Fusion Tutorial 1d: Design of an Electronic Box, Continued

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Introduction

This tutorial concludes a series teaching basic Fusion CAD sketching and modeling tools.

In the previous tutorial, we took the design a simple hollow box and added mounting features to it, using some parametric design tools available in Fusion. In this tutorial we will finish the design: A sample electronics enclosure that could be made on a 3D printer.

If you have finished the other tutorials in this series, you should have no problem adding the last features in this design.

We will add a sleeve to allow a wire bundle to pass into the E-box. Finally we will add a label in raised text on the side of the box. In a future tutorial this simple feature may be replaced by a threaded fitting with a nut and a strain-relieving insert.

Design the Wire Pass-Through

Select one of the wide side-walls of the box and open a new sketch. Sketch two concentric circles a little above the middle of the box side, and set their diameters to some desired size. If you want to be precise about the locations and diameters, you can use the () "Sketch Dimension" tool.

Hit the "Finish Sketch" dimension to exit the sketch.

With the new sketch visible, indicated by the () "Eyeball" icon, select the () "Extrude" tool.