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Fusion 360 for 3D Printing - Design a Working Light Bulb
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1 hours 18 minutes 
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About Fusion 360 for 3D Printing - Design a Working Light Bulb
01 Intro
2 What We Will Make
UI Update
03 Tweak Settings
04 Sketch the Base Profile
05 Spline and Revolve
06 Getting a Smooth Top Curve
07 Editing the Spline Curve
08 Splitting Our Body
09 Custom Threads
10 Sweep
11 Slot for Battery and LED
12 Pres Pull and Section Analysis
13 Pipe Tool
14 Making it Look Good
15 Export as STL
16 Cura Recommended Settings
17 Cura Custom Settings
18 Iterate
19 Extend Buld and Align
20 Amend Sketch for LED Fit
21 Reprint and Test Fit
22 Congratulations
What You Will Learn?
- The best way to improve your design skills is just to practice and this is the perfect project to help you sharpen your skills. Like all my other models this one is designed with the intention that it will be 3D printed. Therefore, we will discuss improtant considerations that we'll have to pay attention to along the way..
- We'll cover valuable design techniques including:.
- How to approach a cylindrical design by starting with a sketch and taking advantage of the revolve tool.
- Designing custom threads using the coil tool.
- A creative way to use the pipe command.
- Use the sweep command to make cuts that follow a custom path.
- Designing two parts that are meant to fit together.
- Preparing a model for 3D printing using Cura.
- plus many more.
- After completing this course you'll feel much more confident in your Fusion 360 skills and in the entire workflow of designing a part for 3D printing. Plus you'll have created a beautiful model to show for it..