Fusion 360 Fundamentals - Modeling a bracket

[@justinw.4433]

Why is this the only straightforward fusion 360 tutorial on youtube for making a feature with curves and holes? This covers 90% of what most people need to do in this freakin' program!

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

I'm glad you thought it was straight forward. I always found it helpful to see how others did things. Hopefully you do too.

[@Tac_3403]

I know this video is old, but it really helped me tonight when I tried using fusion 360 for the first time ever! Made a power supply bracket for a PC case that did not have one. Great video and order of operations

[@javierrodriguezrodriguez5435]

Many thanks, I’d go for getting the sketch from one side, mirror it and extrude. I’d be another posibility 😊

[@TETabor]

Great Video. Conceptually this is like a bracket I am plasma cutting, but written in a different software package. I tried to recreate in Fusion a few weeks ago, but I stumbled with the notch/cutout area and now I have a new grasp on it. Your talent in Fusion 360 is parallelled by your talent in educating the rest of us! Keep up the incredible work!

[@TroubledTimes2024]

Been out of cad for over a year now (Life has a way of getting in the way) viewing these fundamentals helps getting back up to speed, thanks.

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Hi Ken. It’s just like riding a bike. You’ll be back in no time. Thanks for watching.

[@Jimgoodwin846]

Amazing video. Thanks for sharing.

[@DavidStaas]

Your videos are extremely helpful for better understanding how to do things in Fusion 360. Thank you for taking the time to do these!

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Hi David. Thank you for letting me know! I'm glad you liked them and thanks for the comment.

[@aperture4041]

This was just what I needed to get up and running with Fusion 360 and design some custom brackets for a 3D printing project. Thank you!

[@spikekent]

This works great for me, seeing the drawing, then I go try to model it. Then come back to see how you did it. I drew the whole thing in one sketch, you're right, it did take longer 😂 A little more experience under my belt.

[@CncObsession]

Great description and technique IMO, thanks

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Glad you liked it. Thank you

[@RobSteel117]

How did you get 4.12 for the width of the base rectangle? I do not see how to derive that from the drawing.

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

There is a radius of .56 listed for the top and bottom fillet. Add the 3 inches between the fillets to the .56 + .56 and you get 4.12

[@RobSteel117]

@@MechanicalAdvantage Thanks, I suspected that was the case. Your thoughts on that style of dimensioning? Seems less intuitive IMHO. On a base sketch, I prefer not to have to do arithmetic, regardless how simple, to obtain overall dimensions. Am I just strange?

[@agilitybeats7031]

I'll be practicing with this sketch tonight. Thanks! (Neil, L.I., NY)

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Agility Beats Hey Neil. Hopefully you have fun with it. Don't burn yourself out, you have a lot of the week left! 🙂

[@turbocobra]

You are the man!

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Oh Gary. We all know what a little peon I am compared to you. We still have to figure out a project to work on together. Glad you found the video useful.

[@MrCoffeypaul]

Thanks again for another great video!

[@robevans8555]

Very good example, I probably would have done all the sketching first and then extruded, but I really am just a beginner so it's good to see how others do things. Thanks for taking the time to share.

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

It would be interesting for you to give that a try and then report back to let me know how it went.

[@robevans8555]

@@MechanicalAdvantage I had a go and it is doable but I would have to say your method was probably clearer to do, I also had to refer to your video to see how to get sketches into the correct places so it was a good learning exercise for me. Thanks again

[@jaimelucy2010]

Really helpfull kevin thanks.

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Thanks Jaime.

[@samboles3670]

Great Channel!

[@DCT_Aaron_Engineering]

Great work as usual Kevin. However in future please only use communist units #metric 😂

[@TroubledTimes2024]

Whats metric? LOL

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

I will as soon as you start driving on the correct side of the road like the majority of the country. You know, the same sell you try to use when getting me to use the metric system! haha

[@batmansgta]

Since you had an actual sketch of the bracket, why not just import it as a canvas and pull everything directly from that?

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

I rarely find that to be of benefit, especially with prismatic shapes like this. I rarely use a canvas and I almost never import a dxf file into a sketch.

[@josephrichards5324]

Thank you

[@par4par72]

The first time I opened a "Mechanical Advantage" tutorial, there was a guy with the HEAVIEST INDIAN ACCENT I could hardly understand. (so, I didn't last 2 minutes) Had I NOT revisited ... this website would have been lost to me forever. I know this guy is probably the "Chief Engineer" ... but truth be told: He should work a little more on "English Pronunciations" and a little less on/at "Mechanical Advantage"!!!! Just my opinion, but then again ...who am I?! So.... Thank Kevin. Good save !

[@casio007]

I am sorry but this is not the best way how to do it. I would recommend prepare all possible through the sketch, and then extrude, then fillets etc.

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

You’re welcome to your opinion. Why do you think it is best to sketch everything?

[@MrDaniell1234]

first

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Now if only there were a prize or something…….. haha

[@ballistikmnky9045]

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