Designing a 3D Printed Enclosure for Arduino Uno

[@MakunaRGBIC]

I loved that this longer than few minutes but also not a full hour. Nice and chewable, and full of vitamins.

[@prashantdiatm09]

Checkout this video on PCB enclosure design using Autodesk Fusion 360 kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4qTZoemmL6eibc

[@vaguebrownfox]

And I like your comment.

[@zakhowe145]

What a wholesome comment, thank you kind sir.

[@brwed]

full of flinstone gummies

[@shawnlund]

Hi Taylor, I will admit to watching hundreds of KZbin tutorials and this is one of, if not the best one I have seen. The sound is great, the work flow is easy to follow, your explanations are comprehensive without being redundant (seriously, millions of you tubers apparently don't know you can rewind the video and feel it's necessary to say the same thing multiple times) I haven't yet looked but I'm hoping you have made hundreds of these videos, either way I'm subscribed. Cheers Shawn

[@Ejeby]

0:19 choose face of sketch to draw on 2:45 extrude height 8:12 chamfer 8:30 importing the arduino: go to gallery.autodesk.com ; see kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4iXZnWrq9l7gNE for download instructions ; drag and drop from "My Recent Data" into enclosure file. Fusion automatically matches holes and places in correct spot! 8:50 create components from bodies (needed to create assembly) 9:15 ground enclosure bottom 9:23 joints 10:30 cutouts: offset plane, sketch, project 11:20 offset 12:35 top surface cutouts (to access pins) 14.20 chamfer box 14:37 top face full cutout 14:40 draw a line 14:50 spline 15:09 grill pattern 15:35 measure (inspect) 16:24 rectangular pattern

[@adskFusion]

Thanks much! Always appreciate it when folks take the time to "chapterize" these tutorials!

[@IanSRutter]

Straight to the point. No fluff. Clear and concise. Loved this video. My son and I are really into Arduino and Raspberry Pi and we just bought a 3d Printer. This is perfect. Thanks for making this video. Keep them coming. You have a happy new subscriber.

[@adskFusion]

Have fun with those! So much to learn and a fantastic community as well.

[@Telliria]

Love this style and the practical approach. Keep 'em coming!

[@blagovdaryu]

This video is still insanely useful. Especially because you mention layers size of 3d printer and how it affects all the widths and offsets you select. Exactly what I was looking for

[@adskFusion]

Thanks so much, Egor! We try to get this in front of as many people as possible because it is such a great presentation/tutorial...even with the UI getting more and more dated!

[@Desi-qw9fc]

It's really helpful to find videos like this, that show new designers how an object goes from an idea to a functional model ready to be printed. Please make more!

[@marcthomt1]

This is one of the best tutorials I've watched on anything.

[@serenity8401]

Mr. Taylor you have compressed hours of information & experience in just 18 minutes. This is amazing! I have learned a lot. Thank you.

[@JohnEFly]

This was the best walkthrough I've seen so far for Fusion 360. I'm just trying to learn it now, and I learned a TON in a very short amount of time. Awesome!

[@Robertlavigne1]

Wow This video was incredible! I've been using 360 for a week now and have managed to figure out through trial and error how to make most of the stuff I wanted to but always had the feeling that there was likely a much easier way to get the same result. This video showed me so many good tools to do that. I didn't realize the power of the timeline to go back and make edits then jump back to where you were with those changes applied... so cool. and the dimensioning tool for sketches!!!! very excited to use that. I had been making construction lines everywhere to get the same result. Oh the pattern tool you magnificent little devil, I spent the better part of an hour drawing rectangles to make a 100 slotted vent the other day, if only I knew. Anyways this was a very well made video, I appreciated the "mistake" corrections to demonstrate the power of the program.

[@gomesgomes8206]

A great way to learn, nice pace and video length. I learnt far more in 18 mins here than anywhere else. I have subscribed and gave thumbs up

[@spikekent]

Great tutorial Taylor, thank you so much. I love your style. Keep the mistakes in, it helps us beginners to learn how to fix it when we make mistakes.

[@naz8885]

this is the most easy to follow video i have found on fusion thus far. Instant subscriber. Thanks Taylor!

[@disti]

Hey Taylor, usually tutorials are really annoying to follow, but yours was awesome. Mainly because you clearly tell what you exactly are doing AND you sometimes make mistakes and fix them. That makes it so much more natural and easier to follow. Thanks! =)

[@oliversuhakara78]

As a note for anybody that is currently trying going through this tutorial. When you do the assembly don't forget to check on the arduino move as a rigid group to move all of his components into the case

[@DerrickBommarito]

Things I've been trying to find in videos: Aligning components (joints), projecting component surfaces for extrusions in other components (make a sketch first), standoffs and mounting pegs. Exactly what I needed without any extra stories, garden shears, or unrelated F360 features! Perfect \o/

[@a0um]

As a complete beginner I love to see people designing stuff live!

[@salinecjr]

Just saw this the other day, and I have to say it has been the most helpful video I've watched for getting started using Fusion 360. There are a lot of guide and tutorials out there, but hearing your thinking and being able to see how you select which tools and then use them was really really helpful. I'd love to see more!

[@mikesamitz2556]

Taylor, stumbled upon this clip and whole hardheartedly agree with many of the other comments. Well done, fluid, very educational and best of all, not lots of dramatics. I actually learned a few new concepts going through this. The biggest issue I had, and certainly not any fault of yours is that the interface has changed since you did this that not all is the same. I also noticed that many of the comments are years old, so hopefully this post will help. I was able to finally get over the few issues (between versions) and complete the project. There are a few issues that I noticed, and again something I (or others) can resolve. My guess is that since you did this, the Nano board has changed somewhat as the downloaded model had a few issues, first off the power-plug does not extend enough to go through the sidewall. The fix was easy, I simply extruded that element. Next is that the slots for access to the rails extend into the posts. Again, and easy fix. So, thanks again for a great project and new tips and tricks.

[@mack7963]

just started watching F360 vids, you have a natural gift for teaching,

[@themattmarchand]

I love watching these videos just to see what is possible in the program. Your explanations are clear and easy to understand which is nice. Even for something as simple as "click to change the component name" Thank you for putting them out!

[@andrewblair7478]

Very helpful for a noob to understand the paradigms used in the enclosure design context, thanks Taylor!

[@markbutler7205]

Really nice video showing basic tools and how to use them. Especially re-editing changes. Fusion 360 is tricky in how it lets you do changes to things. Thanks for this!

[@genetyk]

As a hobbyist without any formal engineering education I`m finding your tutorials very very helpful. Thanks to them my 3d printer is slowly turning in to very useful tool instead of toy . thank you again and yes pleas keep them coming.

[@dit-zy]

Holy crap. That was awesome. I just started using Fusion 360 and have been having a real hard time simultaneously figuring out how to use it right and trying to make something non-trivial that I actually want. This video was extremely helpful and inspirational!

[@TheCarvedBlock]

For a beginner to Fusion360, this is the most useful format to get the flow. Thanks!

[@ulaB]

You make it look so easy... I'm actually starting to think it is. ;-)

[@JacobKinsley]

It's easy when you have a clear idea of what steps to take to make the final model Wait this is 5 years old

[@BryanFletcher]

So great. Love these for your thought process and tool examples. I'm still learning the jargon and common tools. Thank you so much!

[@steviewonder9209]

Yes! Absolutely I like to hear your thought process!! I'm quite new to 3D modeling, and I find myself doing things the hard way all the time, just because I'm thinking 2D (or worse, pencil and paper!) Keep up the good work, Taylor, I'm subscribing right now.

[@beqwaam]

This is different from your colleague posters on Fusion 360! It is great! Speed is good, some are sooo slow, this is tops. And there is so much to learn by me the way you do it.

[@adskFusion]

Check out this unedited video where Fusion 360 Evangelist, Taylor Stein, takes you through the complete workflow of designing an Arduino Uno enclosure: autode.sk/1LynC5z

[@SirKevin27]

Went through the Fushion 360 tutorials and I was trying to make an enclosure for a circuit board, essentially what you were doing here. This helped me a ton!! The project and offset features would have saved me so much time. More Videos!!

[@lounge_squirrel]

Very informative particularly in showing the process of designing a piece rather than just walking through a step by step guide. Also picked up a few really useful tricks that I haven't seen before, particularly on some of the more commonly used tools which was an eye-opener. Keep it up!

[@avluis86]

Really like these kind of videos, along with your thought process behind each creation - the mistake counter is essentially icing on the sweet cake.

[@adskFusion]

Hi Karan- Once you have a 3D model of an Arduino you can import it into Fusion 360 by clicking the blue Upload button located in the Data Panel on the left-hand side. Let us know if you have any other questions!

[@kaiservonulrich233]

I uploaded the CAD file and inserted it into the design workspace as shown in the video. When I create the joint and select the 2 components only the board gets moved. None of the pins, connectors or SMDs carry over. How do I fix this? Does something need to done to the Arduino geometry before I insert it?

[@adskFusion]

Kaiser Von Ulrich Great point! I would create a Rigid Group (Assemble -> Rigid Group) for all of the bodies that make up the entire Arduino. Hopefully that works!

[@davidklotzbach4273]

Autodesk Fusion 360 is there a tutorial on how to create a board like the arduino and make rigid group work? I am not able to follow the existing tutorial for rigid group and make it work.

[@Tuscani2005GT]

These videos are really helpful for learning how other apply their creative process to a physical object in fusion. I love it. Thanks.

[@xmengao0922]

This is genuinely exquisite, unlike some videos I have seen that has done a good job but somewhat left out emphasis on error counting, cut out to certain surface so that it changes automatically if thickness varies in future, and chamfer function. Thanks Taylor.

[@adskFusion]

Taylor is AMAZING! See his other fine contributions!

[@zaggery]

These are my favorites of all your videos, learning by doing and easy to follow along.

[@duanecrider]

I really enjoyed the video. I liked seeing the mistakes and corrections for them. This was a good length for showing how to do a case, and I'd like to see more like this.

[@adskFusion]

Taylor is a long time favorite when it comes to tutorials! Watch others to find more of his fine work!

[@0miker0]

I'm a new 360 user and this video is packed with great information. I'm surprised at just how wrong I've been doing everything so far.

[@TheLearningHub-TLH]

Fusion 360 is indeed a software for new age designers.Especially the top down design approach which saves a tremendous amount of time when it comes to creating assemblies.

[@santecapobianco429]

I love these videos. Please make more Taylor , you are a beast.

[@jhonedoe3734]

I am watching this in 2022 and learning. Amazing content i wish you can make similar tutorials again!

[@c00p3rm4n]

Thanks for the tutorial, I learnt a lot by trying to replicate it myself in Fusion 360. On a practical note, the version I printed PLA was not quite usable. The 2.8mm diameter posts were very fragile, and a surprisingly tight fit into the receiving holes.

[@emrecoklar]

Great job going directly to the point, I wish we had more YT'ers with your style.

[@adskFusion]

Taylor is the best!

[@1dolar1note1]

I applied this video to an ESP32 and well of course it worked. I neglected fusion 360 because I'm so used to other software but now that I at least tried this it shows how easy it is. Thanks.

[@adskFusion]

Thanks for watching!

[@brennanforrester4026]

this video was incredible! i really appreciate the demonstration and how well you dictate your process step by step. more like this from Taylor Stein!

[@nouellette18]

Hey Taylor - I really enjoyed the way you went through your thought process. As an engineer with experience in 3D modeling, but just learning this program, this is just what I need to help get into the groove and learn the new tips and tricks to use the program to the best of my ability. Thanks for the video!

[@HARLYZZCCC]

The best tuturials in my opinion is the oneas thath shows everytin from start too finich including errors ,why errors happend and how too solve them and explain them a littet !!

[@Andrea_Again]

At 3:19 when you shell/outside the dimension went back to default and turned from 1.6mm to 1mm.

[@vaughanza]

Excellent, can learn ton when you bring in another part and work around it.

[@josephzisa8735]

I really like this format please do more like this in combination with the in depth individual tool demos. Thank You!

[@tacitus101010]

Really great tutorial. Hearing your thought process as you correct mistakes made it very informative, and helpful for a beginner.

[@WistrelChianti]

Great, love the style with the verbal thinking and correcting - really helps with the learning. Very much appreciated! Thanks!

[@kevincozens6837]

Thanks for the video. I'm using a different 3D modelling program to design a custom enclosure for a project but information in the video has helped me. You confirmed I'm on the right track regarding clearance between my PCB and the interior walls of the enclosure. I'm now thinking I may be able to use less than a 2mm wall thickness, and also given me an idea about how much clearance to leave around items that will protrude through the the enclosure.

[@PhilWaud]

Thanks Taylor, Fusion 360 is an awesome program, and your video is really useful. Yes please to creating more, and you have just gained a subscriber!

[@makeitbetter9685]

Yup, super cool video. I definitely enjoy the thought process and seeing mistakes happen / fixed in realtime.

[@kyogre129]

Your instructions are very clear. Nice video!

[@fletcherluders415]

Excellent and very informative tutorial delivered in a very easy to follow video. Thanks for putting this together :D

[@fpham8004]

The answer is yes, I love this kind of hands-on unedited videos.

[@davidschwehr1940]

Great video but could use more explanation or make another video on the joint operation with the arduino. I had to break the link on the arduino component, make a rigid body, move, then do the joint. If I did these steps in any other order or omitted any step in any order the joint would only move the pcb and all other components would not stay together as a rigid body. Also, around 11:20, the projection and offset steps took me over 4 hours to figure out and was never able to do an extrude to the inside of the shell. No matter what I did I could not get the projection to be a connected rectangle, just line segments, then the offset would only see the individual line segments and not a rectangle, I had to make a rectangle construction line and do the offset from the construction rectangle. Then trying the extrude on the same step I could not extrude "to object". I would get an error, "tool body creation failed, extent Boolean fail. The termination entity might be not fully intersected with the tool body built along the operation direction." I thought it might have something to do with the offset plane in which the projection and sketch was placed and tried the previous steps without the offset plane with the same results. The joint step and the projection/extrusion step were absolutely maddening and discouraged me from using fusion 360. I have been successfully using it for simple designs and a 3d printer but if you can't do a projection and extrusion in under 4 hours of frustration it is hard to continue trying to use the same tool.

[@SteveErhardt1]

David Schwehr I've been struggling with this, I'll try your steps. I think you may have saved me hours of frustration

[@davidschwehr1940]

Hope it helps save some time and frustration Steve. I was able to finish following along with the tutorial and get everything working/complete. I'd expect little things like this to happen with updates and evolving software and don't expect the developer to make new videos each time. I hope all of us as a community can help each other by sharing what we have learned and experienced.

[@MarkSwifty]

I'm really struggling with the Arduino alignment. I've imported a model which appears to be a group of components. I can break the link but then I'm not sure what to do, how do you make it a rigid body and align it?

[@JoseDuran-qq9nv]

I am new to Fusion 360, but I have been able to pick up somethings here an there. I am not sure if you have completed the Arduino enclosure, but if not this might help you to complete or in future projects. Once the arduino is imported, make it a rigid shape. Then create a joint with one of the pins and rotate it to align it with the other pins. After just click okay on the menu that appears on the side and the rest of the components of the arduino shall move into the original places. I hope it helps!

[@deniskobozev3916]

Just to reiterate what Jose is saying, in the most recent version of Fusion 360, only the PCB in the rigid group will move when creating a joint and all the other components will follow only after you click OK on in the joint menu. The most confusing part is that it's not how the joint behaves in this video. Breaking the link doesn't seem to be necessary.

[@garciawallace7106]

Good job on explaining the design and like how you just wing it making mistakes and explain the fixing it as you go .♥️it

[@caramba10]

This is a great video, easy to follow and I like how you describe your aims as you go along and then the tools used to achieve them. Thank you so much.

[@AthanCondax]

This video helps a lot. I'm embarking on my first 3D modeling projects and it truly helps to see your thought process. Checking out a bunch of your other videos too.

[@jamessturgeon7025]

Really great teaching style...clear explanation of thoughts as you go. Very helpful, thanks!

[@johnkelly1620]

Basically, what everyone else said! Great video! Loved the inclusion of mistakes as well as nods to best practices, alternatives, and reasoning as to why you took one approach vs. another. Between this and another Adafruit video I watched the other day I learned so many new techniques and feel like I should be able to finish the enclosure I’m making with ease. Thanks!

[@francishosey551]

I really like the commentary from a inventor point of view. Awesome video

[@adskFusion]

Thanks Francis! Taylor does some fine tutorials!

[@Xraller]

Really liked this one. More like this would be great.

[@josephzisa8735]

I would love to see this project taken further. I think it would be great to see some how you would make some mechanical features such as screw bosses with threads, plastic snaps, or live hinge or something to that effect.

[@Pixil3d]

Great tutorial! Going to share this on the Adafruit blog for 3D Thursday. This gets me excited to start using fusion 360!

[@adskFusion]

Great to hear! Let us know if there is anything we can do to help!

[@NEVERKNOWINGWHY]

Great video Taylor. One thing to note is that the grill cutout at the end cuts away the surface that the some of the top mounting poles attach to

[@adskFusion]

Good call!

[@toheedajani8499]

nice video Taylor, i like the thought process keeps me from falling asleep lol

[@Mr_Gadge]

Great video thanks :) I got right up to inserting the model, and one model I have doesn't fit right, the other model I've downloaded the circuit board fits perfectly, but when it moves it doesn't bring ANY of the components on top of it?!? I think a link to the model you used would have been helpful.

[@BookofIsaiah]

These videos are VERY helpful to me! I'd like to see more of them!

[@joiseystud]

Loved the format and hearing the thought process. Like to see these things that are relatively simple, but real items with applications and can be printed and used. So keep it to what you can model in 30 min or so, but do real designs. We want to be able to extrapolate what you did to inspire our own things. THx and great job.

[@KaranSingh-gz4dw]

How do you import the Arduino uno circuit board in fusion 360?

[@meierjoe]

For example you can download or click open on this website gallery.autodesk.com/fusion360/projects/21495/arduino-uno and then save it in your project :)

[@kaiwollin1545]

@@meierjoe This one is different from the one that you've used and designed your box from. Maybe its an updated one but the arduino wont fit exactly. Is there a way to mend this?

[@samboles3670]

Taylor, Great Job please keep videos coming, I think I owe you a fishing trip!

[@patrickwhite886]

Fantastic Video!! Thank you so much for taking it step by step. Please keep these types of videos coming. Thank You!

[@startupartisan]

Nice video Autodesk! Keep them coming! I'm loving it!

[@jurpik35]

I like the smooth panning in your model canvas

[@nathsimpson]

Fantastic video! I followed along while playing with Fusion for the first time! Very informative and helpful :) thanks!

[@TheWreckingYard]

Fantastic video, just starting out with fusion 360 and this helped immensely.

[@amansingh-ct8ie]

Awesome tutorial I recommend to watch this I was with very little knowledge to F-360 but with this tutorial I was not able to design this entire project but also learned a lot from this about F-360 basics and would like to appreciate the methodology and the way this person teaches, #Respect Earned.

[@uruguayo1978]

Is Amazing!! i was a 3d studio designer at the ends of 90', and is incredible the easy that is Fusion to create complex objects! i hope to find a complete tutorial to start learning ;)

[@ILmanu92]

thank you so much for this video ! I could not figure out how to create a sketch with precision holes to the right distances and according to the distances required ! Now I found that the odds are not only texts :) thank you - sorry for my bad english Manuel

[@ianober23]

Great video, would love to see more, especially on more complex problems and designs within Fusion 360.

[@coolmamaification]

Nice style....Really good..Please keep posting this kind of tutorial videos

[@stillededge]

Enjoyed it. Nice quick way to see, learn & use tools.

[@joagj1978]

My mistake counter was WAY higher... Very nice video! I learned a lot.

[@lukeatkins9137]

This is an excellent tutorial. Some really nice tips in there for the beginner

[@Hopeinformer]

Thank you for the great video. This will help me a lot. I literally just spent nearly all day yesterday making an enclosure for a 2.5 hard drive with an incorporation of a radiology pi 3. If I saw this video before hand maybe it wouldn't only taken 8 hours. Haha

[@doxielain2231]

This is great. I'm on my first day of using Autodesk 360 (after figuring out some install errors) and I'm finding it very helpful.

[@DafyddRoche]

Excellent excellent excellent. Even though we have inventor, the lessons and principals in this tutorial are excellent! Please make more!

[@Mateyhv1]

Where is this guy right now for more tutorials of this great quality???

[@nemesisc6122]

This is great you should totally post another tutorial for the Raspberry Pi Zero ! Neat tutorial learned a lot of short cuts and how to use the dimension tool for precise fits

[@johnclaude25]

This video is so much usefull, even years after its release. Thanks so much

[@mousam_upadhyaya]

I always love the theory of making something of which I know of, for instance arduino. Instead learning fusion from scratch make something you imagined

[@elbingeorge]

This is awesome. Please do more of this kind of videos.

[@samblades8714]

Awesome video. Just what I needed. Perfect format.