a techno concert. Thanks! I think I'm a Fusion convert. I've been trying to decide on Fusion or Freecad, and you helped me immensely.
I love your comment and feedback! Thanks so much. You will love our Learn Fusion in 5 Minutes series, which get right to the point. Hope you enjoy them and our other tutorials too.
Please let us know any more suggestions you may have, or how you’ve benefitted from our other tutorials at any point down the line! All the best.
Best Fusion tutorial on TH-cam! Please make more like this.
Wow, what a nice compliment! Thank you? I hope you like and benefit from our other tutorials too.
Ooo this one was a lot of new things to learn. Rebuilt in 12mins and 1 second. Thank you. Excited to build the lego next!
Awesome job! Thanks for the comment. Hope you have fun with the next series. Please consider sharing.
This is how tutorials should be, amazing job. Thank you, I learned so many useful things. Subscribed.
Wow! What a comment 😃 You made my day. Thank you! Please check out our other tutorials too. Hope you enjoy them just as much!
"Select face then select centre", this was huge for me, thanks. Great tutorials!
A simple solution for ease of assembling. Thanks for your comment!
Keep saying it but it keeps being true - Loving the series. The Joints are cool...I am having some issues with my clicking, but still learning - Thank you again
Thanks so much for your comment and ongoing support. Awesome to know that you are enjoying the series! Keep up the great work 👍
Love your catch phrase “let’s dig into it” ❤ 3:06
I can't believe how much I've learned in a couple hours. You're awesome!
You are flying with the tutorials. Amazing!
I learned something a long time ago, that I see in you without even having met you: a good student will learn from anyone, regardless of their teaching ability. I don’t know about being awesome, but I do value students and people like you that apply themselves, work hard, take it one step at a time, and are appreciative. You will continue to learn quickly. Keep up the great work!
Thank you so much for your tutorials. I was looking to find your other "Fusion 360 for Beginners" but cannot find them on your channel. Really excellent tutorials done with much patience.
You're most welcome. So glad that you are enjoying our tutorials. What you can do is subscribe to our channel and then click on Subscriptions which will bring up our latest videos. From there you can find our beginners series no problem. Thanks again for your comment and support!
Placing those screws upside down initially is a stroke of genius
Small things like that make things easier don’t they!
Easily understood. Best tutorial I've seen and I've been working with AutoCad since 1986. Original Columbia start up page and 288 CPU. 😃👍 32:36
Wow, thanks! That is quite the experience 😊 👍
One of the few tutorials that I follow and it does exactly what you show. I usually make boxes by splitting and using cut one from the other to make a lip, but I like this way much better. The joins and screws are great too.
Thank you very much, excellent tutorial.
So glad you liked and benefited from this tutorial!
Beautiful tutorial. You also have a great voice and peace in it which is very suitable for tutorials. Great job.
That is very kind of you to mention. Thank you for your comment. Stay tuned for more tutorials!
It's the best video I've ever seen, thank you so much
Wow, that’s a very nice comment. Glad that you enjoyed our tutorial so much. Please check out our other tutorials too… hopefully you will benefit from them too.
Love the pace of this tutorial. Easy to follow and the teaching is simple but intelligent. 👌👍6:13
Glad it was helpful!
Awesome! one of the best fusion tutorial, so basic yet full of valuable techniques. My first impression was: "What!? 30+ mins tutorial for a box? this must be a huge waste of time!" but you totally proved me wrong. Very valuable tutorial!
Could you do a video of assembly (combining) of an external part into the current box (for example, if the lid is a separate fusion file itself). I was having lots of difficulties because they all had a different origin and it totally didn't work. Or maybe one with working with different origins or changing origins... And how about copy and paste sketches from a different file so that it doesn't have to be sketch from scratch.
Thank you very much for your comment and support. Many of our subscribers felt the same way at first with the length of the tutorial, but have also came to a similar conclusion as you.
We also appreciate your suggestion. May I recommend that you first watch the following tutorial that we made not too long ago. It should answer your question regarding assembling. If it doesn’t, please let us know:
th-cam.com/video/b5RQJEL9_Hk/w-d-xo.html
Keep up the great work on your journey in learning this amazing software!
best pace, explanations, details. LOVE IT!
Thanks so much! Much appreciated. Please consider sharing our channel with others :)
@@learnitalreadyoh I did that before commenting LOL
Thank you. The _Component_ structure will clear a lot of mass in my sketches. Thank you very much.
Glad to hear that!
I learned a lot of good stuff here! Thanks!
Awesome! Glad to hear that. Please consider sharing.
The extrusion of the lid may have an interference fit with the body. Perhaps there may have been a need of an inset on the rim of the extrusion.
Should we have gone back and modeled the holes in the box so that they would be ready for 3D?
The Amazon link for the 4K monitor is for a replaced item. As Amazon will be offering customers a link to a newer version, it would be best if you update your link so that you get credit on the newer model purchase. Great video for teaching of several overlooked features. Without a lot of extra time, instead of the 1 min intro, perhaps have instead shown off User Parameters for box Height, Length, Width, Wall Thickness, Screw selection, etc, to show how doing it once can result in an infinite number of similar but different boxes. Thank you for your time.
Thanks for your comment and advice. Much appreciated! As this was one of the first tutorials I ever produced (I am a machinist and programmer since 12 years old and only learning how to make videos myself) I hope that you find out newer tutorials more enjoyable for you.
All the best on your journey of learning this software.
After producing that tutorial, we released one shortly after that showed how to use parameters. Just a little bit more to my story: these tutorials were actually produced to assist my students that I teach weekly. At the point of producing this tutorial they weren’t ready for parameters yet. I’m surprised this tutorial has taken off and gotten so many views, but hey, I’m more thankful than anything that more than just my students have benefitted from this tutorial. Here it is if you’d like to give it a try:
Fusion 360 for Beginners - Parametric Box with Threaded Inserts - Lesson 11 Part 1/2 (2023)
th-cam.com/video/gs4SNZH0aWA/w-d-xo.html
your tutorial is great. thanks for sharing
That is very kind of you to say! Thanks for your support.
Super helpful!
Glad you found this tutorial helpful and thanks for sending us a message. Please keep sending encouraging messages like that; they really help. Keep learning Fusion 360 on the Learn It! channel.
great!!!!
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This was amazing, thank you.
Thank you so much for your comment! Glad you liked it. May I ask, what did you particularly enjoy?
We’ve got a really special next series of tutorials coming up. Stayed tuned :)
@@taifiebig Pretty much everything. I've just started with Fusion coming from FreeCAD and the way you made the lid in a very easy way, and the smart idea of making a rectangle to place the holes exactly was also great. I've added the whole playlist so I can watch and work along
@@racingprincipal Thanls again for your response. It is encouraging to read comments like yours. There are a lot more tutorials coming in the future. Please keep us posted in future tutorials of things that you’ve benefitted from or would like to learn. See you again on the Learn It! channel.
Started getting into it and then came the 8x4. I just wish we all grew up with Imperial measurements😂. Cheers anyway
😆 I actually grew up with both, being born in Canada. Actually it’s the official unit of measurement for Canada. I have worked in a machine shop since 12 years old and learned both units of measurement… opens up a lot more opportunities knowing both. We have produced a few videos in metric also. Stay tuned for more! Lots on the way in metric and imperial.
Great tutorial(s) and I learned a lot at this moment.
I only screwed up with the screws. When I place the first screw all is fine but all screws are connected, when I move one screw they all move. I reverted several times and stated again but after the downloading of the screw I'm a bit lost. I copy the screw 3 times. I moved them all apart for visibility but later when I move 1 screw they all move. The version I'm using is: Fusion 2.0.19207 x86_64
Problem solved, I had to unground each screw from the parent
Great job finding the solution. With the newest Fusion update, when creating a new component, it will automatically ground it to its parent. You’ll just have to select the box to not do that. It’s a helpful update, but something that this tutorial didn’t address.
@@learnitalready Is it the option under preferences -> Design -> Assemblies -> First component grounded to parent ?
Again thanks a lot for the super tutorials!
@@pedroniemeijer5867 That’s the one!
I watch a lot of shitty videos on youtube and this wasn't one of them. Thanks!
Awesome! Thanks for your support. Please stick with us… we have a full set of tutorials coming out soon on modeling a V6 with animation and motion study. Lots of tricks and helpful tips coming with that series. Thanks again!!!
Learned a lot on this one. Thanks! Two questions: Is there an automated way to create some clearance between the Box ID and the boss on the Lid ( just give me a yes/no)? Second. I can't fine Lesson 10. Did you quit numbering your lessons 1, 2, 3... after #9?
Great to hear!
1) Automation: yes - by using parameters.
2) Lesson 10: Minifigure series. They are numbered 10a - 10i
Check our playlists on our channel page to find all the tutorials easily.
Also, thanks for sticking with us and for your encouragement!
When you said, 'Right CLick the screw', I was right clicking the image of it in the design window! It took deleting, re-inserting, and re-watching the video a couple of times to figure out my mistake!
Awesome tutorial! I learned SO much!
To be clear, when I want to 3D print this, I will need to change the tap hole to 'model'?
I also learned 'Offset' in sketching...
Wow, you are really making your way through the lessons quickly. Great job!
For 3D printing, yes, you will need to change the tap hole to “modeled”.
Glad that you learned how to offset too. Keep up your great work learning and thank you again for your support :)
@@learnitalready I also learned how to 'Project'! I forgot to mention that one. It turns out that after I made the screws for the box, and joined them, the holes in the lid didn't line up with the holes in the box. I had projected the center point of the fillets. I had to go back in the timeline, and edit the projection, which broke the joints, so I had to edit those, and select new faces for the holes. It was very good practice!
Speaking of filits, in the beginning of the lesson, you mentioned a fillet on the inside of the box, where the bottom meets the walls. Did we not do that, or does it get done automatically somehow during the extrude, or when the other ones are done?
I am going to make a couple of boxes on my own, different shapes, and make them Parametric! That should give me some good practice and engrain both processes in my brain!
No reason why it has to be a 'normal' shape... I could make it the same shape as the part in Lesson 8 on improving sketches. I might try to make a box for my caliper, or something...! Resess holes for magnets for the lid? I am going to practice a bit before I move on.
I originally found you from a search trying to find how to add motion to my parts. I wanted to make a knob turn. I decided to start at the beginning of your lessons, rather than jump right in to the middle. I am glad I did! You are really helping me increase both my skills, and confidence!
Thank you again!
You have been very encouraging for me and this channel. Thank you for letting us know your journey and how you've benefitted so far.
Did you know that we just made a parametric box with threaded inserts tutorial? I think it will benefit you greatly. Please let us know how your projects are turning out and keep us posted about any difficulties you face.
Thanks again for your support and encouragement!
@@crosswalkguy435
@@learnitalready I saw the notification for the Parametric Box, and thought, 'What a coincidence'! (It was too quick for me to be the inspiration for the tutorial, but nice that we are thinking along the same lines)
I like your mention of a box for calipers. A great video would also include an internal 3D hinge nub and a hub & recess to allow a snap close ability. That would be a great video to have with parametric user variables. @@crosswalkguy435
Generally in the 3D modeling world it is considered poor practice to put filets in to the sketch with the preferred practice being to apply them to the body. Does the fact that this is following a drawing counter this?
Excellent post. Thanks for your comment.
You are absolutely correct! In fact, in many of our other tutorials we highlight that. In this tutorial, we are showing how to sketch using fillets in order to teach newer students the concepts of how to do so.
12:45 my holes wouldn't appear no matter what, I had to flip direction of the hole, that sorted it. I'm working in metric so the translation from imperial to metric is adding another layer of complexity!
Awesome! Keep working through those challenges!
12:40 my holes wouldn't show, I had to flip direction to get them to drill down, that took a while but found it. Working in metric instead of imperial adds another layer too!
Do you know how to easily convert to imperial?
@learnitalready yes I think so but I'm happy to stay with metric and convert it, I kept the threads metric and found the metric screws while going through the tutorial so that was worth holding the units in place.
Same. It took finding your comment to fix it. I tried dragging it, no help. Deleted the rectangle, redid it. No help. Thank you for posting your fix!
In the step where you remove the holes from the lid, it went smoothly unfortunately when I went to project the holes from one side of the led to the other the points were missing could find nothing to project. Wonder what I did wrong.
Thanks for your comment. I’m not quite sure what happened as well. May I suggest that you try to create a new sketch on the top of the lid and then try to project the points (or circles) from the underside of the lid again? Please let me know how it turns out.
7:40 I made my wall thickness, it was in the negative and it didnt radius the internal offset, I needed to do this manually?
If you have made rads on the outer corners already, then the offset selection in sketches should create the smaller rads automatically. If not, you can always fillet them after you extrude.
@learnitalready I'll try next time, interestingly this sketch placed fillets in the sketch prior to extrusion, the drawing before was done afterwards.
Forgot to enable modeled threads and fillet the inside bottom but otherwise great video!
Thanks for your comment and support. Good catch about the inside bottom edges!
Regarding modeling the threads, I went back and forth whether or not I wanted to include it in this tutorial, and decided not to just to keep it simple for new learners. In a future video I will include it when talking about design principles with 3D printing.
Thanks again for your comment! Stay tuned for more.
Do you have to go back and select the model checkbox for the bottom threads?
You picked up on one thing I forgot to mention… amazing! Give it a try and see what happens. You will probably get an error on your screen, because the joint position no longer exists. With an simple modeled tapped hole, it will select the center point no problem, however, with a modeled tapped hole, there is no longer a center point that is easy to find. That is because the threads create many new points that are off-center. Let me know what happens when you create a modeled tapped hole.
@@learnitalready The screw disappears. So if one were to 3d print this how would you get the threads printed? (I'd probably use a threaded insert anyway, I find printed threads not that great).
@@akrostonable That’s right! In general, we only model the thread if we absolutely need to. Some decide to print the threads, especially if they are large.
@@akrostonable I thought the same thing. If you want to print that thread were you able to edit that feature and change it?
The best choice is to use threaded inserts. It would not be a mistake to promote another of your videos for this capability.@@learnitalready
After following this tutorial several times and not being able to join the screws I discovered that I had left the lid sketch on so that I could not select the second joint. The whole lid was turning blue and not allowing me to select the joint that I needed to select. Once I turned off the sketch it was a breeze. I learned a great deal from this model. One question I had was when I export this part to make a 3d print will it export all three pieces together or should i dissemble the model and export them that way?
Amazing job! You are working through the steps and troubleshooting yourself.
As for the 3D printing, you will need to export the box and lid as separate STL files and then load those files into your 3D print file. You can print them in the same job, but I would suggest separating them on the print platform for sure.
@@learnitalready thanks! Great advice. I won’t forget.
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I have a problem with the lid. When I try to extract it to get the lid, I only have the outline that works and the center is always empty (I can't select the second profile). Otherwise, I can't find my error.
Make sure to create a sketch on the top face of you box. Once you do, it inherits all the geometry of your box, including the inside space. Then you should be able to pick both.
@@learnitalready I've rewatched the video at least 5 times and I still come up with the same problem. At minute 17:52 (sketch), I do the same as you, selected top face between the two lines. Finally during the extrude step, I arrive with the same situation. It like doesn't inherits all the geometry.
So.... how come when I do it, when I extrude the walls, I can't then select the base to extrude it, or vice versa. If I extrude the base, I then can't select the wall to extrude it?? Other than that, great turtorial(s)!
Thanks for your comment. Based on what I can imagine is happening in your case, you may have to make sure that your sketch is visible. Once you extrude a profile, that sketch is hidden. You need to make it visible again to extrude another profile.
Another solution might be: say you’ve just extruded the walls. You will need to create another sketch on the bottom face of those walls and then finish your sketch (you don’t need to actually sketch anything, just create a sketch, select the bottom face of the walls, and then finish your sketch). That should inherit all the profiles of your walls, in which case you should be able to extrude the inside, bottom section of your box.
Let me know if that works.
@@learnitalready DUH!! I guess I should pay a little bit closer attention! As you mentioned, I had selected the sketch, but I simply had not clicked the "eye" on the sketch to make it visible again.... Thanks so much for the quick reply and for the great work you're doing here. Awesome tuts! 👍 btw.... one thing I would like to see... the best way to create a box that is an Isosceles trapezoid. I did manage to make one the other day, but it took me forever. There must be a quicker way to do this. Thanks again for the great tutorials.
No worries at all! That’s the fun part of learning something new. Keep on learning with our channel and others and I’m sure you’ll find nice shortcuts to make your models turn out faster and better. Thanks so much for your support.
i have done this exercise several times and I have been having a problem joining the screws into the lid.
Thanks for reaching out. What are the snap points that you’re selecting for each joint (screw and box)?
@@learnitalready i followed the video and selected the bottom of the screw cap and tried to select the bottom of the screw tap. The whole lid turned blue, not just the area where they would fit together. I am sure i just missed a step.
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That the second comment that I am like Bob Ross! I love it!