Over the last couple days I have been trying to figure out how to produce a simple foot for an old ammo box. These boxes are about 12"x12"x28". I have some unused space under my welding bench. I just want to add some plastic feet to i) get the steel boxes up off the concrete, and ii) make them easier to slide in/out like drawers.
In Fusion-360 all I want to do is to create a solid sphere (say 1.5" dia) then cut it off at about 0.5" in from the edge.
I can draw the sphere, I can make an offset plane, I can draw a big rectangle on that plane that I 'd like to cut the sphere off at, then I'm stuck.
The "trim" command doesn't work, I cannot select the big piece of the sphere I want to cut off.
An internet search on "Fusion 360 trim sphere" (and a few other searches) didn't find anything useful in the first few pages.
I got the 3-D printer, but still cannot use it!!!!
(except........for printing models that some else drew.)
When it comes to trying to make my own the experience is always the same.
1) I get an idea for a part that should work great in plastic.
2) I watch a bunch of Fusion-360 tutorial videos that show many of the tools I need to draw the part.
3) I attempt to draw it. It goes BAD! I always run up against something that's just different enough from the videos that I cannot move forward. I restart the drawing several times trying new/different ways.
4) I give up in frustration.
In this case, I might just fall back on making some flat discs out of an old cutting board using a hole saw.
In fact if I had gone that route it would be done by now (and without all the swearing)!!!!!
-brino
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