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How to Design Snap On Lid

ignipotens — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 19:38:31 GMT

Hello,

New to Fusion 360 and CAD in general. I am working on a project and need to make a lid. The lid needs to snap on and go over the part not inside the part like many of the videos I can find show.

Here is an example of a design that has an indent on the outside for the lid to snap on.

The lid then has the same design on the inside so it snaps on snugly and stays on. What is the easiest way to go about designing this in Fusion 360?

Thanks!

Re: How to Design Snap On Lid

TheCADWhisperer — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 20:31:34 GMT

I would start with a sketched Rectangle and then Extrude.

Have you gone through the Tutorials?

If so, can you File >Export and then Attach the *.f3d file of your initial attempt here?

Re: How to Design Snap On Lid

ignipotens — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 20:38:16 GMT

@TheCADWhisperer wrote:

I would start with a sketched Rectangle and then Extrude.

Have you gone through the Tutorials?

If so, can you File >Export and then Attach the *.f3d file of your initial attempt here?

Yep, I have watched two courses in the learning section.

Attached is what I have so far. It is just a basic lid.

Re: How to Design Snap On Lid

TheCADWhisperer — Sat, 16 Mar 2019 11:16:00 GMT

I would have started with the center of the rectangle in Sketch1 (Tray Base Sketch) located at the Origin Center Point.

Note that when sketch geometry is fully defined that it turns color.

Re: How to Design Snap On Lid

ignipotens — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 00:21:14 GMT

@TheCADWhisperer wrote:

I would have started with the center of the rectangle in Sketch1 (Tray Base Sketch) located at the Origin Center Point.

Note that when sketch geometry is fully defined that it turns color.

Thanks for the tip! Do you have any suggestions on how to make the outside feature in the initial image?

Re: How to Design Snap On Lid

etfrench — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 00:24:03 GMT

This may be of some use.

Re: How to Design Snap On Lid

ignipotens — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 00:31:06 GMT

@etfrench wrote:

This may be of some use.

Thanks! I gave it a quick read and it looks like the guide is more focused on thicker plastic designs. I am designing a thin (1mm) tray and cover.

I can give it a more in-depth read later to make sure I didn't look over anything.

Re: How to Design Snap On Lid

chrisplyler — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 03:44:37 GMT

Re: How to Design Snap On Lid

ignipotens — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 04:15:00 GMT

@chrisplyler wrote:

Wow! Awesome response video. This is exactly what I needed. Thank you! I'll clean everything up too to make separate components.

Re: How to Design Snap On Lid

Bill5FX9R — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 15:49:31 GMT

Chris - Excellent video! I'm new and this was very nice. I'd like to do a similar lid for a round container. Do you have another video that shows this?

Regards,

-Bill

Re: How to Design Snap On Lid

TheCADWhisperer — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 20:12:15 GMT

@Bill5FX9R

Can you File>Export your *.f3d file of your attempt to your local drive and then Attach it here to a Reply?

Re: How to Design Snap On Lid

Bill5FX9R — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 20:38:08 GMT

Thank you for your response. I've attached the files I worked with. I eventually created an offset plane, extruded another circle and shelled both sides to an approximate size. Used the fillet on top and bottom and ended up with a workable piece.

But after watching the video I'm sure my approach is not very 'elegant' and am just trying to educate myself a bit.

Regards,

-B

Re: How to Design Snap On Lid

TheCADWhisperer — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 10:56:39 GMT

@Bill5FX9R

See Attached for an alternative solution.

Re: How to Design Snap On Lid

Bill5FX9R — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 12:27:20 GMT

Thank you.

-B