iPhone Case Advanced Step-by-Step Guide
iPhone Case Advanced Step-by-Step Guide
Autodesk Design Academy
Foreword Autodesk Fusion 360 works in the Cloud only installing a small local client to improve performance. To use Fusion 360 you will need an Autodesk ID. As a Student or Teacher you can obtain an Autodesk ID and the Fusion 360 software at www.autodesk.com/education. If you already have an ID not related to the Education Community it is still possible to obtain Fusion 360 at no cost from fusion360.autodesk.com. Designs that you create will be saved on the Cloud in Autodesk 360 and organized in Projects. These designs will be accesible from any system with Fusion 360 by logging in using your ID and can be shared with any other user who has use of Fusion 360. As you create your designs Fusion 360 will save versions and keep a record or your vprogress. The flexibility in operations to create models and the creativity that it enables will make Fusion different than any other design or CAD system you’ve used. Enjoy!
Table of Contents Foreword2 Table of Contents 2 Lesson 1: Checking for interference 3
Objectives3 Exercise 1.a: Upload the Advanced Dataset 3 Exercise 1.b: Checking for interference 3
Lesson 2: Parametric timeline
4
Lesson 3: Export your model for 3d printing
5
Objectives4 Exercise 2.a: Fixing the interference 4 Exercise 2.b: Personalize your model 4 Objectives5 Exercise 3.a: Save as an STL 5
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Lesson 1: Checking for interference Objectives
• Upload the data set or use your own data • Check for interference
Exercise 1.a: Upload the advanced dataset
Note: If you have completed the intermediate step by step guide you can use your data for this tutorial, but you should still upload the dataset. 1 Open the data panel by clicking the square in the upper left hand corner. 2 Activate upload and upload PhoneCase_Advanced_Dataset. 3 Once uploaded either insert the data into your intermediate design or a new design. 4 Use save as to save your file as a new file named Advanced Phone Case. 5 If you are using your intermediate data set there are now two phones in the workspace. Delete one by expanding the advanced dataset assembly and deleteing the iPhone assembly. Be sure not to delete the assembly named restrictions .
Exercise 1.b: Checking for interference
1 When designing a case for an iPhone, the home button, camera, flash, speakers, lightning port, and headphone jack must be available. The restrictions that you imported will tell you if your case overlaps any of those ports. 2 Fusion 360 allows you to check for interference. Under inspect activate interference. 3 Select your case, then the restrictions in the browser. 4 In the dialog box press compute. 5 You should recieve a warning where your case may overlap the restrictions. 6 If you followed the intermediate tutorial there should be overlap near the camera.
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Lesson 2: Parametric timeline Objectives
• Fix the interference • Personalize your model
Exercise 2.a: Fixing the interference
1 The current model overlaps in the camera slot. 2 To find where the slot was created click on one of the internal faces of the slot. 3 In the timeline find the function that is now cross-hatched. 4 Right click on the crosshatch and select edit profile sketch 5 Double click on the slot’s diameter parameter and change it to 12mm 6 Finish the sketch and rerun the interference test to see if there are any interferences.
Exercise 2.b: Personalize your model 1 2 3 4 5
Activate your model using the browser. Create a sketch on the back of your case. Create a 3mm circle 25mm from the left of the origin. Extrude the circle through all of the case. Under create, activate rectangular pattern and change the pattern type to pattern features. 6 Select the circle’s extrude in the timeline then select the bottom horizontal edge of the phone as the direction. 7 Drag the arrows 50mm in both directions and then use the double arrows to alter the number of holes. 8 Press ok to create a pattern of the holes.
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Lesson 3: Export your model for 3D printing Objectives
• Export your model • Learn how the different options affect an STL
Exercise 3.a: Save as an STL 1 2 3 4 5
In the browser right click on the body of your model. Click on save as STL. Turn on preview mesh. Change the type of refinement and see how it affects the model Test how the different options change the number of triangles in the mesh. 6 Click ok to save as an STL. 7 Set the name and location of the model.
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Autodesk Design Academy
Foreword Autodesk Fusion 360 works in the Cloud only installing a small local client to improve performance. To use Fusion 360 you will need an Autodesk ID. As a Student or Teacher you can obtain an Autodesk ID and the Fusion 360 software at www.autodesk.com/education. If you already have an ID not related to the Education Community it is still possible to obtain Fusion 360 at no cost from fusion360.autodesk.com. Designs that you create will be saved on the Cloud in Autodesk 360 and organized in Projects. These designs will be accesible from any system with Fusion 360 by logging in using your ID and can be shared with any other user who has use of Fusion 360. As you create your designs Fusion 360 will save versions and keep a record or your vprogress. The flexibility in operations to create models and the creativity that it enables will make Fusion different than any other design or CAD system you’ve used. Enjoy!
Table of Contents Foreword2 Table of Contents 2 Lesson 1: Checking for interference 3
Objectives3 Exercise 1.a: Upload the Advanced Dataset 3 Exercise 1.b: Checking for interference 3
Lesson 2: Parametric timeline
4
Lesson 3: Export your model for 3d printing
5
Objectives4 Exercise 2.a: Fixing the interference 4 Exercise 2.b: Personalize your model 4 Objectives5 Exercise 3.a: Save as an STL 5
iPhone Case 2
Lesson 1: Checking for interference Objectives
• Upload the data set or use your own data • Check for interference
Exercise 1.a: Upload the advanced dataset
Note: If you have completed the intermediate step by step guide you can use your data for this tutorial, but you should still upload the dataset. 1 Open the data panel by clicking the square in the upper left hand corner. 2 Activate upload and upload PhoneCase_Advanced_Dataset. 3 Once uploaded either insert the data into your intermediate design or a new design. 4 Use save as to save your file as a new file named Advanced Phone Case. 5 If you are using your intermediate data set there are now two phones in the workspace. Delete one by expanding the advanced dataset assembly and deleteing the iPhone assembly. Be sure not to delete the assembly named restrictions .
Exercise 1.b: Checking for interference
1 When designing a case for an iPhone, the home button, camera, flash, speakers, lightning port, and headphone jack must be available. The restrictions that you imported will tell you if your case overlaps any of those ports. 2 Fusion 360 allows you to check for interference. Under inspect activate interference. 3 Select your case, then the restrictions in the browser. 4 In the dialog box press compute. 5 You should recieve a warning where your case may overlap the restrictions. 6 If you followed the intermediate tutorial there should be overlap near the camera.
iPhone Case 3
Lesson 2: Parametric timeline Objectives
• Fix the interference • Personalize your model
Exercise 2.a: Fixing the interference
1 The current model overlaps in the camera slot. 2 To find where the slot was created click on one of the internal faces of the slot. 3 In the timeline find the function that is now cross-hatched. 4 Right click on the crosshatch and select edit profile sketch 5 Double click on the slot’s diameter parameter and change it to 12mm 6 Finish the sketch and rerun the interference test to see if there are any interferences.
Exercise 2.b: Personalize your model 1 2 3 4 5
Activate your model using the browser. Create a sketch on the back of your case. Create a 3mm circle 25mm from the left of the origin. Extrude the circle through all of the case. Under create, activate rectangular pattern and change the pattern type to pattern features. 6 Select the circle’s extrude in the timeline then select the bottom horizontal edge of the phone as the direction. 7 Drag the arrows 50mm in both directions and then use the double arrows to alter the number of holes. 8 Press ok to create a pattern of the holes.
iPhone Case 4
Lesson 3: Export your model for 3D printing Objectives
• Export your model • Learn how the different options affect an STL
Exercise 3.a: Save as an STL 1 2 3 4 5
In the browser right click on the body of your model. Click on save as STL. Turn on preview mesh. Change the type of refinement and see how it affects the model Test how the different options change the number of triangles in the mesh. 6 Click ok to save as an STL. 7 Set the name and location of the model.
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