topic Re: How would YOU do this? in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

How would YOU do this?

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 22:20:34 GMT

Hi, All-

I have a simple "clip" here. It will hold a off/on switch in place on a larger design.

It's all good, except I would like to have each leg a degree off from the shared plane--one leg going in one direction, the other leg going in the other direction.

This will give the switch a certain amount of "spring tension" to remove any gaps in manufacturing flaws.

I was thinking that I could Sketch half of it--with a slight "tilt" to the one leg, then mirror it--excpet that the mirror would have the legs tilting to the same side...

I don't have enough experience with F360 to readily go at it with confidence.

Very appreciative of any suggestions!

Thanx!

Re: How would YOU do this?

HughesTooling — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 22:38:33 GMT

Take a look at the attached file. Hopefully you can see how I've done it stepping through the timeline.

Mark

Re: How would YOU do this?

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 23:17:23 GMT

Awesome.

Brilliant. So easy, too.

Big Thanx!

-G

PS-

The second Sketch is mirrored, yes?

Re: How would YOU do this?

HughesTooling — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 09:01:03 GMT

No I didn't use mirror, it was easier to just draw the second side and use an equal constraint. The second side is just 3 lines, 2 end points are fixed to the body end and one end is fixed to the corner so just an equal constraint make both legs symmetrical. In the image below the right side is made from 2 vertical lines, each has one end constrained to the corner of the model. There's also an equal constraint to the construction line left side so changing the 40mm dimension updates the thickness of the legs.

Mark