Model O-ring Grooves in a Box with Dividers - Fusion 360 Tutorial -

[@jeffreywarrenpark9149]

Thank you, Lars! These tutorials have really been helping me, a lot. Being that most software companies no longer offer printed manuals, (and, disturbingly, some don't even include digital help-files either), anymore, this series of videos has been a much welcome lifeline for using Fusion 360. So, again, THANK YOU!!!

[@cadcamstuff]

You are so very welcome :-) Thank you for watching!

[@ColinM9991]

I've recently started with your video series as I'm going through a process of learning Fusion 360. The biggest issue with watching older videos, as others have said, is that the software development process has obviously progressed to improve the overall UX. Though in all cases so far, it has been easy to quickly adapt. Furthermore, it's great to see videos like this where you encounter an issue, as you did with the fillets, to show that the process isn't always plain sailing. Many thanks for your years of dedication to helping train curious viewers like myself.

[@rufustoad1]

Im in the same boat. Not being able to ask questions is a huge issue as well. Good luck learning.

[@benpatto10]

The slice tool in the sketch pallette is awesome! Can't believe I've never noticed it before! I learnt a lot in this stream, thanks Lars!

[@cadcamstuff]

Hi benpatto10 Thank you for watching! Right, I never used it either until someone actually asked what it did. Have an awesome day! Best, Lars

[@pinhead1304]

Ive learned more from this one video than all the other fusion videos ive seen where they try to explain it all in so much detail you forget it. Amazing stuff thank you.

[@albertoc.9009]

Not simple, but with a little knowledge of fusion, and a little reasoning, the concept is explained clearly and effectively. thank you very much

[@CasualInventor]

Last year it took me nearly 3 days to model a flight case like this one in Solidworks. You manage to do it in Fusion 360 in a few minutes. I am impressed sir.

[@cadcamstuff]

That is awesome to hear Adam Ward .Thank you for watching the videos

[@FENATECH]

Hi Lars, Another great video. I wanted to ask when would you roll back the History Marker to make a change versus just going back and editing the specific feature directly without rolling the History marker back? I ask as I have seen in your video as well as others times when both are done but I am not clear as to why or when you would have to use one over the other.

[@cadcamstuff]

Hi FENATECH Thank you for watching! That is a great question! I don't think I follow a specific pattern. But, If you just need to go back and edit a specific feature, you can just edit it. When you scroll the timeline bar, it could be because you want to roll back before a specific section to add something. Hope this makes sense. Best, Lars

[@FENATECH]

So if I understand you correctly, Rolling Back allows me to add a new sketch, body, etc to the design and inserts it into the timeline at that specific point. Where as, Going Back and editing a specific feature could be simply making a change to a dimension or the radius of a fillet?

[@nanashadrackboakye8235]

im in China now and i had to wake up early to watch your live stream vid........ Lars by far you are the best.....xiexie

[@cadcamstuff]

Wow, that is awesome :-) Thank you so much for watching!!

[@knownman5268]

I really appreciate your videos. These have helped me create my own designs with Fusion 360. Thank you so much!

[@quiglag]

Lars, how do you measure the groove so you buy the correct length o-ring?

[@jps-ib8vh]

I do not know how Lars would do that but I tried Inspect / Measure selecting the O-ring body. This delivers the area to calculate back the length of the cylinder. Alternatively you look into properties of the component O-ring

[@cadcamstuff]

+1 Johannes That is exactly what I also would do. Best, Lars

[@TalDotan]

You are doing a grteat job Lars! Thanks!

[@dgretlein]

Always helpful and worth learning. Very much appreciated. Thanks! I hadn’t realized there is a hierarchy top down rule, or modeling up. Meaning name the lower component Box because it is on the bottom.

[@PatrickPetersen]

Verdensklasse video! Det her er den første video jeg har set om Fusion, og jeg føler allerede jeg kan det mest essentielle for at kunne lave simple modeller til 3D print.

[@johnmarshall2660]

Brilliant...I wanted to re- make a box on my 3D printer, I bought a plastic box which was 200 x 120 x 60mm deep but wanted extra 40mm on depth (100mm) re-modeled in Fusion, but, there was a 1mm lip on top of box as there was an "o" ring in the lid couldn't find a way of doing that was going to leave until i saw your video ... worked like a dream...Brilliant...John UK

[@cadcamstuff]

That is awesome to hear John Marshall .Glad you found the solution. Thank you for watching the videos

[@ianbertenshaw4350]

Cool now i can design and 3D print my own tackle boxes ! I'm only fairly new to cad and even newer to fusion but your videos are teaching me so many things and how easy fusion is to use ! I was using turbocad 17 but once i tried fusion 360 i don't think i could even bother playing with TC17 again ! I seem to find doing the fillet operation last seems to be easier for me anyway . Thanks Lars for another ( of many ) superb tutorials !

[@cadcamstuff]

That is awesome to hear ian bertenshaw .Thank you for watching the videos

[@Sugarbank_ME]

Best fusion tutorials I've found so far.Thanks mate

[@cadcamstuff]

You are so very welcome 👍😊

[@dadmezz4024]

Lars. The indent didn't work for me in the newest version. Web also changed; now found in solid; can't execute from there. Must re=select the sketch, select each line, go back to web, select depth flip extrude direction. then finish. Much more complicated now.

[@timorum]

Hi, Im also having trouble with new version and making the floating rectangle grove "colinear" with top face using slice function, no option to select top plane

[@abdultairu]

You are the best man! I am a rookie in the world of 3D modeling but found all your tricks really useful. Do you have a book that you can recommend?

[@robertmingliang]

Thank u so much for your tutorial. Every single tutorial you made, makes 3D drawing much easier for me.

[@kennethwhyte2210]

This is a good video for learning some of the functions and answered questions I had... Like how to have different thicknesses when using the shell command... Good work lars. I have a question though, I did a sketch I meant to put on the centre plane but instead did it on the face/edge of the box, how would I move that sketch to the centre plane without deleting and redrawing?

[@cadcamstuff]

Hi Kenneth Whyte Thank you for watching! You might like this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5bNg6VjjphkbZY Hope this is helpful. BEst, Lars

[@robertelstad6602]

Repeating and learning something new every time. Great job!

[@TheOldDavidh]

your a great teacher. . . . thanks for what you do. . .

[@hjyoutube-x1v]

excellent video. great refresher of tips and tricks.

[@cadcamstuff]

That is awesome to hear Hardy Jones .Thank you for watching the videos

[@That_03miata]

Did you ever do the lid? If you did could you drop the link for that video?

[@rikets9725]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIucqqulnqufp6s

[@jackbryan5851]

Nice! Always wondered what the Web tool did. Appreciate the thought process comments you add to the videos. Always end up learning something from these streams.

[@cadcamstuff]

That is awesome to hear Jack Bryan .Thank you for watching the videos

[@tomherd4179]

As a beginner this video was SUPER helpful, one of, no the best I have seen - Thanks!! I was doing what you were doing and taking notes as well. One thing came out different - I got an "Orange Line" over my entire time line with 2 time items having a Blue Line over then (the original browser BOX and later on the Sketch on the box bottom for making the dividers), not yellow, but orange and no time segment was highlighted. I also had to "flip" the direction in the WEB feature to make it work.

[@cadcamstuff]

Hi Tom Herd Thank you for watching! Hmm, I am not sure what would cause that. My thought was that you had Component Color Toggle on and that is why your timeline had different colors, but I can re-produce that. I guess as long as you got it to work :-) Best, Lars

[@unlocker92]

i think they are many tutorial out there but you are the best teacher and easy to understand for new user to 3d

[@cadcamstuff]

Thank you Wan V Really appreciate that! Best, Lars

[@DmonchilD78]

Awesome video. Is it possible to add a pieces plexiglass to keep the content in place as well as adding a lid

[@drewx10]

Sweet design guide! I appreciate the help!

[@cadcamstuff]

Thank you drewx10

[@ratimus2000]

Bloody brilliant! Wish I'd found fusion and your video's years ago Lars. Much appreciated. :)

[@cadcamstuff]

Thank you

[@ratimus2000]

@@cadcamstuff Just one thing, bearing in mind I'm very new to fusion, when I try to add the little offset @ 9:50, then try and dimension it, after adding the 3mm dimension, then trying to add the angle, I get a warning saying 'adding this dimension will over constrain the sketch, choose OK to add a driven dimension' and there is no blue box to type into. I've no idea why, or what the second part means.

[@hrishikeshb]

My first thought to model the O-ring would have been to place a sketch on the top flat edge of the container. I would've then projected the edges and then offset them to the appropriate amount and then just extruded them in the negative. I like your way better though. Its simple and fast. Thanks this was helpful.

[@cadcamstuff]

That is awesome to hear HPB1980 . Yes, Always different ways to do the same thing. Thank you for watching the videos

[@ivyyang5959]

Thanks for making this video, it helped me so much

[@StevenVoSG]

Really good tutorial Lars! Learnt a lot from your videos.

[@GeorgeKhatiashvili]

HI Lars! With my 2020 the web can't be complete, but I went alternative way. I made the cavities with extruded 2 point rectangles.

[@cadcamstuff]

Happy you got it to work :-) Thank you for watching

[@grelstkoning9373]

Same problem but I just changed depth options to ``to next´´ and then flip direction, this all inside the web settings... this works 2020

[@KosherPorky]

@@grelstkoning9373 yep figured this out as well

[@grelstkoning9373]

@@KosherPorky forgot all about this but episodes like these really helped me to understand fusion.

[@sunpeter8260]

Thank you so much again, Lars! You are a great teacher!

[@cadcamstuff]

Awesome to hear👍😊 Thank you for watching

[@vishaldhayalan2974]

Hi, I'm new to fusion 360 and your videos are really good to learn from. Thank you! When you press Q for press/pull how does it automatically got to an orthographic kinda view? Mine just stays there and i have to orbit.

[@vishaldhayalan2974]

Having some problems... the web command to create divisions are not working as shown. I don't get the blue arrow pointing upwards, its always to the side (parallel to plane) and when I pull it, it just creates a flat face. I have tried flip direction in the tool settings but get this error: The Rib can not be created. Ensure profile curve can intersect body, or flip the direction.

[@vishaldhayalan2974]

Got it! Looks like i wasn't sketching on the face but on the plane...

[@cadcamstuff]

Hi Vishal Dhayalan Thank you for watching! I am happy you figured it out. Best, LArs

[@AlexConstantinou]

I'm guessing the Offset tool wasn't a thing back in 2018? Creating the cut out for the o-ring could be achieved a lot easier be sketching an offset from each perimeter line.

[@gasfiltered]

Autodesk has had offset since at least the 1990s. There are a few reasons you wouldn't want to use offset for something like an o-ring groove, unless you are super religious about being strictly parametric. In this case, if you did an offset and then the accountants came back and said to make that top 7.8mm instead of 8mm so we can save $0.000002/case, you run the risk of the groove size getting moved around. O-ring grooves typically have some very specific geometry as well, rather than just square. By having that geometry already modeled in the sweep profile, you avoid having to go back and add it to the square groove you cut with an offset. Lastly, he said this was to be sort of an introduction to using sweep. I would have constrained the center of the groove profile to the center of the groove face rather than a dim from the edge, but otherwise this is a good way to do it.

[@drpipe]

Tried the web com x4... Turns out that you have to click flip on mine to work...is that the view that's confusing it ?

[@cadcamstuff]

Hi Berkeley Jones Thank you for watching! Glad you figured out getting the web done

[@jacksat2252]

Thanks Lars, a small project but full of useful tips.👍 👍 👍

[@cadcamstuff]

That is awesome to hear Jacksat .Thank you for watching the videos

[@metsavend112]

Im quite new to this,but wouldnt it be easier to select the mid part,add offset to middle,midplane along path and then square and extrude with sweep?

[@abdullahraihanbhuiyan2346]

Awesome tutorial! I feel like Fillet should be added at the last step! Thanks!

[@paulbailey1399]

Newbie question - why does my work space look different, i have create instead of model and i don't have a sketch section. Also when you have created the box you press q and your box rotates to an angle so you can view the extrusion unfortunate mine does not its stays flat so i have to rotate the origin to see it.

[@brk2241]

same here

[@brk2241]

same here

[@jflugum]

Will you be talking about snap fit tomorrow?

[@cadcamstuff]

I did, well, at least my best attempt on some kind of snap lock on the lid.....:-) Love you feedback if you get a chance to watch. Best, Lars

[@makingtechsense126]

As I watch the video I keep trying to click the Like button again but I can only Like the video once.

[@barrywheeler8413]

Hi Lars, I know this is an old video now but out of interest how would you work out what size oring would fit in the grove. As obviously they are round (length that is not CSA)

[@charlesarnold4963]

Just seen this. I too would like to know how to specify the O-ring please.

[@KellyCJones]

Fairly new to Fusion 306. I modeled a drawer assy similar to the one you did. I now want to generate an independent copy of the entire assy, but to now avail. I tried copy and paste new, but the new copy still affects the other copy when the new component is changed. It is not unique or independent. Is there another way to make an independent copy of and individual component and/or an assy? I also tried making a new component from the parent and dragging the other components into that one to eliminate clutter in the outline tree but couldn't do that either. Can you give some help on these? Thanks..

[@firemanreal]

Hi! Just paste it as "paste new" and not as "paste", so it will generate an independent copy of it and any new changes will not affect each other. I hope it helps.

[@KellyCJones]

Thanks, I did that (paste new) but it did not create an independent copy. So when I made a change to the component, the other one changed too. Maybe it had some constraints that prevented the original component from becoming and independent one?? If so I don't know how to see and delete those constraints.

[@cadcamstuff]

Hi Kelly C. Jones Thank you for watching! +Fred Kelly, check out this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2bJpqx7Zs91hpo Hope this is helpful. Best, Lars

[@KellyCJones]

Thanks for all your informative videos. I understand about copy and paste new, but when I selected the first component in a drawer assy (with dovetails) and did the copy and paste new, it did not make an independent copy....very frustrating as to why.

[@naci.kucukkaya]

Thank you Lars...Learnt a lot...

[@maxbursell3513]

where did you get that t-shirt from?

[@Mark_5150]

I didn't know you could make groups in the timeline, nice tip, thanks!

[@cadcamstuff]

You are so very welcome :-) Thank you for watching!

[@3dprintwiz378]

Hi Lars, Just wanted to ask if I wanted to make a box with removable inside partitions, how do I go about designing the removable partition. The web feature automatically make same solid, it would be good to have an option to have a separate body after web operation.

[@tewilkerson5814]

Thanks Lars! New stuff I learned - Webs and more ways to apply sweep.

[@cadcamstuff]

You are so very welcome :-) Thank you for watching!

[@rossk7927]

I'll try to catch part 2 live but in case I don't... I would expect to need to design the groove to fit some existing o-ring length, not be just some arbitrary length. I realize using a cut gasket would simplify this but the title is "o-ring" ;)

[@cadcamstuff]

Hi Ross K Thank you for watching! I have never designed something for a specific o-ring length. You can easily order this stuff in whatever length you need. Or, as I have done one low quantity part. Cut to length and then good old super clue. Best, Lars

[@edwardsnow6428]

Lars I would love to see you do some tutorials with the woodworker in mind. Furniture and Cabinet building and or some small woodworking projects. I'm part of a woodworking team that are trying to transition from Sketchup to Fusion 360 and we are having some difficulty with the transition. Any help you could give would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[@markscheiner3952]

Edward Snow Edward did you see Jay Bates did a good one as did DN Handcrafted both specifically aimed at furniture makers.

[@edwardsnow6428]

Hi Mark I did see Jay Bates video but not the DN Handcrafted video. Jay's video is good but it doesn't go into explaining all the moves he makes and why he is making them like all of Lar's videos. Lar explains every move he is making in Fusion 360 in a slow and methodical manner that allows a new user to better understand his moves. I will check the DN Handcrafted video ....... Mark, thanks for the info! Ed

[@markscheiner3952]

I agree Ed that Lars is a superb teacher. Largely responsible for most of what I've learnt over the last year or so. If you are looking for more click on my name and it should show you a bunch of KZbin playlists, one of which is called Fusion. Mainly Lars's stuff but a few more that might be of interest to you, including a Roubo workbench build. Happy to help if you ever have any furniture making Fusion questions. Best Mark

[@cadcamstuff]

Thank you so much for the kind words guys! I will try to be a better woodworker myself so I can provide more content :-) Have a great weekend! Best, Lars

[@ChrisSheaffer]

Great tips Lars!

[@cadcamstuff]

Thank you Chris Sheaffer

[@christophe8426]

good creation and useful tips for this part one of two .

[@cadcamstuff]

That is awesome to hear chris tophe .Thank you for watching the videos

[@christophe8426]

in the life we never stop learning . that's why it's always good to have good tutorials.

[@PFBNS]

what is the device on the back, the one with a screen, metal finish ?

[@tdg911]

That is the controller for Haas CNC machines

[@bronsonbarnhart8085]

I'm new to Fusion 360. Instead of a sweep for the O ring, could he have done a shell? Thanks in advance.

[@koenvanderrijt5244]

cool stuff lars! thanks

[@petersiekierski4249]

so how do we go about ensuring that grove we make is the correct size for a standard size o-ring

[@442jetmech]

The best resource is the Parker O-ring Handbook. For each oring material they sell, the publish the dimensions of the male and female part for static or dynamic sealing. It's best to pick an available oring and design your part to the grove dimensions they spec.

[@TheLogneo]

Im Right if i do this...?...move the external swept feature you do, before the first fillet feature you do, so you dont have to redo all the fillets

[@cadcamstuff]

Hi Christian T Thank you for watching! I think that would be perfect!

[@stlife3001]

Thank you very much. Very cool videos. Thank you.

[@WilkoVehreke]

Great video and a good example why you should do fillets and chamfers as late as possible ;-)

[@cadcamstuff]

Thank you Wilko Vehreke

[@ChinaAl]

Wow! this is so cool. I got to make this box, so video on my iPad and Fusion360 on my iMac tomorrow or Friday.

[@blackburd]

It's interesting doing these videos 4 or 5 years later after the developers have changed some core functions of the software, like the fact that the shell command no longer likes it when you do this, it fails. For me, I would rather filet the sketch in the beginning than after the extrude. Can't filet the corners of a center rectangle to 12 for some reason though.

[@cadcamstuff]

I wonder if it's because it would not be able to hold constant thickness if your sketch has the 12 radius. Everything has to solve in the end.

[@huyphan9303]

I like it,thank you so much

[@cadcamstuff]

You are so very welcome :-) Thank you for watching!

[@menasadek9398]

very nice sir, thank you.

[@drpipe]

Sorry great content Lars thanks again.

[@cadcamstuff]

You are so very welcome :-) Thank you for watching!

[@AlbertoSerranoNarvaez]

Hi Lars! Thanks for your great work. Could you make a video some day explaining how to design a box that can be nested and stacked? Like those used to transport fish It would be very useful for me!

[@cadcamstuff]

Hi Alberto Serrano Thank you for watching! That would be a great topic. I will try to get that on the list for next week

[@AlbertoSerranoNarvaez]

Lars Christensen thank you!!! ❤

[@htimst1967]

Does anyone else notice themselves commentating their own modeling since watching some of Lars videos?

[@o1ecypher]

Thank you

[@cadcamstuff]

You are so very welcome :-) Thank you for watching!

[@JD-kf2ki]

I don't know why your videos' quality is getting lower gradually. Couple years ago used to be 1080p, but now 720p. Kinda devolution instead. :)

[@cadcamstuff]

Make sure you check the gear icon in the lower right of your window. KZbin will lower the resolution if they sense an unstable connection

[@sinuhevaltari706]

@@cadcamstuff I don't think that's the issue. I am getting the same problem, but in the resolution list - 720p is the max we can get for this video - not a problem for your most recent clips.

[@ziomalZparafii]

To be honest, even at 720p it looks like 320p (for live video, screen capture seems ok). I would assume it's Lars's camera that is not that sharp as we would expect. All his streams seems to be out of focus and blurry. But as long as screen is sharp I don't mind seeing blurry face talking ;-)

[@StudioMaximilianPruefer]

thanks man!

[@VoeViking]

Thank you.

[@jaafryousef1495]

merci beaucoupe

[@dudanken]

Cool Tips :D

[@cadcamstuff]

Thank you Antonio Catani

[@hue008x]

Another winner!!!!!

[@cadcamstuff]

Thank you hue008x

[@DaveWard-xc7vd]

Last steps should be Fillet Shell Create dividers A lot less work.

[@gozzzart2450]

THNK YOU FOR WORK YOU ARE DOING & THANK AUTODESK TO PROVIDED THE FACILITY I AM JUST VERY HAPPY FIND AUTO DESK SOON I WILL PROMOTE AUTODESK & WITH FUSION 360 JUST I NEED TO LEARN SO I NEED HELP WITH A PRODUCT I HAVE IN MY MIND. I NEED TO TALK TO SOME 1 TO CREAT PROTOTYPE I THINK ARDUINO ABLE TO HELP A LOT AS WELL. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IS AUTODESK INTERESTED AS I BELIEVE THIS PROJECT WILL GIVE GOOD RETURNS ONCE GET TO MARKET PLUS MANY OTHERS. AGAIN THANK YOU.

[@cadcamstuff]

Hi Gozz Zart Thank you for watching! Autodesk are happy to provide the software. For creating the prototypes and products there are a lot of companies that can help. Try something like protolabs.com BEst, Lars

[@wardnelson1305]

Do you see new comments?

[@pedramsamieyan7836]

Awesome

[@SeattleRingHunter]

Than you so much!! Cheers, #SeattleRingHunter

[@maynardsmith413]

Maynard Smith, Your Video is very helpful in me learning Fusion 360. I'm and experience Cad user; Pro/e, and Solidworks.

[@Z06Fred]

aaaah flip direction on the web:)

[@StephenBoyd21]

140! Pow.

[@lombat]

you great ..

[@markusjohansson159]

Its hard.

[@elve44]

Very good tutorial but for someone who does not speak your language you speak too much

[@Waltkat]

I really appreciate your tutorials but sometimes as a beginner it's hard to follow along because you will say to do a particular thing and then you'll do it but you don't tell us what exactly it is you did to accomplish the task. I then have to pause the video, rewind, watch again trying to see where your mouse cursor is when you did what you did and then start just randomly pressing mouse and keyboard buttons trying to guess what you just did. Highly frustrating at times.