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Friday, July 31, 2020

Designing for O-Rings and Reusing Design Features in Fusion 360

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O-ring seals are hard to avoid as a mechanical designer of any type. They can be found just about anywhere that fluid, gases, or debris need...
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Friday, June 12, 2020

Lessons from the Shop Floor - Helical Inserts do more than Repairs.

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Many technicians, designers, and fabricators are familiar with helical inserts, often referred to by their trade name " Heli-Coil "...
Saturday, March 28, 2020

A Challenging Channel - Modeling a Sheet Metal Channel in Fusion 360

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On a morning this weekend, while hanging out at home with my coffee in my hand, I decided to play with Fusion 360.  I had a part picked out ...
Thursday, March 19, 2020

A Brief Summary of Drafting, Modeling, and Making Hydraulic Ports

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Somewhere, someone is saying "It fit when I modeled it in the compuuter!" CAD systems are wonderful tools, but, they're st...
Friday, January 24, 2020

Which CAD System is the Best? Guess What? It Depends.!

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FIrst the Earth cooled, then I started my 3D modeling career with Mechanical Desktop.... A picture of my first engineering meeting. E...
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Sunday, July 28, 2019

Speeding up a 3D Print with Chamfers

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A section view of a hollow part that will need a lot of supports to print  successfully Model created in Fusion 360 When I first start...
Monday, June 24, 2019

3D Printing Threads - A Few Tricks I Picked Up

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When I first took on 3D printing, the subject of threaded fasteners always made me a bit nervous.  While I try to use actual hardware whenev...
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Friday, May 31, 2019

Eighteen Months of 3D Printing - Where Have I Learned to Use It?

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Eighteen months ago, I took on the task of running the 3D printer at work.  It's a Fusion3 F400-S , similar to the upgraded 410 shown on...