Iterative Design in Fusion 360: Flexible Dust Caps

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Today I'm designing and 3D-printing flexible dust covers for all of the compressed air quick couplers in my shop. I have compressed air outlets located at all of my machines, and they are often in harm's way and collect dust, chips, coolant, and other contaminants. We'll sketch up a simple design in Fusion 360, print it in Ninjatek Cheetah flexible TPU material, and iterate the design until it does what we need.
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00:00 Intro
00:56 The problem to solve
03:20 Iteration 1: A basic cap
09:21 Print settings for Ninjatek Cheetah
12:10 Testing
14:02 Iteration 2: An integral lanyard
15:58 Testing
18:08 Iteration 3: A thumb tab
19:50 Testing
21:27 Iteration 4: Reducing the hoop strength
25:00 Testing
26:29 Conclusion

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@Robinlarsson83 3 ай бұрын

James, if you make the centreline as an actual centreline, Fusion will dimension against it as diameters and you don't need to do the dive by 2 thing, and you don't need to manually select the Axis in revolve :) It the button next to Construction line in the sketch pallette.

@Clough42 3 ай бұрын

Really? Thanks! I hadn't noticed that. I learn more from making tutorial videos that I think people do watching them.

@JBLewis 3 ай бұрын

I'd been wondering what made the "centerline" style special! That's fantastic. Thanks for haring!

@frollard 3 ай бұрын

Holy crap that's super useful

@Robinlarsson83 3 ай бұрын

@@Clough42 yup :) it can be pretty useful, mainly for things that will be revolved, but sometimes for other things as well :) It's only dimensions that are snapped to the centerline that turns into diameter dimensions :)

@Robinlarsson83 3 ай бұрын

@@JBLewis you're welcome :) The centerline acts like a normal line in that it will close up a contour, like you'd often want it to for a revolve, but that does make it less useful in other situations. These days I really only use it for revolved parts, which I don't do all that often :P

@revtmyers1 3 ай бұрын

You just have to love how rapid prototyping just gets easier while getting better.

@kendesign3622 3 ай бұрын

25:27 Even though it doesn't matter, it matters 😂 that should be on a tee-shirt. Btw your slightly isometric viewing angle of your sketch plane footage is perfect, it makes what you are showing, crystal clear 👍

@ecksrg 3 ай бұрын

i’d buy that

@airgunningyup 3 ай бұрын

your mastery of fusion is unreal.

@oldfarthacks 3 ай бұрын

All in practice. I myself wish that Fusion 360 could be run by only using the keyboard, I am an old AutoCad guy and am actually faster that way.

@Rob_65 3 ай бұрын

@@oldfarthacksThe biggest problem I have is that Fusion has shortcuts to speed up your work (E for extrude, D for dimension) but on some dialogs the only way to click on the default button is by hitting it with the mouse instead of just hitting the Enter key

@erik_dk842 3 ай бұрын

@@Rob_65 They should sort that out.

@Robinlarsson83 3 ай бұрын

@@oldfarthackssame here, I worked with AutoCAD for ~17 years before switching to Fusion, and while I some times miss the keyboard shortcuts, since it got my Spacemouse Pro a CAD mouse compact I don't miss them 😁 anywhere near as mucg

@Clough42 3 ай бұрын

@@Robinlarsson83 I consider the Spacemouse a Fusion essential. You can get by if you have a 3-button mouse so you can shift-middle-click to rotate, but it's not great.

@frollard 3 ай бұрын

Very useful tips and tricks in fusion. I find myself always trimming/breaking lines for aesthetics...and always breaking a bunch of constraints in the process. Seeing how you left all the full non-construction lines and it still 'just works' is genuinely really helpful. Other stuff like 'scale whole sketch' is extra handy. Bravo sir.

@MichaelLloyd 3 ай бұрын

I have to echo some of the other comments. our Fusion 360 skills are impressive. I learn something every time I watch one of your videos.

@rednwhitecooper 3 ай бұрын

I say it on every Fusion tutorial you post but damn it you always tech me some new trick whenever you put one of these videos out. I’m so glad I picked up the 3D printing hobby. Solving these kinds of problems with the little factory on my desk blows my mind every time.

@shaunmorrissey7313 3 ай бұрын

3D printing has been a tectonic shift in home manufacture, combine that with a little time invested in CAD and the possibilities are endless;.

@andyshap 2 ай бұрын

I love your Fusion 360 videos! You didn't disappoint on this one!

@AlexMusayev 3 ай бұрын

Wow! This is unrelated to the video's topic, but I just noticed the camera is slowly rotating, so a static scene background looks alive and more attractive. Cool feature!

@dondotson4604 3 ай бұрын

You have made me jealous.I do not have a 3D printer and I am 75, not yet able to use the program you are using. Probably wont learn before I die. Like Mr Pete says, I'm waiting to take a dirt nap. However, I will continue as long as God gives me breath. I watch you and many others. Thanks for what you do, and share.

@Clough42 3 ай бұрын

If you keep moving, it makes it a lot harder for them to put you in a box.

@jaycastello1171 3 ай бұрын

It really is amazing the technology the average person has available nowadays to produce parts like these with such efficiency and ease.

@scrout 3 ай бұрын

Beware, James has a bazillion hours learning how to make this look easy.....

@mrtnsnp 3 ай бұрын

Your comedic timing in the intro is perfect.

@jhawker2895 3 ай бұрын

Another fusion lesson that this old man will never master ... Thanks for the lesson anyway... I enjoy your mastery of fusion....

@MattysWorkshop 3 ай бұрын

Gday James, that was brilliant, I do use fusion but I have a lot more learning to do, you really make it look easy and easy to follow along, thanks very much, cheers

@carlhitchon1009 3 ай бұрын

Always a pleasure and educational to watch.

@rykkuuu 3 ай бұрын

if you use the construction line as your midpoint you dont have to put in half the diameter for the dimension you can put in the full diamter and it will make it symmetric to that mid point, pretty useful and one less step to take.

@jonathanoseredzuk3892 3 ай бұрын

Very Cool project! Your CAD abilities are insane!

@davidpearson3146 3 ай бұрын

if you use a centre line then you don't need to half the dimension it will automatically give you a diameter dimension and would automatically select the centreline when you do the revolve

@Clough42 3 ай бұрын

Fourth comment on this today. I learn something new on every video.

@billstrahan4791 3 ай бұрын

Great video. It's fun when a design is nailed first time, print once and done. It's also fun to go through iterations and get better and better. Both fun, just different types.

@DavidWalling 3 ай бұрын

I use the 'rollback' feature a lot when modeling revolves/mirrors. It allows you to add features to the item you're mirroring.

@chiparooo 3 ай бұрын

Learned a few new Fusion tricks from this one. I do the same thing iterating. Thanks for sharing!

@adygee 3 ай бұрын

Excellent vid, and I picked up a couple of very useful Fusion tips! Inspired to get going on my SMW Fusion course again...!👍😊

@duaneglover9283 3 ай бұрын

I'm with you on designing and solving problems with 3d printing, I do it too, lot of fun

@sm6fie 3 ай бұрын

This was a very valuable project that gives new ideas and information. I really like that you gave information about the slicer settings, which you without doubt has been working quite a lot with to get it right. Also the info about the filament and choice of nozzle is of high value. In summarize this is what makes your KZfaq channel so valuable to follow.

@justinahrens1868 3 ай бұрын

Awesome tutorial! I was able to follow it on Freecad with only a few changes to the workflow. Now I need to break out that flexible filament that I bought a while ago and give it a shot!

@stormq8 3 ай бұрын

love your way of thinking thro.

@IronPauli 3 ай бұрын

I just love this project :)

@jbrownson 3 ай бұрын

I like this style of video

@lroyson 3 ай бұрын

I agree with the machining vs 3d printing. My lathe has seen a lot of rest since I've obtained my 3d printer. Nice project and good results. I learned a few fusion tricks also.

@scottpageusmc 2 ай бұрын

An old aviation o-ring seating trick is to use string to prevent rolling. Loop the string through the o-ring, start the o-ring on one side, then just pull the string around the fitting. The string will come out of the o-ring and seating it without a roll.

@andyb7754 3 ай бұрын

Thaty was a very nice project.

@Cookie-cn2jc 3 ай бұрын

Not only is your content great, thoughtful and through; but you have one of the cleanest and most sophisticated logos around. I'd give you a 9.2 on the OCD scale for q1uality of work too.

@bjam8813 3 ай бұрын

I designed/printed something extremely similar for a water bottle recently. Very satisfying little project!

@RobertBrown-lf8yq 3 ай бұрын

Excellent Robert

@colinbrewhaha 3 ай бұрын

Great content

@jimhunt5259 3 ай бұрын

I have said it before I will say it again. You are a fusion 360 God..🤩

@c0mputer 3 ай бұрын

Really like the slow dolly camera movements.

@JBLewis 3 ай бұрын

The first time I saw the background object moving back and forth it was *really* distracting, but then my brain locked onto what it was doing for the subject image, and I ended up liking the effect!

@ruitavares3792 7 күн бұрын

good job

@balahmay 3 ай бұрын

I made caps like this for my gasoline/diesel cans. But I have been struggling with flexible filament print quality. So was glad to see your settings which I will test on my Prusa. Thanks!

@balahmay 2 ай бұрын

I did follow through with this using the .4 diamond nozzle in a Prusa Mk3s+ and with the recommended settings. The filament I used was Overture TPU, black color. Just a few prints but all look fantastic. I was using a .6 hardened steel nozzle. Great for carbon fiber PLA, but not so great for TPU. (terrible actually) So again thanks for sharing your experience! It definitely helped me.

@RB-qg1qx 3 ай бұрын

You make it look so easy

@Clough42 3 ай бұрын

It's just time and practice. When I started out, I didn't know what I was doing, and it was a very frustrating experience.

@jordanporter2308 3 ай бұрын

Good intro 👍

@GeorgeGraves 3 ай бұрын

This youtube ***machining*** channel is my favorie ***3d printing*** channel. Oh wait.....well....that's awkward.

@Rob_65 3 ай бұрын

And even though I use Fusion 360 on a daily basis, there are always one or two new things that I pick up from your tuturials. One thing I do, is to use the diameter dimension on revolving extrusions. So instead of typing 21.8/2 I use the diameter dimension feature. Hit D for dimension, first click the center line, then the item you want to dimension and then right click and select "diameter dimension". Yes, that takes more time and actions but coming back to an old design I now immediately know this is a diameter dimension (or something that is later being mirrored) and I don't have to click on the dimension to see it is a /2 measurement

@Hilmi12 3 ай бұрын

I do lots of iterative design for 3d printing. Compensates for my lack of formal training in engineering by testing the physics of the object in real life. I then do real life testing for endurance, fit and function till my design is good enough

@theromihs 3 ай бұрын

Not OCD at all!! I'm the same way, there is only one right way...

@outsidescrewball 3 ай бұрын

AWESOME

@alanjackson4397 3 ай бұрын

The first thing that came to my mind when you said what your objective was, I thought of caps for hydraulic couplers

@Clough42 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, I discovered those after I finished my design. The one idea I saw in those that I want to steal is the keyhole-shaped opening in the lanyard to make it easier to get over the connector.

@rmfberry261 3 ай бұрын

glad i watched this i didnt know you could long click to select he profile sketch. I've been turning on and off bodies to get to them.

@transmitterguy478 3 ай бұрын

Captain to Enterprise, "Enterprise here", Scotty, CLOSE THE PORTS!

@number40Fan 3 ай бұрын

Print some stops for your camera tripod! It was moving around on you. 😉

@joecnc3341 3 ай бұрын

You should consider teaching at a community college- you're an excellent instructor, James!

@JohannSwart_JWS 3 ай бұрын

I knew from the beginning there will be multiple iterations, even if V1.0 was quite OK. 🙂 Been following this channel long enough to know...

@bobweiram6321 3 ай бұрын

Comrade Clough, the people's republic of China would like to thank your generous contribution to our R&D.

@ecksrg 3 ай бұрын

at 25:25 “Let’s go ahead and put it on permanently” 😂😂 i thought to myself my luck is i would put it on backwards

@ebayscopeman 3 ай бұрын

Metal bead chain works well.

@Js2060 3 ай бұрын

I really enjoy all your content. I wish I was as good at fusion as you. Did you go to school for CAD, or just practice?

@user-fy2tm2jg6c 3 ай бұрын

When the dust cover is off, it will fill with chips and oil. I think the dust cover needs a dust cover.

@Michal_Ce 3 ай бұрын

16:52 Now you will need a cap for the cap that is hanging for months collecting chips inside 😅

@erik_dk842 3 ай бұрын

But that cap will fill up with chips, if the first cap is capping up the outlet, unless it is made to be a plug

@rufustoad1 3 ай бұрын

Super impressed with that set up. I really struggle with printing this filament for some reason and will try some of these settings. Where did you purchase the nozzle?

@gerrit2107 3 ай бұрын

Did you know there is a centerline button next to the construction line button on the sketch palette? if you apply that to the centerline in a sketch you want to revolve, you can input diameter dimensions when you dimension to that centerline, it will also give that line priority when using the revolve command :)

@KenGrunke 3 ай бұрын

Just what I needed to get settings for the first spool of TPU on my MK3S+, perfect timing, James! I've read that loosening the idler on the extruder was a good idea with TPU, did you get by fine without doing that?

@TBJK07Jeep 3 ай бұрын

Glad I’m not the only one that has OCD on if it’s rolled or not. I’d fiddle with it an hour if I had to, to get it without a roll in it.

@AllThingsFabrication 3 ай бұрын

You now need a dust cap for your dust cap! When you have that new cap loose when you're using the port, chips and dirt could possibly collect inside it! OCD people unite! 🤣

@jerrymk6846 3 ай бұрын

New slider huh ☺️

@kenay1989 3 ай бұрын

At 8:40 if you click and drag the line off a circle the line will always stay tangent, your second selection on the next circle can also be tangent. this just saves you having to make the constraint after. handy tip

@Clough42 3 ай бұрын

Oh, that's brilliant! That's the second super useful tip I've picked up from the comments on this video.

@kenay1989 3 ай бұрын

Very handy for making tangent connections just like in your video :)

@dbeelee8564 25 күн бұрын

Rapid prototyping will always be the first choice. At the current prices of printers, they are affordable worldwide. So too the model sharing. Imagine first world designs being printed in 3rd world village thru a cell phone wifi'd to a village's printer. That's a new world order the world can get behind.

@billbyrd9845 Ай бұрын

I love that red TPU! Will it print without that $95 nozzle?

@9z4clb 3 ай бұрын

Finally! ...I've been practicing Fusion 360 and making good progress. Watched the video and can actually follow what was going on. In fact, most of the way through, I was actually predicting what you were going to be doing next. Of course I learned a lot from you today also. For the last month, I've been designing more and more in fusion and less and less in SolidWorks, getting to like it a lot.😂

@subuser9627 3 ай бұрын

Its looks like a dust-cap of a aviation chassis connector, but nice work. One more question : How do you keep the dust-cap dust-free when you use this connection ? 🤔

@AmateurRedneckWorkshop 3 ай бұрын

I envy your expertise with Fu360. That was a good idea carried out perfectly. Thanks for the video keep on keepiing on.

@tristanscott4118 3 ай бұрын

Nice tip there about the scale sketch at first dimension setting! Btw, if you dimension from a line to a centerline, it automatically knows and allows you to enter the diameter without having to enter d/2. Also, SMC fittings are junk. Parker/Legris or Festo.

@Clough42 3 ай бұрын

It's what Grainger had in stock the day I realized I didn't have what I needed, and it's been working fine for me. Though to be fair, I buy most of my pneumatics from Automation Direct, and I suspect opinions of their quality may be similar.

@tristanscott4118 3 ай бұрын

@@Clough42 I have a possibly irrational beef with SMC. For hobbyist use, I’m sure they’re fine. At work, I troubleshoot, maintain, and create a lot of complex pneumatic circuits on Swiss aerosol filling equipment. The machine manufacturer, Pamasol, always shipped the machines with Parker/Legris and Serto fittings and we’ve always had a pretty consistent 10-15 years of reliability with each fitting in a harsh environment. Our plant recently started stocking SMC fittings and I’ve had issues such as gripping rings stop working on them after a very short amount of time but I’ve also seen them not fail for years. Just have a preference for Parker/Legris.

@Cjarka_ 3 ай бұрын

one question I ask everyone who doesn't use the centerline line when doing rotary part using revolve Why don't you use the centerline line to then just dimension the diameter without thinking about having to divide it by 2 to get the radius? Because no matter how careful you are you will forget and you will make the radius double the size and if you don't catch it because you are tired or have a lot of features and miss that one, you'll scrap the part even before you made it

@Clough42 3 ай бұрын

Because I didn't know about it. You see all the comments from people who learn something from every one of my Fusion videos. I learn something new in the comments on just about every video, too.

@mvadu 3 ай бұрын

7:10 everything is black doesn't mean it's fully constrained. Expand the sketches folder, and look for red lock icon the sketch you are working. If you see that lock it's fully constrained.

@Temuba 3 ай бұрын

I will loose sleep tonight if you had left that twist. Excellent job, one more thing to use my 3d printer for my machines.

@johnl3487 3 ай бұрын

One thing you can do is make the revolve line a center line and the diminsions will work better. there will be no need for the /2.

@billdoodson4232 3 ай бұрын

"It's twisted. It bothers me". Yep, anything like that tends too upset the karma. When I put electrical sockets (outlets) on, the screws have to be aligned vertically, just cannot do with the slots all over the place. Another nice little job James. I'm still considering a 3D printer and have the budget for a Bambu X1 Carbon, but still not sure if I should wait for something new from them or others. Anyone any suggestions?

@kmet2000 3 ай бұрын

Hi James, It is not done! If you can do it - you can over do it. Hollow out the center plug and make a seal ring on it so it wil "satisfyingly" pop whe pulled out 😁

@reddcube 3 ай бұрын

Was your camera on a motorized slide for those close up shoots?

@daw00t 3 ай бұрын

I watched the first minute, than rewound to take a look at the manifold inlay screenshot and WOAH there's a really slow camera pan from right to left?!

@vincei4252 3 ай бұрын

Seems the slow pan exists even into the other segments. It's a slow back and forth which is really cool as you get to see the item from different directions without realizing it or having to deal with jarring camera moves or being frustrated that the camera is locked off. Very cool.

@Clough42 3 ай бұрын

I'm experimenting. Right now I'd still consider it a cool trick, and not something I've really learned how to use effectively. We'll see.

@k4x4map46 3 ай бұрын

all good...95 something or other

@tablatronix 3 ай бұрын

It boggles my mind that fusion has no select behind/through hotkeys. Other 3d/cad programs I have used have this and it makes selections so much easier.

@tims6870 3 ай бұрын

Given how fussy you generally are with your finishing of parts and removing the twists etc i was fully expecting there to be one final iteration where you extended the lanyard so the loop was a nice symmetrical semi circle in its profile when fitted to the air connector. A novel idea though, well done!

@Clough42 3 ай бұрын

Ha! I did spend a lot of time getting the cord under my wall-mounted TV to hang exactly how I wanted it. :)

@Oysteims 3 ай бұрын

Homemade 'caplugs' :D

@larsord9139 3 ай бұрын

That’s what I like the most about 3D printing. 1st try, 2nd try, 3rd try, etc and finally just what I wanted.

@Quad_Awesome 3 ай бұрын

I like it when you make things.

@RNMSC 3 ай бұрын

And it's only after printing just enough to fit out the shop and using the last of the TPU on hand you start going around and discover that you have 3 different models of the quick connect in the shop, and none of them have the same outer dimensions as the 4th on the back of the mill that you designed off of has. :-) (Yeah, done things like that too.) It is nice that a model works as envisioned, and isn't a 6 month project to complete too.

@Clough42 3 ай бұрын

Mine all fit. Maybe because I got lucky. Or maybe because they all came from Harbor Freight.

@RNMSC 3 ай бұрын

@@Clough42 Probably the HF common source. I've picked up quick connects and hose ends for quick connects from HF, Menards, Home Depot, and Millica Unclaimed Freight (Something like Harbor Freight, but not as selective about what they carry, everything from Toelson brand tools through crafting supplies and clothing, on up to some cast iron surface table saws (don't ask me if they are actually cabinet saws or not, I haven't looked that close. But they are on my way to my retiring place, so I occasionally shop there. And yes, that means I have a collection of mix and match. It mostly works together though. It's not like I'm trying to attach a 3/4 hose quick connect to a half inch hose end...Thanks for the video.

@notsonominal 3 ай бұрын

Could you have hollowed out the lip instead of making the cuts to the same effect if you wanted to maintain a seal, or is breaking up the circular lines what matters?

@Clough42 3 ай бұрын

In my case, I was specifically trying to break the circular lines. I'm sure there are many solutions.

@brawksolid6285 3 ай бұрын

0:06 Me too, dude. :(

@JimPudar 3 ай бұрын

The panning shots look great! New toy?

@KieranHolroyd 3 ай бұрын

Not gonna lie, the suuuuuper slow camera pan makes me feel a little bit sick after more than 30 seconds

@Clough42 3 ай бұрын

I'm playing with some things. I'm not totally happy with the results yet.

@technobabble_ 3 ай бұрын

@@Clough42 Maybe only one slow pan in a single direction? Or maybe a slow ramp up/down and not a jarring reverse? It doesn't bother me at all but if it has a back and forth with a sharp reversal it'll make people uneasy. I would definitely like to see you play around with it a bit more. It kinda turns a 2D video into 3D which could be very useful to give us viewers a better idea of the relative dimensions of what we're looking at.

@Clough42 3 ай бұрын

@@technobabble_ Part of the issue was that I didn't realize I had lens (and body) stabilization turned on in the camera, and it was trying to compensate when the slider changed speed, resulting in a really weird lurch.

@edwardaloftis6705 3 ай бұрын

I like it James. Got an extra? :-).

@fpoastro 3 ай бұрын

Great exercise for surr but as an ex parker hannefin rep, arent these available from endless sources from dog doo amazon on up for like less than a bick a shot?

@erik_dk842 3 ай бұрын

Where's the fun in that?

@WillemvanLonden 3 ай бұрын

What button did you use to select through a body?

@JGnLAU8OAWF6 3 ай бұрын

Hold left mouse button

@davidkennedy3050 3 ай бұрын

FYI, there is medication you can take for that little problem you have at the beginning of the video. LOL!

@stevebell1128 3 ай бұрын

Could do with a cover for the cap when it's pulled off the connector 🤣

@Hellsatanx 9 күн бұрын

matias wandel will find a way to make this out of plywood

@wiwingmargahayu6831 3 ай бұрын

periodic video and thoisoi 2 and some other youtube channel

@GordLamb 3 ай бұрын

I've 3D printed countless functional parts from electronics cases to antenna mounts, latches, jigs, cowels, rails, handles and so forth... but one of the coolest use cases is iterative designs for fitment and refinement prior to machining the final part. I live on a boat in the summer and have spent years working on it. Absolutely nothing is at a right angle; everything is compound and complicated. Lately I've been milling replacement woodwork out of teak, and 3D printing test pieces before sending the (inverted) job to my CNC machine has cut my failure rate down to pretty much zero. Which is nice.. because teak is expensive. :)