Patterns and Knurling for 3D Printing - Fusion 360 - Intermediate

Patterns and Knurling in Fusion 360 for 3D Printing // By the end of this video, you’ll know how to create knurling in Fusion 360. We’ll also take a look at two other ways to create patterns around a cylinder or curved surface.
TIMESTAMPS
00:48 | Setting up user parameters
01:21 | Creating a new component
02:12 | Creating an offset construction plane
02:30 | Using the coil command
04:46 | Mirroring the coil results
05:12 | Circular pattern the coil and mirror features
05:53 | Adding a chamfer to the end of the cylinder
06:43 | Adjusting the look of the knurling pattern
08:00 | Creating a new cylinder for pattern example
08:52 | Sketching fit point spline curvature
09:36 | Projecting the spline to the cylinder surface
10:50 | Cutting out the path with the loft command
11:59 | Circular pattern the loft and fillet features
14:00 | Creating a dot pattern on a cylinder
14:57 | Rectangular pattern the dot
15:37 | Circular pattern the dots
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[@brit735]

Awesome knurling video. 1st time I’ve tried this. Very fun

[@louis-philippeyargeau2497]

Three years later, this knurling tutorial is still very appreciated. Thanks!

[@jayberz5442]

Knurling! Awesome job! Hugely helpful. Love the intermediate tutorials! Thanks Kevin!!

[@wesmatchett615]

This is such a great tutorial on knurling. I keep coming back to it and it has helped me over several years.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks so much. Appreciate you! 😎

[@kesterbelgrove818]

Always wanted to learn knurling now I know knurling. Thanks for knurling

[@kevinwong1503]

Thanks for the knurling tutorial. I appreciate how you showed various ways to create it.

[@christopherlarime4095]

Great KNURLING video. Your videos are easy to follow and straight to the point.

[@markmacherey4744]

That last example of patterning circles around a cylinder was awesome.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, Mark! Glad to hear you enjoyed the circle pattern. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@lesliekite4145]

Loving your tutorials. Learning so much the way you explain things. Thank you!!

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks for watching, Leslie! Glad to hear you're enjoying the tutorials. I appreciate you taking the time to watch. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@davemills41]

Thanks Kevin, never knew Knurling could be so easy! amazing tutorial as always.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Do you like these "intermediate" level tutorials? Check out my Intermediate Surface Modeling ➞ bit.ly/surface-playlist-int - 0:48 | Setting up user parameters 1:21 | Creating a new component 2:12 | Creating an offset construction plane 2:30 | Using the coil command 4:46 | Mirroring the coil results 5:12 | Circular pattern the coil and mirror features 5:53 | Adding a chamfer to the end of the cylinder 6:43 | Adjusting the look of the knurling pattern 8:00 | Creating a new cylinder for pattern example 8:52 | Sketching fit point spline curvature 9:36 | Projecting the spline to the cylinder surface 10:50 | Cutting out the path with the loft command 11:59 | Circular pattern the loft and fillet features 14:00 | Creating a dot pattern on a cylinder 14:57 | Rectangular pattern the dot 15:37 | Circular pattern the dots

[@justinrone2544]

Great Knurling tutorial for Fusion 360! Any time I come across something I'm hung up on in F360 I find myself coming to this channel. Thanks for the help!

[@ryan_cowan]

Great KNURLING tutorial! I especially like the KNURLING part where you showed how to make KNURLING patterns on parts that need KNURLING. Now I know how model KNURLS in 360 Fusion and do other KNURLING stuff good too. KNURLING

[@Sarwiz1]

KNURLING, this is the vid i watched many months ago when i was trying to learn knurling, and glad to have found it again. Patreon now, and long time subscriber. Keep up the great work Kevin, and THANK YOU

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks! I appreciate your support :)

[@Reno0513]

Fascinating. I can't wait to try knurling on one of my future projects. Thank you for the excellent tutorial!

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, Reno0513. Glad to hear this will be useful in future projects. I appreciate your support. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@jpurs007]

Love your videos. Learned so much from them. This is a great way to Knurl.

[@superblue5871]

Excellent Knurling Tutorial, thanks!

[@ajfreeze215]

Knurling! Nice video, thank you for posting.

[@johnparish5498]

Knurling... great video i will definitely be looking at your others! Many thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge

[@tporter23]

Great video! I would have never figured out how to do knurling like this on my own, but you show how easy Fusion 360 can do it.

[@markbolick7224]

Wonderful tutorial on knurling. Thanks!

[@jonnyjohnson5025]

I have secretly been hoping you would make a video like this!! Thank you so much! You are my favorite teacher for fusion, by far. You teach in a way that reminds me of the old digital tutors or pluralsight. Very comprehensive and knowledgable. I look forward to the advanced tutorials! fingers crossed anyway.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, Jonny! Glad to hear that and I really appreciate the kind words. I will definitely be doing more intermediate and advanced level tutorials. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@brendelish]

Nice knurling!! Love your tutorials, thank you so much for getting me and so many others started with this amazing program!

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, 906 Drones! Glad to hear you're enjoying them :)

[@michaelgreenberg5669]

Knurling! Thanks, Kevin. I can't count the number of times you saved my butt when it comes to Fusion360.

[@rydinorwin]

Awesome Knurling Tutorial, always wanted to do that!

[@solarmandave]

Great Knurling video.

[@vincesandoval1816]

Super Knurly bro! Best knurling tutorial ever!

[@user-qz3zo7bk3i]

Great tutorial on knurling. Thank you so much.

[@mtstek]

Excellent tutorial. Easy to follow video and I made it to the end. Already use some of techniques to my projects. Thanks for the good work.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, mtstek! Glad to hear you're making good use of the techniques already. Wishing you a happy new year! Cheers, Kevin :)

[@roblear6322]

Great KNURLING tutorial!

[@stephandevriesere3667]

This is a great tutorial, i was always struggling with this. Thank you for putting it online.

[@noweare1]

Knurling 3D Fusion, great job.

[@evgenyprikhodko4981]

Thanks a lot! This is just a great tutorial. I'm very excited and looking forward to create new designs using knowledge you provide :)

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, Evgeny Prikhodko. Glad to see you're learning a lot. Don't hesitate to comment if you run into any roadblocks. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@montebrown8398]

Great knurling!!! Keep up the great work!

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks for watching, Monte Brown! I really appreciate your continued support. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@bennylloyd-willner9667]

Very well-paced! I'm a beginner but had no problem following your clear and concise instructions. On many tutorials, the tutors are good but speak more like everybody watching is 100% fluent in English. Here it is extra clear so it doesn't matter I don't have English as my main language. Subbed for sure, looking forward to watching more videos! 👍

[@georgelai2810]

Thanks a lot for these amazing lessons to Knurl!

[@garysgarage101]

This was great. 3D printed a knurled cap for my shop broom with my new Bambu X1C. Great tutorial, keeping this one for sure.

[@SuperSlainer]

Knurling a really good tutorial video, actually the whole selection of videos are very good for learning :-)

[@kevinf.9954]

Clear and concise tutorial on knurling. It;s very easy to follow.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thank you for your support! ☺️

[@humzakhatri7085]

Haven't really designed or printed anything with knurling but this gave me a really good starting point, thanks.

[@StevenRosburg]

Kevin, you are such a good teacher. Thank you so much for your excellent content.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, Steven! :)

[@michaellitzkow8123]

I learned a little about creating knurls in Fusion from Paul McWhorter's videos. I have used them for 3D printer bed adjusting nuts and similar. They printed very nicely and look and feel great. You have added some ideas beyond the traditional diamond knurls commonly used by machinists. Thank you!

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks for watching, Micahel. That's great to hear you've had some successful knurling prints in the past! Keep at it! Cheers, Kevin :)

[@TD3DMakes]

Excellent tutorial on knurling. Thanks for sharing.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks for watching, ThierryDeux! Cheers, Kevin :)

[@ericklepage6755]

Wow! More that i expected. You are a great teacher. So clear and simple to follow. You realy Help us. Thanks Again! You make my day!

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, Erick! I'm happy to hear that and I really appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@xhex_3116]

Had me Knurling in minutes, great video dude!

[@ErnestGWilsonII]

Wow, thanks for creating and posting another great Fusion 360 video tutorial! For my particular current use case, I really like the first knurling example. I can't wait to see how this will turn out on a 3D printer. I was surprised for the shout-out, watching this on my Chromecast on the big screen TV as always before running through the same steps in Fusion 360 on my computer, thank you! I really hope this channel continues to thrive and as such I am of course subscribed with notifications turned on and thumbs up! Knurling in Fusion 360 and knurling for 3D printing FTW!

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, Ernest! Glad to hear you you enjoyed this one. Let me know how the print turns out with the knurling... it can take some trial and error to get the sizing right based on the object and printer settings. As always, I really appreciate your support! It means a lot to me! Cheers, Kevin :)

[@baloe1947]

Geweldige knurling tutorial

[@jb332699]

Knurling. Another great video! Thanks

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, jb332699! I appreciate your support. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@mazashayeri1411]

Love the intermediate tutorials!

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Hi, Maz. Glad to hear that... I'll definitely be doing more intermediate level tutorials. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@RodGSilva]

Thank you for the knurling pattern tutorial.

[@stoikgramadanski7401]

At 10:01 : " To cut out this shape we can create some circles on its end points and then use the Loft tool " That is how it has to be explained ! Beforehand, so the viewer knows what is going to happen... Good job, man.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, Stoik! Glad to hear you're still enjoying the lesson. Keep at it! Cheers, Kevin :)

[@MrMaximushaydos]

This has been a huge help for me as I learn Fusion 360. Thank you so much

[@tomherd4179]

Great easy to follow presentation. I have made and printed some coil knurled 3D home things, but your other examples are really interesting to me. Thanks!!

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, Tom! Glad to hear you enjoyed this one and that the other patterns may be of use to you for some future projects. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@ooprops]

you helped me complete my first knurled nut-capture for a camera mount nut!

[@erick2will]

Excellent content! Thanks!

[@supergiantbubbles]

This is really good content. Thank you.

[@elkev5145]

Thank you!!!! Exactly what I need

[@slocumdesigngroupllc.4477]

Fantastic video. Thanks!

[@petri..]

I just printed out a knob for my extruder with same pattern as you got when you set the circular value to '12'. I got the blueprint from thingiverse but now thanks to you I can create my own knurling patterns on which ever object I want, thanks a lot! 😀👍🏻

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Hi, Petri. Glad to hear this will be useful with your future projects. Knurling is always a fun thing to print out. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@brunodaherlopes]

Great knurling tutorial

[@doco6186]

Instructive knurling tutorial!

[@gvet47]

It was good to review your knurling video as I have done this before for a few control knobs and for some rotors on a manual powder measure. They all 3D printed well.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Hi, gvet47. Thanks for watching and sharing! Glad to hear you've had some great success with knurling prints before. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@leemee7538]

KNURLING. Excellent tutorial, as ever.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks for watching, lee mee! Cheers, Kevin :)

[@KirkyRC]

Kevin, if I knew half as much as you on F360 id be happy!! Great video as always thankyou 🙂

[@albavinnd]

knurling tutorial was excellent

[@curtisrogers2739]

very nice info on knurling ty

[@jamessturgeon7025]

Knurling is an unusual feature but great to know how to do it! Thanks!

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks for watching, James! Cheers, Kevin :)

[@luckylarry5112]

Nice knurling for 360

[@rjlatheart]

Knurling … Great tutorial now I can go off and add some rivets to a garden railroad steam engine projects, thanks again for doin this and sharing

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks for watching, Rich. I appreciate your support. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@xaviersilverwolf42]

Awesome tutorial alms always, i never tried modelling anything with knurling but i will sure experiment after this video.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks for watching, Xavier. Knurling is fun to play around with, especially if you have access to a 3D printer. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@tarekmustafa2525]

Awesome Video, I have learned something new watching it.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks for watching, Tarek! I'm glad you enjoyed this one. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@sauces1313]

Great video, thanks!

[@Freema1219]

Knurling! Great tutorial!!

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks for watching, Jason! Glad to hear you enjoyed this one. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@rsjbarker]

Good KNURLING toturial for Fusion 360

[@pooheadlou]

Always the best! Cheers 👍

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks for the kind words, pooheadlou! Cheers, Kevin :)

[@BrianBoniMakes]

I just spent the entire evening on your tutorial. The pattern example is a winner. I made and modified and restarted it from scratch a number of times until I was comfortable with the procedure. I had been avoiding the loft command as it often produced errors and it was easier to find another method than fix until tonight. Loft is pretty finicky but I've come up with some rules that should help me in the future. I ended up making a vase that is printing now. I had previously done some knurling on the 3D printer in the past but found the edges too sharp to comfortably grip and they also were a stringing nightmare so I avoided them but the pattern example kills the traditional knurl I had been using.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Hi, Brian. Glad to hear that this tutorial was useful. I understand what you're saying, I've had some knurling prints come out not so well... it takes a bit of fine tuning as far as the size and pattern to get them to be comfortable in a hand. Thanks for sharing. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@sharadjadhav7234]

this is awesome knurling tut...

[@sergeybob3224]

High-class work! Very useful video... Thanks a lot ! Good luck !..

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, sergey bob! Glad to hear you found this tutorial to be useful. Thanks for your support. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@CyprusNewYear2007]

Knurling -> Great Video

[@Lironah]

Nice knurling!

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, Lironah! I appreciate you watching and commenting. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@tonybell1597]

Great knurling!

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks for watching, Tony! Cheers, Kevin :)

[@onepairofhands]

cool knurling

[@jacobposs1925]

Nice knurling bro ;) I'm totally a fan of your work.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks for watching, JacobPoss! I'm glad to hear you're enjoying the tutorials so far. Don't hesitate to comment if you run into any roadblocks. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@adityavarma7366]

Knurling , great video bro

[@MikeySan5127]

Outstanding. I learned a lot.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Glad to hear that! Note that you can do some patterns around the cylinders with the new Emboss command. I demo wrapping a maze for a puzzle box here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2PQhZljgZqlhKc

[@pavalige]

I printed a small vice that had knurling on the screw part :) Thanks for your tutorial.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks for sharing, pavalige. Knurling always works great with screws or nuts/bolts. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@selfsynth]

Gnarly knurling bruh, thanks

[@kelvink8955]

One of your best videos yet, or maybe it's that I've learnt so much from your videos along the way that I'm catching up with you and really getting to grips with Fusion thanks to all your videos. I have to say that everything is falling into place now and I'm blown away with the progress I've made in Fusion 360 these last few weeks. The knurling tutorial is brilliant, I'm going to see if I can take it and try and model a tyre tread as I'm currently modelling up a design that would look so much better with more detail and would be great to have as separate components I can add in from my own library as you've referred to in this tutorial. I'd also like to see if I can pattern some grills which are curved surfaces as I think some of the points you've mentioned here in this video will work there too. Let's see how I get on and thanks Kevin for all your superb tutorials along the way. Well worth subscribing to.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, Kelvin! It has been a pleasure to see you continue to tackle the tutorial projects and to implement the ideas in your own projects. I'm very thankful for your support... it keeps me going! Keep at it! Cheers, Kevin :)

[@user-oj4qm1mb4c]

Easy to learn from you!

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thank you! Happy modeling 😊

[@johnlafferty5032]

I'll be knurling more features in future projects. Great to increasing a glued surface in a 3d print.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Great tip with the glueing aspect, John! Thanks for sharing this. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@adambergendorff2702]

excellent video on knurling

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks for watching, Adam! I appreciate your support. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@gabriellebourke7075]

Very interesting.....keen to give knurling a go in Fusion 360. Thanks

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, Gabrielle! I'm glad you found this tutorial to be interesting. Knurling and patterns in general are fun to play with. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@Jick_Channel]

Really helpful!

[@laytonpratt]

Nice Knurling

[@risaoram]

helpful knurling video

[@kjax7322]

Stellar content

[@mgrenell]

Thank you!

[@kenchang3456]

Very interesting tutorial. Thanks :-)

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks for watching, Ken! Cheers, Kevin :)

[@RMrm55555]

Nice tutorial. Thanks.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks for watching, RM! Cheers, Kevin :)

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u rock dude