3D Printed Cable Clips with Fusion 360 | Practical Prints #6
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- Learn how to 3D model a parametric cable clip in Fusion 360. These cable clips make for great 3D prints to keep your cables organized.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Designing 3D Printable Cable Clips
1:00 - Getting the User Parameters
1:30 - Starting the sketch
4:00 - Making sure the sketch is fully-constrained
5:45 - Trimming excess sketch geometry
7:00 - Using the Surface Extrude (trick)
7:37 - Thickening the surface
8:26 - Adding fillets to the edges
10:33 - Changing User Parameters
11:30 - Print Results
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Loved the video (nothing new there!) and as always learned something - the surface extrusion is a neat trick!
This is a great channel, I've gone from almost no knowledge of cad programs to being pretty proficient with fusion 360 and actually drawing and creating parts.
The tutorials are actually one of the best here on youtube for fusion 360 so I can't really come up with many areas in need of improvement. Overall maybe a video including quick shortcuts, tools, or techniques in fusion 360 that take usually long steps or processes and cut them down, saving time and energy.
Thanks, Ian! I do need to cover more quick-tip like videos that will show shortcuts and other efficiency techniques. Many of them have been on my video to-do list but got de-prioritized over others :)
Learned a lot! Keep it up!
thanks for these great tutorial visuals ...
Just unboxed my Ender3 and printed the dog. Looking for tutorials on how to make mechanical parts! Good vid as always.
I'd like to get more into robotics with 3d printing, so seeing you printing wheels, shafts, technical parts, would be awesome.
Thanks, Bobby and congrats on the new printer! I'll try to do more mechanical parts :)
31K+ Subscribers... Congrats! 👍
Yep, Surface Modeling is definitely where it's at for me these days, combined with _predictable_ User Parameters is too. Thank you! 😃
For a long time I want to thank you for the great work you do you put your time and effort to make this
I want to see more about best practices and idea to design multiple parts fits, joint and 3D printed ,maybe decoration and animated mechanism 3D printed of course
I know am asking a lot but because of your efforts i changed my idea about design so thanks again
Thanks, Mostafa! Glad to hear you have learned a lot. I'll definitely be doing more videos on different snaps and other types of joints. Cheers, Kevin :)
The Surface extrude was a great tip. Thank you so much for your videos. Have a coffee on me
Thanks, Daniel! I appreciate the coffee :)
I really liked Lars Christiansen’s live streams. He answered questions people sent in or some that people asked in the chat. I think that would be awesome if you gave it a shot. Thanks for the great videos and congrats.
I have been pondering live streams for a while now. My first challenge would be finding a reasonable time that works for people. Lars was fortunate enough to do it for his job so he could stream whenever. I often record the videos at different points each week that fit into my schedule, so it may be hard to live stream on a consistent basis :)
Product Design Online that makes sense. I didn’t think about that aspect.
very nice video as usual,
I have always enjoyed your tutorials, be they quick tips or more involved exercises. I think there is room for both and hope that you'll continue in this way. An area that I would like to see better explained is how to differentiate between certain constraint symbols . For example when lots of sketch points are coincident at the same point, how can you tell which ones belong to which point? I have to just take pot luck when trying to find one that has been assigned accidentally and usually have to reinstate the ones that I deselect first before I find the one that I'm looking for.
Thanks, Lloyd. Constraints are a great topic that I definitely need to cover more :)
Just keep producing fusion videos, anything will do😀but I do like 3D printing related topics, but really anything, it all helps with the learning process, thank you.
Thanks, Shaun! Glad to hear you're learning from them - I appreciate your support :)
Just got "caught short" needing half a dozen p clips to finish my garden audio installation, then I remembered this! A few metres of black PETG later...
Thanks Kevin!
K, this was a great Project! We can all use these. What a great discovery the surface extrude is to see and learn. So many applications for this NEW command for me thanks! I'm off to make some clips for my Garden RR wiring thanks again. B T W these tips, tricks, tutorials are great! It ain"t broken and does not need a fix, they are FINE!
Thanks, Rich! Glad to hear you'll make great use of this project :)
Congrats, Rich! You were selected for one of the Third Prize packages. Please send an email to kevin[at]productdesignonline[.]com with your shipping address and I'll get that sent out asap :)
Your videos are really good and I'm learning a lot. One format I'd love to see more of is solving a problem start to finish. This may even include steps like gathering measurements rather than just punching them all in. How do you do it? Is it online research? A ruler? both? I think maybe this would help give ideas for taking objects we see and modeling them. And on the other side of that, I'd love to see a problem get solved in the end. An end to end tutorial on fixing something broken around the house doing the research, modeling, printing, and applying the fix. More gadgetry, gears would all be neat too. Thanks again for all your work I'll make sure to donate soon.
Thanks for the ideas, Kyle! Cheers! :)
Superb, thanks so much, starting my journey
Awesome! What projects do you want to make? :)
This is a very good tutorial
very useful video as Usual.
One addition that would make it even more useful would be a shot overview in the beginning where you do the time for different operations or segments so one could ship there quickly when you go back and re-watches it,.
Hi Jan. If you check out the video description I always place the "TIMESTAMPS" where I mark the main areas. The reason I like to do this in the description is so the links are clickable and will take you right to the video.
It does usually take me a few days (or sometimes a week or two) after the video is released to add these - you'll see them in all of my former videos except the latest 3.
Maybe the better solution would be for me to try to add them right away when the video is released :)
Thank you for another well presented video. No matter what the content, I always learn things(s) from your videos.
Your use of a thickened surface reminded me of the part of Fusion 360 I struggle with most: best practices. That is I'm interested in ways/rules/guidelines for Fusions 360 that keep sketches and models simple and easy modifiable. I model for 3D printing of primarily mechanical parts that frequently go through several iterations until they function like I want them to. Often these models include multiple, related parts. With respect to modifying the Fusion 360 models, my early works were disasters. Current works are better due to hard lessons and tidbits picked up through Fusion 360 tutorials, but I feel I have a long way to go. And while this seems to be a more advanced topic, I really wish I'd had a list of rules to follow when I was just starting out even if I was not entirely sure why the rule existed. Thanks again for your excellent content.
Thanks, Robert. I like the idea of a "Best Practices of Modeling in Fusion 360" list! I've added that to my list of different assets to create :)
Congrats, Robert! You were selected for one of the Third Prize packages. Please send an email to kevin[at]productdesignonline[.]com with your shipping address and I'll get that sent out asap :)
knowing something and teaching is very different things. you know both ;) thanks
Great tutorial, love the extrude surface technique. One question and one tip. First, when you use the horse/vert constraint how do you choose which type will be used?
If I draw a 180 deg line off the circle the constraint seems to default to horizontal. If the line is at an angle it will use the vertical constraint. I then have to use the parallel constraint.
Is there a keyboard option or setting in the preferences to select the constraint type? Now, as a tip, if you select your sketch profile and then type "e" Fusion will do the extrude command
and end the sketch immediately.
Hi, alfineart. Many years ago (when Fusion 360 was quite young) they did have the horizontal and vertical options as separate constraints. The general idea is that it'll go either horizontal or vertical depending on how far the geometry is in relation to each other. There's no way to configure which one it would be.
Thanks for the tip :)
Great video 👍🏻 only
Suggestion I have is that you link your models in the description for download 😊
Hi Joe. I used to provide all of the demo files - but made that one of my Patreon perks (I also had issues with people taking them and trying to sell them as their own creation). With that said, I do occasionally include files when there are other assets required to follow along with the tutorial :)
Product Design Online ah ok that makes sense, honestly it’s not a big deal.
@@JoesWorkbench I do understand what you're getting at though... maybe I can come up with some rules to which types of videos should have the downloadable models available to everyone :)
Great tutorial as always, I will never understand why you do not have many thousands more subscribers.
Unfortunately, Educational (tutorial) based content doesn't always perform as well as entertainment-based content on TH-cam. My theory is that its all watch-time based on the algorithm - and understandably people watch more entertainment content over information content on a daily basis. I'll keep chugging along and hopefully the channel will continue to have steady growth :)
Great tutorial. What’s the advantage of using a surface modeling in this case instead of a solid?
When I added the construction line at 4:00, since I hadn't moved the horizontal line, the constraint was automatically added, however the constraint which was added was a perpendicular constraint, and not a coincident constraint. In this example either works, but I'm wondering if there's an "order of operations" which Fusion360 uses when determining which automatic constraints to use?
Also, any idea what constraint was removed at the 6:00 mark? The display didn't change (except for the trimmed portion being removed).
Couple areas of interest for me... 1) Show more of the alternate ways to do the same thing, it helps to understand the different options available when designing. 2) Show more ways to recreate real world objects in Fusion. 3) Do some videos specifically on using fusion to get better 3D prints - such as making your own custom supports, splitting models and meshes for dual extruder machines (or how to make make it work with changing filaments for multi-color printing), and designing with layers and overhands in mind.
Thanks for all the great ideas, AgentLintZeal! Love the ideas of custom supports and changing filaments :)
One thing that could help the content, would be a keyboard locker, that reports the use of key press, like the one the 3D professor is using in his videos.
Thanks for your great work and tutorials👍😀
Hi, Asger. Thanks for the idea. My screencast software does have this ability and I've done this in some videos in the past. The challenge I found was that it often covered key parts of the screen or it was very repetitive with certain tasks - resulting in me having to spend quite a bit of time to cut it out. However, I do agree that this can be useful...so I'll look into what I can do to improve this so I can incorporate it more :)
I have posted my design on your Facebook Page - Keep up the good work, and keep those tutorials coming! The main purpose for me right now in learning Fusion is the intent of eventually buy my own 3D printer and print stuff! So anything you could share with us that will improve the quality of home made print parts will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Thanks, Andre! - saw your post on FB. Glad to see you're still learning and getting ahead of the curve before you get the printer. Keep at it :)
Congrats, Andre! You were selected for the Grand Prize. Please send me an email to kevin[at]productdesignonline[.]com with your shipping address and I'll get that sent out asap :)
@@ProductDesignOnline Cool, Thank you! I sent you an email with my address! I will be able to promote your channel and Fusion 360!
Hi. Great channel. Great tutorials. You are my teacher form the get-go. Posted my clip on Facebook.
My tip would be to add "pause point" moments at strategic points, at the end of each action, eliminating the need to roll back the video when you try to work along and the student isn't as fast as you. Without them you have to guess when to stop and you sometimes overshoot.
How would this work? Simple. Let's say you are about to add a constraint. "I'm going to use the short cut D for Dimension, select the two lines, drag the label to where I want it the enter the vlaue of 5.5 mm and hit enter to exit." at this point of the tutorial, a little "PP" would show on your screen in one of the corners (you could add a slight soft chime as well) followed by a 1 second pause in speach, allowing the student to hit the spacebar. Easy.
You could even say "If you would like to challenge youself, and get fusion into you muscle memory, try to acomplish two pause points every time."
I think this is a great tip. I would love that.
LOVE this idea... I think I'll give it ago as soon as I can get the assets created and get it incorporated into my editing workflow. Thanks, Lee!
Thanks Kevin!
But it really is me who is thankful. I love your videos.
Here’s another idea: I remember in one of your earlier videos you recommended viewers watching the video all through and then a second time while working along. I did that for a couple of videos and then stopped. In theory it’s a great way to familiarise yourself with the material, however, in practice you need 3-4 times the length of the video to get through the lesson. And for some (I think most) that’s simply too much.
So my suggestions is to: 1) show a fast (x3) clip of about 4-5 actions with voiceover explaining what we’re doing using broad strokes and titles only, and then 2) show the same clip, this time in normal speed and with full narration as well as “pause points”.
Why? Because then you get to enjoy both worlds: you “see” the full flow of things (in the first run), but you don’t get stressed, because everything is explained in detail during the second run, only now the student knows “why” he or she is doing an action, because they know the chained logic of the actions. (you would actually be using the same screen capture, so it isn’t a whole lot of additional work).
IMHO, this could set you apart and give you a unique voice and style as far as online tutorials go. How about it?
@@LeeLaster Hmmm... that is a very interesting idea. My mind is pondering - definitely seems like something worth a try :)
Idea:Shortcut cards to either print or buy. Keyboard overlay or Long thin stick to the monitor type! :)
great idea :)
I don't want to enter the giveaway, I just want to thank you for your videos and make a suggestion! It's great having tips on how to avoid mistakes related to tolerances, but it would be really good to see 3D prints of the mistakes as well. I'm a visual learner and being able to see why something is bad really helps.
Great point, Robee. I'll try to incorporate more "failures" into future lessons. Cheers, Kevin :)
Was thinking about creating a woodshed when it hit me maybe there is a carpenters addon for Fusion360? With 2x4s, 2x2s and 8x4 sheets of plywood, etc. Does this exist or would I have to create the items needed?
Hi, Rud Dog. There are a few add-ins geared towards woodworkers, although I don't believe any of them let you quickly insert standard board sizes - apps.autodesk.com/FUSION/en/List/Search?facet=__category%3A%3AWoodworking
That's a neat idea. Could be the "McMaster-Carr" of woodworking :)
Soon 300k subscribers.
I'd like a 2min vid showing more on user parameters :)
Congrats, DerekSpeare! You were selected for one of the Second Prize packages. Please send an email to kevin[at]productdesignonline[.]com with your shipping address and I'll get that sent out asap :)
Hi Derek. I haven't received an email from you yet. Let me know if you want the prize or I'll pick another person. Cheers, Kevin :)
@@ProductDesignOnline Hi Keven - I just saw this - My apologies! Your promotion is really great! But please draw another winner for the prize. Thanks again and keep the great tutorials coming!
@@DerekSpeareDSD No worries - I just wanted to make sure my comment got through to you! Thanks, will do :)
Hi, I've watched many of your videos and I'm having problems trying to do something. I'm very frustrated and about to give up. I'm trying to make a plumbing style tee with a curved hole thru the part. I've tried SWEEP, HOLE and PIPE commands and nothing has worked. I will be happy to send you the file if you would like to look at it. Thanks in advance.
Hi, novcon. Share the file as a reply to this comment and I'll take a look. Also, include where / how you're having trouble so I can investigate further.
I can't send the file on youtube, Is there any way to get the file to you?
@@novcon To share your file - In Fusion 360 go to File > Share > Share Public Link (make sure "downloadable" is toggled on) > Paste your link here as a reply to this comment. Then, please write a separate comment letting me know you've replied with a link because TH-cam flags most links and I don't always get notified. Cheers, Kevin :)
As a suggestion maybe title the videos more as to what tools and features of Fusion360 you are teaching rather than what it is you are designing? Although is do understand you're channel is titled product design online so I can see why you add the name of the product it is you are designing. Thanks for all of your awesome tutorials!! I love your step by step process as to how to design products. Keep up the great work my man!
Hi, 906 drones. Thanks for the suggestion! That is something I have long been battling. The challenge is when there are several key features that are used. Someone else had recommended a while back that I categorize the videos on my website by feature - which I think is something that may be more helpful than just the titles so you could see the different projects/outcomes.
Thanks again for your support :)
While drawing the lines from circle its automatically tangent constraints getting applied, how to remove that
I don't have Facebook, is there any other way that I can send you the picture.
You can share a link here on TH-cam to any external source such as Dropbox, Google drive, etc.
Otherwise, you can share the link to your Fusion 360 file :)
@@ProductDesignOnline Would Thingiverse work?
@@visionaryrobotics4065 sure thing :)
My suggestion on how to improve the tutorials:
Provide a quick overview of what happend in the tutorial at the end of the video. This should include the most important steps and design decisions, but also how you avoided common pitfalls and the shortcuts that you used.
Thanks, Nikolai! That's a great reminder - I have done this in several videos but I often forget to summarize at the end because my mind is elsewhere. I'll try to keep reminding myself to do this :)
Bugger. I missed this comp.... thats ok. Just keep making videos about F360. Some "Quick Tips" might be handy. (@MiddoMaker)
Thanks, Peter! I'll try to have another bigger and better giveaway at the next major milestone. I'm def going to start doing more quick tips as there are a lot of common questions I get that can be answered in a minute or two :)
Twice in this video you got error messages in the lower right, but didn't comment on them. What were those errors, and why could you ignore them?
Hi Rick. Errors are red, which can be significant things to worry about. I believe what you're referring to were the Warnings, which are yellow. They can appear for several reasons. A feature can't compute in real-time, constraints removed, invalid dimensions, etc. It looks like automatic (coincident) constraints were removed when using the trim tool. In short, not a big deal as we had everything else constrained :)
@@ProductDesignOnline I guess I'm so used to seeing errors there, that I assumed they were all errors. Thanks for explaining it! :)
Why did you use "To" for the extrude instead of "All"?
I'm not an expert, but by making it go to the bottom side of the bottom piece it will work regardless of the geometry changes you do.
@@TravisFabel Using "All" will do the same thing as "To" without the need to flip the view to find the "To" object. I prefer to not make more work for myself.
Hi David. In this scenario, either way would technically work. However, I would advice against using "All" in this scenario. Mainly because of best practices/getting into the habit - if you were to add other features onto a model and have any parts that go in that path then they will be cut out as well. Again, this may not be pertinent to this specific model, but more complex models this is definitely something to consider :)
@@ProductDesignOnline, In fact, this model is one of the few where "All" actually is safe. By design, the model in question has one surface which will be coincident with the surface to which the object will be attached. So, any part added on that side, as well as any added between the two parts, needs the same hole or the part could not be mounted. This is true of any object that is added that between the two parts which have the "to object" hole. The only location where a part could be added that would not need the hole would be on the unaffected side of the hole start ( "All" like "to object" is directional so only goes from the top through to the bottom unless you make the hole bidirectional in which case, there is an opportunity to make an unwanted hole)
*TIMESTAMPS*
0:00 - Designing 3D Printable Cable Clips
1:00 - Getting the User Parameters
1:30 - Starting the sketch
4:00 - Making sure the sketch is fully-constrained
5:45 - Trimming excess sketch geometry
7:00 - Using the Surface Extrude (trick)
7:37 - Thickening the surface
8:26 - Adding fillets to the edges
10:33 - Changing User Parameters
11:30 - Print Results
Product Design Online, nice use of parameters, I recommend utilizing an app called fusion displayer, if I can remember, I will post a link to the github location where you can download and install it tomorrow. This automation script will allow you to create various configurations of your design without having to change the parameter values manually each time. Keep up the good work.
github.com/tapnair/FusionDisplayer
Love the videos! Maybe add some background music and time-lapses at more repetitive parts of the designs!!
www.thingiverse.com/thing:4177595 I made some modifications to improve strength and prevent pinching the cables.
@@kylefenn9842 Please no dreaded music. Just keep up the explanations as concise as you already do.
As always your videos are awesome. I'm picking up skills in every video I watch. Your instructions are to the point, layout what you're about to do and tools that go with it. I have no problem following your videos. Keep up the good work. I don't have any preference regarding topics - 2-min quick tips or 15-min projects, anything works for me but definitely the surface modeling is a good one. Lots of things to be learned.
Here's my cable clip screenshot: snipboard.io/E39pJF.jpg
Great work, mtstek! I'll definitely be doing more surface modeling tutorials :)
As a senior some times you move a little fast my thought as people are getting older and living longer trying new things my thought is that perhaps you do some Videos for seniors with the thought that they know nothing and bring them into the fold so to speak and also giving them something to talk with the younger grandchildren and great-grandchildren
Thanks, Ian! I love this idea :)
Maybe add some more ideas on how to design parts for 3d printing? Like print orientation and removing supports. Here is Mine: ibb.co/TYwY1xP Added a small fillet at the inside cable to prevent cable damage.
Thanks, Belen. I definitely need to talk more about designing for 3D printing. Also, great addition of the fillet - I should've added that!
Printed the clips in 3mm and 5mm sizes using white PETG and two colors of PLA+, transparent and silver.Printing them on their side gives the strongest part and I used a brim to help with bed adhesion. It's a good design to try out different printing parameters also. Your videos have helped expand my knowledge of Fusion 360 and 3D printing. Looking forward to future videos.
www.dropbox.com/s/kqhhf9dgfdjftlg/IMG_1585.HEIC?dl=0
Great prints, alfineart! Glad to hear you're learning lots.
I think that your videos are great and very helpful the way that they are. I also think that it would be cool if you made a poll on TH-cam every week or every month with different video ideas so your audience could choose what kind of content they want. It would be great if you made things and then take it to the simulation environment in Fusion 360 to see how well the design is.
Here is the link to the cable clip www.thingiverse.com/thing:4186951
Thanks for the suggestion, Ohio teen tech! I've done polls in before and the challenge is the way TH-cam shows the community tab - very few people actually end up seeing it (100 or less) with about 50 responding. I'll try to see if there is a better way to run polls so a more significant amount of the community can vote :)
As usual thanks for your work....please don't add music in background :-)
No worries - don't plan on doing that :)
I would suggest, make some videos on different styles of using 3D CAD software
ibb.co/j81vTjf
Great work with your model, Ants Agu. When you say different "styles" are you referring to "surface modeling", sculpting, etc? If so, I have done a small variety of those in the past. But could definitely do more in the future :)
@@ProductDesignOnline More on "bottoms up vs top down" and are there any other types etc
@@antsagu gotcha - good point :)
My suggestion would be add some soft music.
I like the idea of adding some when I speed things up but I'm afraid to add some to the entire length of the video. There is a lot of learning science that says the music takes away from long term retention of concepts :)