Fusion 360: Cardboard Box Design with Sheet Metal Tools

[@MarcoZamora]

A K factor of 0 would mean that the cardboard stretches on the outside of the bend. A better K factor value for cardboard is 1, meaning that the outside of the bend does not stretch, while the inside scrunches together. This will make your flat pattern more precise., otherwise, your outside flat dimensions would be too large by the cardboard thickness x every bend in that direction.

[@CharlesAlanRobinson]

That was great. Thanks for sharing the resulting file. I'm sure I will need to watch this multiple times to catch some of the elements, but it's great to be able to do that.

[@95LegendGS]

The glue tab should always be at least the same height as the box, sometimes they even extend past the bend into the flaps.

[@hansgeerligs5466]

At 1.59 you state that the cardboard does not stretch , this is not quiet correct . As in Metal , for each type of bend extra material is needed. for instance : a 7 mm Cardboard with 1 bend needs 6 mm extra material, and a double bend (at both ends) needs 9 mm extra. so a U profile of 100x200x100 'needs'106+209+106 mm material. For closing side 9+7 (material thickness) = 16 mm extra is needed , and a 50 mm gluelip would need to be 56 mm. Perhaps you can show how this would en up the box.

[@nssdesigns]

Yes Yes Yes!!! I've modelled boxes in MODO and I must say the bends were a pain... I'm so sold with this!

[@nikosnewman88]

As regards the internal dimension of the box when the cardboard folds half of the thickness of the board goes to the inside and the other half to the outside

[@adskFusion]

Certainly important to consider.

[@feanorcurufinwe702]

This is amazing. You saved my life. I don't know why i was doing this in AutoCAD. Damn. Great video.

[@adskFusion]

Many thanks Aaron! Thanks for being an AutoCAD user too! We're cool with them! hhhahah

[@samlenlap]

really amazed with the types of things that you can make with fusion 360.it was very helpful thanks taylor

[@ernestszarins8297]

Cardboard actualy has a negative K factor - it shrinks by about a half of the thickness. So I would suggest using any 2D CAD to make these changes after the layout is ready.

[@adskFusion]

Great feedback, Ernest! We're not experts in this field, but Taylor did some research before making and presenting this.

[@abukede1]

Yep that is true, depends if it is a single, double or triple wall corrugated but it as what we call inside lost % and also outside gain %... beside that, great tuturial. I only liked to see in future a more professional aproach to carboard desing in fusion.

[@Regalmetalworks]

I was wondering how to create the dxf of the flatten design! Thanks!

[@foxtrotalpha9212]

Great tutorial Taylor, one question.... As I would not use Fusion for 3D rendering as its not good enough (yet) but the modelling id excelent, is there a way to export the front faces of the cardboard box as one UV map? I cannot see how Fusion can create the UVs as a flat form, the ones being generated are a mess and Fusion seems to have very limited UV/texturing toolset. Any suggestions are welcome on UV mapping and file format exporting to Modo.

[@meltonpieman959]

A great video. I normally work in ply on a laser but the idea of using the sheet metal options to cut a cardboard box has inspired me. However, I would like to make an open top box with a slightly larger open 'top' box to slide over it. Obviously the 'bottom' box can have the final tab on the inside. However, to get a smooth fit, the 'top' box needs that gluing tab on the outside. Therein lies my problem. I tried making the last flange the boxwidth - everything just welds and I cannot find a way to make the tab. I tried making it just a little longer and making the flange off that - Fusion 360 would not do it. Can you make any suggestion for a way to achieve this? David

Does Autodesk have offer for small users - like if have to use F360 once for 2months for some small stuff?

[@apostoloskoritas9149]

Nice video thank you. Can you please tell me if and how I can check the strength of the box if I put some weight on it? That it will be very helpful.

[@adskFusion]

To virtually test a product, use Finite Element Analysis found in the Simulation workspace. HOWEVER, simulating cardboard would be somewhat difficult due to the nature of that material (not an isotropic material). Not impossible, but not easy.

[@Ellbow]

Taylor, you are the best. Great tutorial as always!

[@adskFusion]

He's amazing! Many other videos by him on this channel!

[@trumpet95]

how do you activate motion on a living hinge? thanks

[@JeremyMcMahan]

Now we need a video of the cut and box assembly. :-) (Great video Taylor!)

[@flashchrome]

This is a very good guide. It is insanely difficult to follow as my recently installed version of this software looks nothing like yours. An update would be appreciated.

[@adskFusion]

Its hard to keep all of our content updated for UI changes. See our livestreams for the most up to date content.

[@flashchrome]

@@adskFusion I understand how that might be a problem. However, for a beginner, as I am, it is difficult to find a specific tutorial when the tutorial itself isn't up to date.

[@juanpablojaramillo769]

can I create a box from a planimetry to a flat I already have designed in illustrator?

[@bramvandenbempt6914]

how do you do these smooth rotation as in 4:47 ?

[@adskFusion]

By using a 3d mouse! Such as: www.3dconnexion.com/products/spacemouse.html

[@bladelaiger1]

Excelentt! Thanks Taylor for you time and dedication, Best Regards from Venezuela!!!!

[@fernandoprieto1340]

¨Please clarify something for me please. Does the DXF file you exported for laser cut only contain the sketch you projected of the fold lines or all the geomery?

[@splitscreenjc]

Just tried it - contains the outline geometry too.

[@harshchelani9896]

Can we export it to obj and can we animate it?

[@realtech6216]

i love fusion 360... i'm waiting to for the update which includes fluent in fusion 360

[@cmcnulty7]

Thanks, Taylor. Great tutorial, as always.

[@pixlfactory]

As always, great in every detail!!! Thanks a lot!

[@southcoastbaptistcollege5360]

Thanks Taylor, great video. Very informative and to the point. Do you have any tutorials involving Frames similar to Frame Generator in Inventor?

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[@gavingibson7471]

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[@gavingibson7471]

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[@Good13man]

OMW, this is amazing!!

[@adskFusion]

@Mark- Here's another video that I did that shows how to make a more complicated cardboard box using sheet metal: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXWTkoaNopd_aZI

[@kristellfriedman9834]

From VEnezuela!!!! EXCELLENT Tutorial!!!! Thanks for this GENIAL Video!!! Congratulations!!!!

[@AustinChopra]

Thanks Taylor great tutorial

[@zaynetech6538]

i get an error saying: the operation failed. try adjusting the values or changing the input geometry (and it happens when i do the offset faces thing)

[@adskFusion]

Hmmmm... Not sure what's happening. Can you share the model and describe the problem in more detail on the forum? Hard to assist here, unfortunately.

[@zaynetech6538]

Thanks for the reply, but i just ended up using your one and modifying the dimensions. Thanks!

[@diyowl5496]

Amazing tutorial! Learned a lot! Thaks for posting! Liked and subscribed!

[@spikekent]

Thanks Taylor, great walk-through.

[@andrecauselof4103]

Thank you very much !

[@F1BOY2007]

Lovely Tutorial dude !!

[@tomherd4179]

Very helpful learning tool, thanks!

[@Bakamoichigei]

Awesome! I've been meaning to try using the sheet metal tools to model EVA foam designs for costume making. (Check out Punished Props, or Evil Ted Smith if you want to see the kind of thing I'm talkin' about.) Don't know why I hadn't thought about cardboard boxes.

[@rudisoft]

The little glue notch actually bends into the side of the box.

[@SwissplWatches]

awesome video, thanks.

[@plasticbuzzardmodelshop9715]

Excellent video.

[@gossalex]

Now fusion needs dragknife corner options CAM :)

[@MichaelWoodrum]

I know this comment is old but, this works pretty well for my setup www.pbmilltec.de/Produkte/DragKnife/

[@vibhakarsenthil2132]

Hey Taylor, whats the difference between the student version fusion 360 and the professional one?

[@Bakamoichigei]

There actually is no difference! :D If you're a student/educator you can get a free 3-year license, and if you're a non-profit, maker, hobbyist, or even a small business/startup that makes less than $100k/yr you can get a free 1 year license... Both licenses are for the full version of the software and renewable for as long as you're eligible. (Their 'Enthusiast/startup' license is really unlike anything else out there!) It's a good time to be a maker. :]

[@renmarblones8798]

I need help kind sirs! I just want to know how to do corrugation in fusion 360. It would be a great help! :) Btw, nice video!

[@adskFusion]

Any specific questions?

[@renmarblones8798]

@@adskFusion i wanted to know how to make corrugated iron sheet. Thanks btw :)

[@adskFusion]

A spline and a whole lotta rectangular patterns! Are you wanting to consider the stretch of the metal, or just model it up? kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKjOequIrJuYeKM

[@patprop74]

Dammm,I have to admit, that is pretty good feature, I can see this being very useful.

[@williamcassanova8692]

This is great....Let's try a different scenario....Let's assume I have a solid body in my model that I want to form metal around....For example, create a rectangle sketch of 6" x 5". Press-Pull that part to 2.0, Fillet the edges to .25 radius. Now....Let's assume I want to wrap some semi-flexible material around this part. Assume it's carbon fiber, or leather, or pleather....I then want to take that "sheet-metaled" component and export it as DXF. There are ways to work around this problem using geometry but this seems like something Fusion should be able to do.

[@adskFusion]

A 'convert from solid' type feature would be incredible. Count me in.

[@SuperRistopaha]

They should consider changing the name to "sheet material" in the future ;-)

[@romeond]

Brilliant!

[@jamesreina5203]

you sound exactly like the guy from the casually explained channel. nevertheless, great video.

[@stimpyfeelinit]

can you do things with parameters like boxlength / 2

[@adskFusion]

You can! Check out this other video for info on how to do that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6HOhoSBg9x7f9E

[@paraglajding]

Amazing!!! Thank you!!

[@astupidpieceofcardboard2463]

Ooooo

[@chubbyBunny94]

inches? bruh

[@adskFusion]

It's a unit of length. Learn more below: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inch

[@chubbyBunny94]

@@adskFusion lol - i know what inches are :P #WP

[@iangraham6730]

I don't know why the Americans wont adopt the metric system, it would be soooo much easier 🙃

[@jamiemitev]

1kth like came from me

[@adskFusion]

1001'st came from me!

[@adskFusion]

Kinda sad to like your own videos though...

[@jamiemitev]

:))

[@randomtux1234]

fusion 360 is like solidworks but human readable