Learn Fusion 360 or Die Trying LESSON 7: Design 3D Printable Nuts and Bolts

[@jimjacques8167]

I did not understand Fusion 360, then I started your series and BOOM!

[@ragavsn01]

Its really remarkable that this series holds up even after 5 years and with all the version changes. Thanks a lot Paul. God Bless.

[@MatrixOfDynamism]

I don't know how to send him money. I learnt the most frm him.

[@terrencethompson5329]

Hi Paul , I am a 78 year old with an engineering background but no prior cad experience. Your Videos have allowed me to confidently plan to buy my 3d printer in the knowledge that am up to creating the necessary drawings for my projects. Thank a million!!

[@markdalton3834]

3 years later and you are definately still teaching us "like crazy people!"

[@ershekharsolanki]

You are not slow sir. You are doing perfect.

[@huibberger3086]

I’m well in my seventies so at last I found time to learn new things (and keep my brain operational..…). One of these things i wanted to learn is Fusion 360. This is absolutely new ground for me so I’m glad I found your series of videos! They are absolutely great! It is amazing how much I learnt from you after just 7 episodes, thanks to the way you teach! Well balanced and at the right speed, repeating and adding new information. Perfect for me! English is not my language

[@dannixon247]

I'm sure you know this, but its the "I don't know what happened there?" parts that for many of us are the thing that keeps us going when we have similar frustrations and experiences. Simply seeing the teacher struggle a little is a very powerful learning aid. Don't get too smooth/rehearsed. Thank you so much for your efforts Paul.

[@maje5398]

Paul you are the best teacher I ever saw and watched. Your videos are great. Your explanations are also very understandable for beginners. Thank you very much

[@yanfei2854]

For those whose triangles could not snap to the edge of the nut and bolt, and also couldn't extrude cut. You need to press "p" for project and select the profiles/bodies of the items you want to perform these actions for. Took a bit of googling for me to figure this out. Thanks for another great video Paul :D

[@danjohnson1963]

Thanks for posting this.

[@guye7763]

I was trying to think how to thank you in the comments and then I looked down and saw Jim J . He nailed it! Never complain about speed either. We can all watch at a faster speed if necessary. Thanks again.

[@mbfrontier9605]

You aren't going too slow for me. I like starting slow. I am flipping back and forth between KZbin and Fusion 360 while watching each lesson and find I am learning much faster. Your lessons are well organized and logical. Thank you.

[@gerardsexton3608]

I needed a 1/8" BSP male to 1/4" BSP female bushing and was able to create it just following the steps in this tutorial. It worked perfectly first time! Thank you for an excellent Fusion 360 tutorial series. Many thanks Paul.

[@bendavanza]

Paul, after watching through to lesson 7 I have to say that your videos have given me a very solid foundation of the basic blocks to work with. Before spending the time on your channel I struggled and got frustrated but now I look forward to learning more. Creating tutorials is a lot of work and your production is very well done. To your question about the speed of the lesson: If you and I were having a one on one conversation, some parts could seem repetitive. This is, however, a teaching tool for different people from different skillsets and backgrounds. Repetition reinforces. I think your pace is spot on for most of your target audience. Each episode has many "Ah Ha!" moments for me which is what keeps me engaged. Thank you so much.

[@grokscience8673]

My opinion is you clearly describe a process for a project. Classic teaching by example. Works for me!

[@aprilwoosley1342]

Your videos have helped me out so much! You mention that you hoped you didn't talk to slowly, I felt that you went the right speed and you were easy to follow. A big thank you to you sir!!!

[@microminiatures4296]

I don't wish to sound patronising but you are the best teacher I have ever come across on the internet (and I've watched a few). You do not assume we already know just what you are doing. You're concise and methodical, taking each step one at a time and explain them well. You make the odd error when demonstrating and then explain what you have done wrong.... which is great as these are the things that would happen to me but without the knowledge to correct the mistake. You will remain permently subscribed with me. Keep up the good work Paul

[@paulmcwhorter]

The fatal flaw of most experts is that as they speak, they are not able to put themselves into the place of the audience they are speaking to. They just assume the audience ALRAEADY knows what they are about to say. Hence, the more they know, the less they are able to teach. What I realize is, when I speak, I think of someone like my mother or aunt who does not know all the words, ideas, concepts and jargon I know.

[@generallee4043]

There are teachers and there are teachers, you are definitely a teacher keep it up.

[@mcpojack]

I ain't dead yet...keep up the great series Paul...I am learning a bunch!!

[@paulmcwhorter]

Wonder if anyone has ever actually died trying learn Fusion 360? I sure felt like I was going to die learning it.

[@PastorJohnBrown]

Paul, I know that a lot goes into video production and the "return" can sometimes make you wonder if it is worth it. I just wanted to let you know that your videos have helped me a lot. I am 67 years old, a Pastor, a tinkerer, commercial drone pilot, I have 2 Prusa printers and the list goes on. When I was in school, CAD drawing wasn't a thing. We did everything in "drafting mode" - front, top, side, and isometric views, and I have always wished that could translate that into CAD knowledge. I have "invented" several things in my life only to do nothing with them and later watch them become a reality for someone else. It is a wonderful thing to now be able to take an idea and make it a reality through Fusion 360 and 3D printing. I am by no means a "pro" with Fusion 360, (yet). However your videos are AWESOME! The other day while the wife were out running around I just blurted out "Nooooooo!" I have to give you credit for that one since it is your reply when entering dimensions instead of the parameters in the parametric drawings. Thanks also for the laugh. I wish you the best!

[@walterwelch9894]

Paul. Your introductions are not nonsense. thank you for your help on Fusion 360.

[@TheMinishKid]

This series is so awesome! I've intently watched every minute of each one so far, and I love them. Paul, you present information so nicely! I love how you reiterate things again and again and don't assume we know what you're doing. You are a very effective teacher and I'm so grateful you took the time to make this series. Thank you!

[@brendanowen7563]

Great videos Paul. You mentioned it always annoys you it automatically hides your sketch after you create a feature. You can change this behaviour in preferences. Preferences -> General -> Design -> "Auto hide sketch on feature creation"

[@linellcardiff6902]

Brendan, thanks for that tip... great tip.

[@dalcaptain]

Thanks for the tip

[@mohamedabd-alqawy6979]

thanks for the tip man. you the man

[@markdalton3834]

Thank you for keeping us streamlined!

[@NobleCarpetCleaners]

I'm very new to this program, learning rapidly with these lessons. Occasionally the mouse movements, the clicks both right or left and your thinking out loud aren't 100% synced but I'm still very happy/grateful you produced these lessons. Generous of you to do them. Not mentioning any other youtube names or channels but its nice to listen to a native english speaker. I have not survived 90+% of the other channels/videos because of the language.

[@drugstorecowboyida]

I am a retired pharmacist just learning 3D printing and thoroughly enjoy your Fusion 360 classes as well as your Arduino lessons that I have taken earlier for ham radio assistance. Don’t change a thing. Thanks for the great courses.

[@paulmcwhorter]

Great to hear!

[@pauld1994]

Excellent. I'd have never figured this out in a million years. I'd actually un-installed fusion 360 before someone recommended your videos, so I gave it another try. Thanks!

[@tlcbuggy]

Hello Paul, I needed to learn fusion 360 and apply it to cnc plasma. I have watched many vids and stumbled across this series you have produced. Finally, someone who recognized there are many of us out here needing to learn this software. Now I think I might need a 3D printer! Thank you very much for your concise teachings. I think the pace is just right for those of us who have no knowledge of the subject. I am following and look forward to my evenings, watching and learning. You are doing a great service to the community. I rarely comment here but you have opened up a mysterious world for who knows how many......PLEASE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

[@sparkyrevenge]

Paul , I really think your a great teacher and I appreciate you sharing your great lessons with the public.

[@paulmcwhorter]

I appreciate that!

[@trevorrussell9180]

Thanks Paul great video! I am new to all this and I find the pace is spot on allowing me to learn the F360 tools in small bites, to practice and to consolidate and without getting lost in millions of steps and tools used to draw a complete F16 fighter jet in five minutes. I look forward to the next lesson......

[@paulmcwhorter]

Yeah, that is what I felt like trying to learn. People were designing an F-16 in five minutes. I could follow and copy what they were doing, but then not do something similar on my own. Sometimes I felt like they were more trying to show off their skills than actually teach. Or maybe it was just they were way smarter than me.

[@aoates2249]

Again a Brilliant tutorial....Hey Paul your not too slow , well not for me anyway lol...its a nice learning pace , if I miss something I can either pause or rewind a little and then get back on track in no time, your way or describing and demonstrating different tools is perfect. I Have tried so many times over the years to learn CAD, it just would not sink in lol.......I can not leave your series alone at present, I am already jumping infront myself and sneaking a peak view of the videos I have yet to come........Just like to say Paul than you for all your time, knowledge and efforts taken in putting this tutorial series together , again thank you :)

[@paulmcwhorter]

Thanks for the encouraging words!

[@rodneysmith633]

I'm certainly not bored, you likely could not go too slow for me either, love the series I am learning a metric ton. I may actually be able to survive without being dead, thanks for a great series so far...

[@Hhokitsdirect800]

That's the easiest explanation of making a bolt and but set I've seen. Love it!

[@DoRC]

Watching these videos has convinced me to switch from 123d design (I recently switched to it from tinker ad but even 123d design is too limited for what Im trying to make)

[@martynwimpenny2017]

You are not to slow - its perfect - another excellent lesson. Loving this stuff. Printing my hinged box out tomorrow and this nut and bolt as well. Glasses case turned out really well. The greatest advantage of this is you can pause re run and do it until you get it.

[@MrGoranF]

Hi Paul, thanks to you I will survive. Magnificent videos and you are not to slow.

[@psmola101]

Great series. I am moving from Alibre to Fuson 360 and the user interfaces are so different I was ready to give up until I came across your series. Thanks so much!!

[@paulmcwhorter]

Check out my new Fusion 360 lessons. I am remaking this class on a new playlist showing the latest version of Fusion, and working with a 3D printer.

[@kellyklaask7su990]

I have tried Creo, FreeCad, Solidworks, OnShape, DesignSpark Mechanical, and I think a few others. I keep coming back to Fusion 360 because of your excellent method of teaching. I think I am going to stick with this one! Thanks!

[@vincecouldrey2370]

BOOM! Hello Paul, have done a hinged box and nut and bolt. I really appreciate the many hours you spend creating these videos. I've had a read parts of the online documentation which is not easy to the newby to 3D printing like me. Looking out for a 3D printer then I see if my work prints. out.

[@steveschad103]

I enjoyed you teaching me the Arduino so much!! I was thrilled when I saw you could teach me F360 as well. Thank you for making these videos.

[@rdalecki1]

I designed a case for my phone that will snap onto the side of my boat. I made the hinge hole to accommodate a bolt that I have then see how to make a bolt here. Haha. You're always one step ahead of me. Great stuff.

[@rahulshrivastava99]

Thanks paul great tutorial ,just one important addon In this video we have taken the inner bolt diameter same as screw , It should be little smaller then nut to fit properly.

[@ysteintveito209]

Your videos are awesome! Just something I have picked up that I see you don't us is the S key. That saves so much time, not having to go up to the menus and having to look for the tool you wanted. Also, when adding constraints, select the entities involved in the constraint and right click. All the possible constraints will be in the menu, and you don't have to use the constraints panel. You might know all of this and only do it "the hard way" to make it more clear what you are doing, but for everyone else that are tiered of looking for tools or constraints, this is a very good thing to learn.

[@lawrencehetherington]

You are not slower you are going at a perfect speed for me, recommended by a friend.

[@Flightport]

Thanks Paul for that series, I tried some other introductions but probably had the same problems you had at the beginning. So I make much more progress because I do the things in parallel in my Fusion 360 and learn so much this way. Thanks and keep going on.

[@albertopinero4065]

Paul great job on explaining Fusion 360 in the way you explain. Very detail and in a very comprehensive way. I have been learning a lot from your videos in Fusion 360 and Arduino.

[@jamesjones8405]

Paul I am amazed at what I have learned so far. Excellent!!!!!!!!!

[@kylecampbellweb]

A quick point about drawing planes. My Fusion-360 was defaulted to "Y" up and not the "Z" up as Paul's is showing in his examples. [Change in Preferences - default modelling orientation]. Therefore although I was drawing in the Red-Green plane, my models were on their side when extruding them. Finally sorted that out, now my models rise up in the Z/Blue plane.

[@reeljag]

Great tip for everyone. I also had the same issue.

[@StefanFahlberg]

Thanks, I also had same problem!

[@manosm1]

Thanks!!!

[@manosm1]

I had same problem!

[@ruuppp]

SAME THANKS :)

[@lawrencedeans1433]

Thank you perfect amount of explanation, it just takes one thing to get stuck so detailed instruction is required

[@grokscience8673]

Wow, from zero knowledge to minimally competent! Needed to create a simple bushing yesterday, created it using Parameters (good thing, screwed up one dimension. lol) chamfered, rounded with a lip. I feel empowered. BTW, tried to cheat using TinkerCAD and quickly found it too limited! Happy to be a patreon!

[@393strokedcoupe]

Without a doubt, this is the perfect pace for beginners! Thank you good Sir, for these excellent tutorials.

[@paulmcwhorter]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@loptica62]

Great tips.... ! btw, speed is a relative category! IMHO, you are the only teacher-Yutuber that is actually teaching something concrete ! Timing perfect, no need to rewind or slow down just the right speed... Sometimes I think you make these "little" mistakes on purpose, just to show the rest of us that it's not the end of the world if one makes the wrong klick or looses orientation. Keep up the great work! Looking forward to the next lesson.

[@paulmcwhorter]

Yep, all the little mistakes are on purpose. None of them are real. :)

[@jwalsho93]

you are an amazing teacher Paul have a great day

[@secretagb]

Thanks for the good quality videos! I think it's just fine to make the small mistakes along the way as many new people will make them also.

[@palmerliveSTEAM]

Your videos are highly recomended. They are the most comprehensive with the tips that gets you back on track! Superb.

[@paulmcwhorter]

Glad they are useful to you.

[@waynehughes6967]

Great job Paul, and to answer your question, it could not be better. thanks again!

[@clifforddaves7713]

If I had had a teacher such as himself in school, maybe I wouldn't have turned out to be a failure.. Fantastic videos without a doubt. My older brother was here visiting while I was in the middle of one and even got into it

[@paulmcwhorter]

Failure? Not the attitude to have. You look like a young man, and have the rest of your life to build success . . . start today, it is never too late.

[@megsman4749]

Your pace is perfectly turning me from someone who is not smart into someone who knows enough to be dangerous. Thank you.

[@codyphillips6737]

Paul I'm getting it. I appreciate the repetition of what you are doing.

[@Zone1242]

Another great lession - thanks Paul. Creating such a complex object in so short a time is really motivating! Cheers, John

[@dorubalazs]

Well done Paul! I find all your videos excellent and useful. I like your teacher abilities also, even some tutorials are little long, but it's great and helps me to learn. Repetition is mother of knowledge.

[@alexbeardmore3588]

This is a little slow for me, but a lot of other guys are little fast and that's worse! Keep up the great work!

[@Walt1119]

Thanks so much for another great lesson!! Still Learning and looking forward to more lessons!!!

[@snew17gmail]

Great series! I am new to Fusion 360 and find your videos are the best for getting started with Fusion 360 design as relates to 3D printing. Thanks much.

[@charlotteswift]

You make everything so easy👍

[@ccmcmullen]

Had the same problem. with tutorials that went at light speed and assumed things that were not at all obvious. Keep up the good work.

[@danmcc22]

I wish I had you as a math teacher when I was I kid! Watched the 1st 7 vids so far and learned a lot. Thank you very much for putting these great videos together.

[@ModernDayWanderlust]

Seriously your speed is absolutely perfect for beginners, and I love how deliberate you are. I've used Sketchup since Google released it, so I've been struggling hardcore with Fusion up until your series!

[@johnm4962]

I am so excited about 360 because if you, this was a awesome tutorial !!!!!

[@billfield8300]

Great video Paul,Learned a couple of things in the copy/paste and axis angle commands. Thanks.

[@christinamaltese4460]

I'm having lots of fun learning

[@garylovesbeer]

Hi Paul. Have a Prusa clone - Anet A8 - and this printed fabulously! Great lessons, great pacing. Thanks for making sense of 3D design in general!

[@bertmouthaan]

This one was easy ... obviously I am learning ... great feeling young again ...

[@williamsandoval6120]

I'm about to start video 8. I find your way of instructing very good. Fits my learning abilities. Slow but detailed, not afraid to go back to fix mistakes, etc., Thank you.

[@mithunraj5017]

Great videos sir We are able to learn lot of things Only because of you without paying single penny

[@dawiducsinnovation4113]

Hi Paul - Thanks for a brilliant series! Thanks especially for leaving in the boo-boos! We learn more from the mistakes than when everything is cruzy. Found myself often retracing steps to get untangled. Loving it!

[@tiberiumihaescu7348]

So elegant! Useful and fun. Thank you so much!

[@DennisMurphey]

Paul, Outstanding dude, slower yes but the method works. Especially when you verbally state the steps over and over when start a sketch etc. Some clearly basic concepts that are critical were skipped in my learning. I mean in just this lesson I saw where Copy is located. I was constantly redrawing features, and since I had no clue about the dimensioning via database I was always off in my layouts of mating parts. then I print them, then I drill oversized clearance holes etc it just spirals down. The most critical think I got was sketch location I thought for some reason the sketches all had to be on the same origin. So I would turn them off and draw then in body view make a change and was grabbing the wrong points and it would go haywire. OMG! I am excited to go back and actually recreate all my parts using the tools I learned here and anxious to make edits so nothing blows up. I am trying to design a family of parts for all my trains so this dimensioning in Tables with labels will allow me to change a few critical dimensions and have a new part ready to print. THANK YOU, this 69 year old Engineer is born again!!!!!!! D

[@elliottshields4921]

Thanks Paul, your videos are very helpful, and your teaching style works for me. Thanks again

[@JesusHernandez-uj6wk]

Your videos are just great man! I had no idea of how to do the things you are teaching here! Your videos are brilliant, such as you! Thank you very much Sir!

[@jbharrin]

Paul, another great video. I like it when things don't go as expected because then I learn even more as you explained what went wrong.

[@paulmcwhorter]

I sort of live in fear when things dont go as expected. I am sitting there thinking, gosh I should really stop and redo the video. Sometimes though I think, just keep going, this is real life how things work.

[@weepingreaper9733]

Love your work Paul! Great explanation and easy to follow.

[@manosm1]

Mr Paul, you are great teacher. Your lesson is fantastic! I have learned so much.

[@paulmcwhorter]

Thanks for the kind words.

[@miket1638]

created my own nut and botl using your tutorial then decided to print it. It could just be my printer but I had an issue with the parts fitting together. I'm thinking that the bolt or the nut need to be adjusted for some slight tolerances. I'm guessing that the inside wall of the nut and the outside wall of the bolt are exact same size and therefore try to occupy the same space when trying to thread together. Just my experience. btw...AWESOME lesson! Love the way you leave your miss clicks and fixes in your videos!

[@ajlenze8]

I printed these parts on my Prusa MK3S (in PETG) and the fit was kind of tight. Paul seemed to be able to just spin his nut onto his bolt, where my parts did go together but required quite a bit of force. I'm trying to design in some tolerance, but when I adjust my parameters, the threaded surfaces don't seem to change. I'll probably try a whole new design with some tolerance and try again.

[@ajlenze8]

I found a video that explains how to loosen the fit if it's too tight. It's called "3D Printed Threads - 3 ways to model them in Fusion 360" by CNC Kitchen. The instructions are in the first half of the video.

[@stevesnead2368]

Have gotten bored with these videos? NO! I am actually learning.

[@freeelectron8261]

Thanks Paul! Good tut and the speed was good. You are right some 360 tuts go way too fast.

[@MicheleHjorleifsson]

so an observation, i created the top triangles, a mid line horizontally through the bolts and mirrored the triangles instead of rotating them, six of one half dozen of the other i guess ;)

[@StephenBoyd21]

You are now starting to hit the limits of my current knowledge. So I am really looking forward to the following videos. I'm going nuts waiting for the next video. I hope that you can bolt that next episode on really soon.

[@chrisbadiou1407]

I have only one word for you, sir, nice.

[@nerdsanctuary8307]

i hit the wall after 6 lessons in a row. back at it!

[@medicmandano]

Fantastic series, soooo glad I found you! You're like my favorite Math teacher that does everything I 'm interested in! Your teaching style is on point and if anyone doesn't like your methods well... they can find someone else! Thank you!

[@arnepolman4889]

Please keep making mistakes (and explain what went wrong). This is massively helpful! Thanks for making this. BOOM!

[@Mobbsey118]

Amazing video series, thank you for such wonderful content. I’ve gone from having never used Fusion 360, to creating models with relative ease, all thanks to these videos. Again, thank you.

[@BrianVillegas67]

Loving your work, good sir! Thank you for your thoughtful and measured approach. Bravo.

[@patwinders2894]

Hey Paul many thanks great teachings .Can unlock then when complete

[@MM-xt6nq]

Paul, great series! Pace is good, learning has been a breeze.

[@billlewis9650]

Im a slow learner Paul your doing a good job.

[@TheKverbeeck]

Again a great video Paul, its funny that i can hear your Prusa MK3 printing in the background 😆😆😆

[@Pdfgyu]

Excellent explanations!!

[@woodywood1951]

I've seen several tutorial videos about 360, but your tutorials are by far the best. Thank you for this help so much valuable. PS: you are one of the few math teacher I appreciate!!!

[@bigsubful]

Thank you for your videos, I like so much the way you teach.

[@marlonglodo1930]

Nice tutorial again sir. I keep coming back in your videos if i want to do something in fusion and orint it. Again thakn you sir.

[@ajlenze8]

If your nut and bolt are too tight when you screw them together, there's a video "3D Printed Threads - 3 ways to model them in Fusion 360" by CNC Kitchen that shows how to fix the problem. (It worked for me!)