I’ve been using calipers for 15 years and never thought about zero’ing the diameters of the pin to get on-center distance 😳 Nice trick

To get rid of that roughness on the overhang replace the big fillet with a 45 degree chamfer and then smooth the transitions with fillets. Looks almost identical but without the roughness-inducing overhang angle.

I'd recommend adding in all fundemental features (holes included) prior to applying fillets so you can roll back all of those curvy features to make modifications to core geometry and add in new features after the fact with ease. Modeling on complex and curved surfaces causes lots of unnecessary difficulty especially on more complex parts.

This is class, being able to see the whole process from idea, to CAD model, through to the slicer and out of the 3D printer. Cannot tell you how long I've been waiting for someone to show the entire thing from start to finish. Nice office, too.

Long time listener, first time caller. I'm self taught in F360. Spring of 2020 was when I first picked it up, and I'm always learning new things. This one video had me swearing out loud over how simple you did some of the things I go through significant effort to complete. Extrude from surface/object from a single sketch? No thank you. I'll just create a new sketch on that surface and copy/paste the edges into the new sketch. Holes? Edit the original sketch and draw a circle. Then extrude through it. Doing things the stupid way all this time, and you just blew my mind. I love your videos, your voice is great for voiceover work, your knowledge is next level, and your sense of humor is akin to mine. If I wasn't already subscribed, I'd subscribe again.

Slick! That tip about zeroing the cap screw head then measuring to get the centers is gold!

I love how your content is so varied. I have a huge problem with floating between interests in the shop, and your channel having a nice mix of topics is such a nice thing to look forward to every weekend.

I really appreciate all of the CAD content. I don't use Fusion, because of the rapacious pricing, but the great thing about all parametric CAD packages is that, if you can use one, you can use any of them with minimal effort. I can translate your design process and intent into the package I use with no problem, and I've learned a ton in the process. Thanks!

James, thank you so much for your F360 tutorials! Your tuts are not only useful items but your teaching/illustration style is some of the best. Please keep ‘em coming.

That center to center measurement trick is so handy! I also use it for internal features 🤑

Important note: *ALWAYS* add fillets and chamfers *AFTER* all your sketching, extrusion, etc.. Fillets and chamfers should always be the last thing you add to your model. Otherwise Fusion gets angry and can throw errors if you try to change your model and there are fillets/chamfers in the middle of the timeline.

F360 takes a bit of training to get proficient with it, but once you get the hang of it, you appreciate how powerful it is and what new windows of creativity it can open, aka 3D printing to analysis and CNC. KZfaq content like yours and others for F360 training makes getting up to speed so much easier for new users.

Great tips. I appreciate how clear your explanation of the process is.

this was an awesome video, very basic, but showed a lot of valuable info. the caliper zeroing trick was slick. thanks for sharing!👊

This is quite a coincidence. I just designed my own headphones hanger for the exact same reasons approximately two weeks ago. My initial design idea was extremely similar to yours, including screw placement. I instead went with a boxier design where both screws go through the back behind the headphones at a slight downward angle, and I left a hole in the front of the hanger to pass a screwdriver through for the bottom screw. My headphones have a fairly large pad, so I made the front wall fairly tall to hold the plastic part in. My design is symmetrical, and I had wanted more curvature like yours, but some thin areas of the print made filleting hard. I still got some rounding on all the edges of course. The interesting and challenging part of my design is that my headphones are flat one the front of the band and have a curve like a banana on the back side. So I wanted the back of my holder to be flat and the front to match the curvature of the band. I wasn't sure how to accomplish this, so I actually dabbled with 3D sketching in Fusion 360 for the first time. There were definitely some interesting challenges with it. I learned a lot. Ended up using the surface modeling features of Fusion a lot where I would create a shape completely from sketch lines in 3D including curved lines and then patch them until there were no holes. I then had to use the stitch command to make it into a solid object like usual. I learned some nifty tricks from your vid I def could have used too. Thanks!

7:10 holy crap I didn't know you could do that. I've been either drawing multiple sketches (when I didn't need to), or projecting geometry onto a new sketch.

Smooth curves are exactly what I need to work on in fusion 360. Perfect timing for me. Thanks love the videos and how you show the CAD to the parts you make.

Right away, 1:48 I learned something super useful that I never considered. Maybe I need to watch a "how to use calipers" tool because there are probably lots of things I hadn't considered.

I've been using fusion for about 4 years purely as a hobbyist, and you've taught me two things here that I wasn't aware of, the hole tool for screw sizes and with space for the bolt head!!, how have I missed that. And also extrude from body, that will save me extruding 100mm then cutting 95mm ! Thank you!

I audibly signed at the "one weird trick" part but I knew you wouldn't let me down. Oddly enough, I learned more from your other tips than your mention of the fillet tool. Calculating the distance 1:40 - 2:07 for example. TOTALLY makes sense but..for someone who is a "learn as you go" kind of engineer...well...these things don't just come to you. All that being said. Thanks for the video hopefully I can find a way this knowledge on!

As a relative noobie to fusion 360, this is gold dust! Thank you 😊. Ive just designed my own, by using your excellent info... similar idea, but with a horizontal mounting bar, as its going into the edge of a 1" thick desktop.

Thank you for making 3D design so approachable. Your videos have helped me feel more confident at making my own designs!

Get rid of that seam, when ther is no need for it by disabeling (Z hob) "retract when layer change" in Printer settings under Extruder. You'll only have seams that make sense from there on.. switching between models for example Cheers and thank you for the spot on tutorial!

Awesome explanation. Subscribed thank you

Love this video. With a little more practice I was able to make my own version of the stand.

you make it look so easy. thank you!

Nicely explained as usual.

This was great thank you

Nice ! Thanks for the tricks.

Excellent video, thank you.

Thank you for this! Love this content!

Watching your process in F360 is informative and inspiring! I’m still new and can stumble through a design, but this is super helpful.

Thanks for the change up on intro and showing your computer work space!

As a self taught (stumbling) Fusion user, your videos teach me along with pushing me to continue my quest of learning the software…thank you for sharing

That looks really nice James. Just one tip from me, you can switch your 3d mouse into a 2d mouse for sketches, I find it a lot easier to look straight on a sketch. I use one of the two custom buttons to switch from 3d to 2d.

So many good nuggets of information in here about fusion 360 workflow. Thank you!

Love this kind of content

Great tutorial! Learned a few new things to try. Thanks for sharing!

Yes, Fillet function is your friend when you want smooth flowing transitions between faces like that. Granted I'm sure you know this James but in case not, and for others who don't, you can do that same center to center trick without the bolts by using the ID blades of the calipers in the holes themselves, ID measure the hole, Zero calipers, then just measure outer edge to outer edge between the two holes with the ID blades. Also what a lot people don't know is that this direct measurement trick only works correctly by itself if the two features are the same side (Same ID or OD depending on which way you do it). With that said, there is a pretty simple way to still do it when they aren't the same diameter. Simply measure each diameter, extrapolate the radius of each and then add the two radiuses together and zero the calipers at that number, then you can measure the center to center just as you would. Example, say that you have two round features, one 6mm and the other, say a 10mm. just add the radius of each (obviously 3 and 5 for this example) and open the calipers to that size and then zero them and measure just as you would

Excellent

Beyerdynamics, nice. I had a pair of those for my office.

Thanks for having your 'assistant' turn on my lights too 😂😂😂...

Couple awesome little tips I just learned! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Just want to thank you because I had no idea it highlighted the trouble area in red when trying to filet.

as a novice, it's really cool watching some of these things that probably seem so simple to you. i didn't even know about the point option, much less the m6 pre-cuts for hole. thanks for the tips you didn't know you were providing in this video!

More Fusion 360 Videos Please! Excellent Learning Video.

brilliant caliper trick!

Kudos for explaining in simpler terms how to smooth rough prints, also the clearence option for metric holes in fusion is amazing, i didn't knew you could do that, just impressive how knowing to properly use the tools can make 3D modelling so fast.

James, when you are not busy we must get together and do a Vulcan Mind Mold, so I can obtain your CAD and Engineering knowledge. I'm a 65-year-old electronics tech(ret) and would love to do high-tech engineering stuff like you do. I was born too soon. Keep up the great videos I really enjoy them.🔫

this was so informative. and perfect timing considering i've just designed a headphone hanger with much more rudimentary skills lol. upping the gameeeee

Thank you! I’ve been wanting to see your method and also which mice you like to use when in Fusion360. I learned a few things from your concise tutorial even tho I’ve been using it for 2 years.

James, another thank you! I just used this tutorial to make my own headphone hook, although with a different mounting method. Your video made it all make sense and I've learned some valuable new Fusion techniques. Please keep this type of content coming.

Thanks, I love your F360 videos, they really help me understand it better.

Nice to watch people design a functional part. Fusion (with the name change this is going to make searching a pain), is agonizing to get right, when you do.. its simple. But it take practice. And thats why its nice to watch someone finish a part, the build guitars are great as well.

"One weird trick". This has got to be my most despised phrase! Glad to see you were just making fun! Love your videos! Wish I knew 1/100th about Fusion 360 as you!

This was fantastic, some great tip and tricks here

Great trick on the center finding

Thanks for the tangent chain tip! 👍🏼

I picked up a couple little tricks, much appreciated!

Thanks!

I love doing this trick. Came in real handy when I had to design an engine for my Solidworks class last year.

Another great video James. I really appreciate how you walk through and explain all the steps. Thanks again!

Great video.

Nice!

Thanks James. These practical tutorials are perfectly edited and are such a joy to watch and learn from. I always pick up at least one trick I didn’t know, and every time that new trick is another game changer for me in my designs. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Awesome...Ive been himming and hawwing for months now, I might just have to break down and order the Bambu carbon, the parts are beautiful. Youre the first guy who has actually added the printer screen to the video, love it. Thank you.

Really love the Fusion 360 tutorial vids! I’ve learned a lot from these. TY

Nice tutorial. I love these short ~ 15 min. tutorials. Even with my almost 20 years of CAD experience with different packages, there are always some of this little things that I pick up while watching them 👍 Putting the holes in before applying the fillets is one option but having too much geometry may interfere with putting on more complex fillets. Putting the holes in before applying the large fillet on the top would most likely have limited the size of the fillet.

Nice tutorial. I'm a caveman when it comes to Fusion...brute force, multiple sketches, etc. I don't know 99% of the techniques you used here. I could have gotten this with 3 or 4 different sketches, and about 8 hours. Honestly, I'd LOVE many many more of these Fusion vids! You do a much better job of explaining things than most of the "Tutorial" vids, even those that are "For absolute beginners" because those tend to be "well, you already know 3D modeling, we'll skip all of that and model this Jet Turbine, and since everything is intuitively obvious, you just use the 300 tools we've never discussed and look at that, Robert is your mother's brother, it's done!". Sorry, way too many of these "tutorials" are exactly like that. I've used your tool holder video techniques so many times now. LOVE it...simple, a bit time consuming, and a bit tedious, but it just works! :) Thanks James!

Loving the making a point to help with dimension tip

I like the style of design instructions with calling out the shortcuts.

Really enjoyed your tutorial of the design process for this part in Fusion 360! Would love to see some more!!

thanks I love Fusion and I always learn something new from your videos on Fusion. Oh and thanks for saying "Hey Google" and setting my google home unit into a panic trying to turn on my lights lololol

Wow i love these videos .. I learned a lot! Thank you and keep them coming please 😊

Thank you for showing the finished product at the beginning of the video. 🏆

Thanks for this video, I'm a beginner designing things, best.

Thanks for sharing this. Fusion to me is like when I learned Photoshop so long ago. Nothing is really _hard_ but it isn't exactly intuitive either what tools to use when. I've enjoyed all your videos for what you make but I've especially enjoyed when you take the time to work through your Fusion design process. Thanks again.

Already knew to do smooth edges but i learned everything else shortcuts dimensions fixing error while smooting Thanks

Greetings from Argentina, congratulations for the videos

Wow, been using Fusion 360 for the last few years and I learnt so many tricks by just watching this short 15 minute walkthrough. I have found ways to get Fusion to eventually do what I wanted but now with some of these steps I will be able to do it more easily. New subscriber!!

huge fan of PC here, I've printed nylon for some automotive engine bay stuff, because it has a slightly higher heat tolerance, but the shiny indestructible rigidity of PC just feels so much better. It doesn't need a fancy nozzle or composite fillings to be rigid either. If you get to trying different build plates, I've found that PC prints extremely well on an FR4 plate. It sticks so well that you can see an indentation in the plate where it was after printing.

I’ve been using fusion for years and only know I’m learning about the Hole feature ! (And also the trick with the calipers!!) Crazy content, thank you !

Super helpful i always wondered how this is achieved. ❤

For overhangs, chamfers are a better way to go to avoid needing support. However, it didn't come out that bad and it's not really a visible portion.

Thank you James, for another outstanding video. Your instructional style is excellent-Thank you✅👍

Beyerdynamic DT-990 headphones, my favorite!😺

I, a FreeCAD user, almost shed tears watching all those fillets actually work.

that bambulab mouse design is soo good. just printed it too ❤

Commenting for the algorithm gods 👍👍

I think the photo of you in this video's thumbnail would make a great channel profile picture.

Looking at the office wall, I now have an heighten sense that Clough42 wrote and played his own bass line. 🙂

It’s always been one little trick or workaround.🇦🇺🤜🏼🤛🏼🍀😎

Looking good, James. I would probably use a contrasting color for the hanger just so it is visible enough that you won’t miss it when placing the headphones in their home, but since this is a daily use for you after a week you probably won’t even look at it when storing/retrieving the headphones.

Great video. Try selecting G2 for the fillet type and you should get even smoother looking curves.

Great tutorial! An easier way instead of taking measurements of the headphones is to take a picture , import canvas in fusion , and calibrate the image by clicking on two points and entering a known measured value. This scales everything proportionally and then u can create geometry around that in a sketch

Alright but I really want one of these videos for when you make those massive assemblies. All the behind the scenes design choices and all that jazz.

Can confirm PC is great for durable parts. I have a 1/10th scale RC truck that I ended up printing gears for just a an experiment and the PC gears are the only ones that stood a chance(I did not try ABS or Nylon). It definitely has it's limits but the limits are much higher than PETG and standard PLA

You activated my google assistant with that intro😆

I loved the device names

I'm just adding my voice of support for the 3D tutorials. I wouldn't like to see the channel evolve into a 3D but showing how these and other small parts are done is very handy to us beginners who consider a washer a challenge 😞