When teaching my robotics students I always liked to make the point that there are often many different ways to design the same part. This is a great way to show application of the many different tools available. I would only add that it's important to remind viewers learning how to design that learning to be efficient to minimize operations is important in both crating assemblies that have many parts and editing parts you previously designed for new applications or assembly iterations. Most of the time the fewer operations required to create a 3d part the better. Overall though for this purpose this was a very nice tutorial!
This is an excellent teaching video. I duplicated every step you made EXACTLY, and got the same product. Doing all of this hands-on, and being instructed every step of the way, is an ideal way for me to learn. At times, I did have to carefully watch your menu choices because you didn't make a specific setting change clear, but I got it all to work out.
That was a super impressive tutorial Michael, so much information crammed in there. I would very much welcome more of these practical print videos where the focus is on the design and to the level of detail you went in to here. Excellent stuff, thank you and keep 'em coming!
Having been out of the draughting world for 15 years, your videos along with TooTallToby’s have taught me Onshape, what a tool it is! Just awaiting delivery of my first 3D printer, an A1 Mini.
Remarkable, Michael. It's remarkable how quickly you generate such a complex part - WHILE explaining it! I learned about OnShape from you, and I'm SO grateful. THANK YOU!
OnShape is an amazing CAD tool for both hobbyists and professionals I design nowdays everything with it, and it is fast and useful, but also a lot of fun works perfectly
i did everythiong with you step by step and now from never having touched a 3d cad in my life i can (more or less) already model a coplex shape on my own thank you so much shure i will need some practice before i get good at it but man holly molly if it helped
Great tutorial as always. For the "Line Angle" plane, you could have used the "Top Plane" as your second entity to get rid of the warning. You could have also used the Surface Fill tool to create the surface that you used to split the inner parts, which would have matched the full compound curve rather than just the curve in one direction. Finally for the little strengthening fins on the inside you could use the Rib tool from an offset plane at the bottom which would then match the curve perfectly, but you'd have to set it to not merge and then cut the corners off before re-merging it all.
Hello, Thank you for this tutorial with clear and precise explanations. I was able to put a lot of OnShape's features into practice and make a success of my first piece with this product. It's always a pleasure to follow your tutorials. See you soon! 👍
I was looking for learning how to design a part and this one was the perfect balance between visual and explanation. Will build the same part just for kicks to learn and see how close I get. Thanks a bunch.
Holy crap that was one of the best and most clear (even though quick, but hey we can pause/rewind!) tutorials I've ever watched. Very well done, and clearly explained, especially the little caveats and special notes about tools that you used. Thank you for this excellent guide!
I desing in CAD from a few years now, but your videos are really entertaining. I will print the fillet gauge For pieces with curves like that I use very often the paper scanner of my ink printer and inport it as a canvas
Ngl, there were several of these tools that I had never used before and wasn't really sure how to use them, nice to be a little less in the dark about that
I dont usually leave comments, nor do I watch 20 min videos without skipping, this video is really well made and very informative 👍 take my subscribe!!!!
As a CAD designer for over 40 years and been using onshape from its launch i found your video very good, i know there are many different ways you can model this and i believe you adopted this approach to show the many different methods of modelling, as an ex instructor application engineer, i used to do demos for another CAD system (Solid Edge) and i know how hard it is to demonstrate every technique in 1 model, Hats off to you, not used onshape for a few months so decided to watch your video and picked up a few tips i did not not know, as i always says every day is a school day, and you never stop learning. Just FYI regarding the 2 small ribs / gussets you created and you guessed the radius, which as you say does not matter as its overlapping and will union with the outer body, but if you wanted to get an accurate profile you could create an intersection curve / surface to get the exact profile, again not criticising your method as its perfectly valid and as i said before there are many ways to skin a cat. Keep up the good work and also enjoy your 3D printing Videos.
An invaluable tutorial, these tools are very hard to wrap your head around when you did not have an engineering formation. Extremely useful for parts creation for 3D printing !
Great tutorial - covered a wide array of complex shapes and dimensions; love that you went so far as to hit a snag, explain the over-constraint error and help understand the approach. Your content is second to none helping people understand the fundamentals of 3D printing and design - I personally credit you with MOST of my expertise on the subject. Thanks for doing this - know that it's greatly appreciated.
Thanks for this whole tutorial series! It has really helped me get into OnShape. The first 2-3 videos helped with most of everything to get me rolling and the rest were just showing me what was possible and how to think. The detailed constraint video was helpful and wish I would have watched it with video 2. Thanks for all you do.
Hi Michael, just wanted to congratulate you on an excellent course on 3D design for 3D printing. I've just started with onshape after a rather uneventful dabble with FreeCAD and your comprehensive and to the point tutorials have been a godsend for me. Bravo!
Thank you so muchhhh!! I was just thinking to myself for a project I'm working "how the heck am I gonna measure this fillet radius?" And you came with the answer ;)
Seriously you are the best teacher we could ever ask for! I cant get enough of these tutorials! I will always watch these even if I know most of the methods you have taught us.
Great work. You have demonstrated the entire design process very accurately and simply. I am sure you have put a lot of work into this video. Very inspired and will try to build my projects and videos similarly.
Not a complaint, but rather an observation. That is a lot of info in a short time. What might be of value is maybe having a yellow highlight dot where you are clicking. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos
Wow, wow wow, perfect tutorial. Everything concisely covered in the perfect amount of detail with no wasted time. Everything is perfectly clear and easy to understand. You're the boss!
Per usual, I always learn something new from you. I had no idea you could use section view the way that you did. I don't know how I got along all of this time without knowing that. Thanks!
WOW this was perfect! I have some more complex features I'm trying to incorporate into some designs and was sort of stuck. This helped big time with thinking about approaching it differently. Thanks so much!
In the split command there is an option to "keep both sides" that is toggled yes by default. Unclick it and toggle what side is kept with the arrows next to it! And you can split to the curved surface directly on the part, no need to make the plane ^^
Hi Mike 3D printing boggles my mind . But what seem like extremely complex parts , you manage to break down into easy to understand steps with a simple and efficient workflow . Thank you so much for this series (And the other content you create too . Obviously) . All I need to do now is pluck up the courage to actually open my Creality V3 (That I've had for over a year) . Build it , and use it ! LOL Fattrucker
Thank you for creating and sharing the design of such a complicated part. I was wondering if you chose to model the whole part in order to be able to do the video because I was wondering if a small transition piece could have been made from the rounded rectangular inlet of the clear plastic item to a round inlet like the item you made. Print the rectangular part of the transition in TPU so that it forms a good grip on the clear plastic and somewhere during the transition to the round end switch to printing in PETG for strength. I'm not criticizing you in the slightest for how your work. I appreciate your videos very much and thank you greatly for everything that you offer the community. I know that there are multiple ways to accomplish tasks and perhaps the one I suggested isn't feasible for some reason, such as it would cause the hose to stick back too far and push the drivers head away from the headrest if the adapter went straight back.
Nice, I switched from fusion 360 to onshape and followed your videos, as well as their tutorial. Made a bunch of custom things already and put some on printables. Still struggling a little reproducing a mandalorian helmet, the cheeks mostly, and also a lego minifigure, a bit stuck on the arm, but plugging away at it in between other things. Great skill to learn though, thanks for these, been a good distraction from trying to learn python...
Yo, there is a mate connector option when making new sketches right next to the blue input box! No need to make separate sketches with constrained lines and a new plane on line angles, just use the already available mate connector!
i got a nice challenge for you, the headband of a AKG 540. it's pretty complex and i haven't succeeded yet to replicate it, i'm trying to model a new part to extend my headphone it's life span and prevent it from completely ending up at the landfill eventho functionally speaking it works fine
Nice one and in this case the hole 4-8 minute part could've been done easier by just doing one sketch on the frontplane for symmetrical extrusion and maybe a boolean subtraction with a thickened bottom-part if it sticks out, but there are other non-symmetrical objects this loft-method seems appropriate.
All of us need a friend like this guy in our lives.
im 39 and two years ago, you were the reason I got into cad and 3dp all together..... man 2 man... you are a great inspiration and teacher!
When teaching my robotics students I always liked to make the point that there are often many different ways to design the same part. This is a great way to show application of the many different tools available. I would only add that it's important to remind viewers learning how to design that learning to be efficient to minimize operations is important in both crating assemblies that have many parts and editing parts you previously designed for new applications or assembly iterations. Most of the time the fewer operations required to create a 3d part the better. Overall though for this purpose this was a very nice tutorial!
This is an excellent teaching video. I duplicated every step you made EXACTLY, and got the same product. Doing all of this hands-on, and being instructed every step of the way, is an ideal way for me to learn. At times, I did have to carefully watch your menu choices because you didn't make a specific setting change clear, but I got it all to work out.
That was a super impressive tutorial Michael, so much information crammed in there. I would very much welcome more of these practical print videos where the focus is on the design and to the level of detail you went in to here. Excellent stuff, thank you and keep 'em coming!
Having been out of the draughting world for 15 years, your videos along with TooTallToby’s have taught me Onshape, what a tool it is! Just awaiting delivery of my first 3D printer, an A1 Mini.
Remarkable, Michael. It's remarkable how quickly you generate such a complex part - WHILE explaining it! I learned about OnShape from you, and I'm SO grateful. THANK YOU!
OnShape is an amazing CAD tool for both hobbyists and professionals
I design nowdays everything with it, and it is fast and useful, but also a lot of fun
works perfectly
i did everythiong with you step by step and now from never having touched a 3d cad in my life i can (more or less) already model a coplex shape on my own thank you so much shure i will need some practice before i get good at it but man holly molly if it helped
Very top!!! All sketches without icons. This is level in CAD modeling.
Great tutorial as always. For the "Line Angle" plane, you could have used the "Top Plane" as your second entity to get rid of the warning. You could have also used the Surface Fill tool to create the surface that you used to split the inner parts, which would have matched the full compound curve rather than just the curve in one direction. Finally for the little strengthening fins on the inside you could use the Rib tool from an offset plane at the bottom which would then match the curve perfectly, but you'd have to set it to not merge and then cut the corners off before re-merging it all.
I always like comparing the different approaches people take to the same problem. Thanks for sharing yours.
Wow you made this look so easy. Pls post more like this, great learnings
You're the definite no. 1 when it comes to 3D printing tutorials on RUclips!
I was more lost than last years Easter eggs. I am so amazed with your talents!
Hello,
Thank you for this tutorial with clear and precise explanations.
I was able to put a lot of OnShape's features into practice and make a success of my first piece with this product.
It's always a pleasure to follow your tutorials.
See you soon!
👍
At 18:20 you could use the "intersect" tool to get the exact arc. The tool is hidden behind the "use" tool.
Very interesting tutorial!
Amazing to watch your extensive knowledge in creating this.
I was looking for learning how to design a part and this one was the perfect balance between visual and explanation. Will build the same part just for kicks to learn and see how close I get. Thanks a bunch.
Holy crap that was one of the best and most clear (even though quick, but hey we can pause/rewind!) tutorials I've ever watched. Very well done, and clearly explained, especially the little caveats and special notes about tools that you used. Thank you for this excellent guide!
Another problem solved with 3d printing! Great job Michael, you make it look so easy!
I desing in CAD from a few years now, but your videos are really entertaining. I will print the fillet gauge
For pieces with curves like that I use very often the paper scanner of my ink printer and inport it as a canvas
Ngl, there were several of these tools that I had never used before and wasn't really sure how to use them, nice to be a little less in the dark about that
Thank you for this lesson. I would love to see more videos like this in Onshape and Fusion 360. Well done!
You did it so masterfully and perfectly that I was afraid and gave up learning.
I dont usually leave comments, nor do I watch 20 min videos without skipping, this video is really well made and very informative 👍 take my subscribe!!!!
mate you'r e a star. relentlessly thorough and concise, one of the best educators i've experienced - thanks for sharing!
Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge. Watching and trying to assimilate his strategy and way of thinking is mindblowing.
As a CAD designer for over 40 years and been using onshape from its launch i found your video very good, i know there are many different ways you can model this and i believe you adopted this approach to show the many different methods of modelling, as an ex instructor application engineer, i used to do demos for another CAD system (Solid Edge) and i know how hard it is to demonstrate every technique in 1 model, Hats off to you, not used onshape for a few months so decided to watch your video and picked up a few tips i did not not know, as i always says every day is a school day, and you never stop learning. Just FYI regarding the 2 small ribs / gussets you created and you guessed the radius, which as you say does not matter as its overlapping and will union with the outer body, but if you wanted to get an accurate profile you could create an intersection curve / surface to get the exact profile, again not criticising your method as its perfectly valid and as i said before there are many ways to skin a cat. Keep up the good work and also enjoy your 3D printing Videos.
An invaluable tutorial, these tools are very hard to wrap your head around when you did not have an engineering formation. Extremely useful for parts creation for 3D printing !
One of your best videos to date! More like this please!
Astonishing, Im experienced in CAD, and yet, I learnt a ton today thank you
very nice video dude. this literally speeds up Onshape learning process by 10X. thank you
Great work! I love doing this in Inventor, so I look forward to trying OnShape as well.
Great tutorial - covered a wide array of complex shapes and dimensions; love that you went so far as to hit a snag, explain the over-constraint error and help understand the approach. Your content is second to none helping people understand the fundamentals of 3D printing and design - I personally credit you with MOST of my expertise on the subject.
Thanks for doing this - know that it's greatly appreciated.
From around 2:40 to 2:50 the midpoint changes. Just use the midpoint tool and align the sketch to the center. Nice vid
One of the best tutorials ever! Easy to follow, clear and concise.
I would LOVE an updated “intro to onshape” vid!
Definitely fast and made that look super easy lol. I'm thankful for the pause button
Thanks for this whole tutorial series! It has really helped me get into OnShape. The first 2-3 videos helped with most of everything to get me rolling and the rest were just showing me what was possible and how to think. The detailed constraint video was helpful and wish I would have watched it with video 2. Thanks for all you do.
I really appreciate the time you put into this Michael. Thank you.
Hi Michael, just wanted to congratulate you on an excellent course on 3D design for 3D printing. I've just started with onshape after a rather uneventful dabble with FreeCAD and your comprehensive and to the point tutorials have been a godsend for me. Bravo!
Thank you so muchhhh!! I was just thinking to myself for a project I'm working "how the heck am I gonna measure this fillet radius?" And you came with the answer ;)
Seriously you are the best teacher we could ever ask for! I cant get enough of these tutorials! I will always watch these even if I know most of the methods you have taught us.
Thanks again Michael. That cleared up another couple problems I'm having. Final product almost ready to go.
I use Fusion 360 and I can tell the flow is much the same.... This was awesome to watch. Thank you.
Its interesting cus I use solidworks and on shape is almost exactly like it too
Great work. You have demonstrated the entire design process very accurately and simply. I am sure you have put a lot of work into this video. Very inspired and will try to build my projects and videos similarly.
Not a complaint, but rather an observation. That is a lot of info in a short time. What might be of value is maybe having a yellow highlight dot where you are clicking. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos
The pace was fast to try and keep it concise. I agree cursor Ong is something useful to consider.
Thanks!
This has been an incredible playlist. This video in particular (to me) is an absolute master class
Wow, wow wow, perfect tutorial. Everything concisely covered in the perfect amount of detail with no wasted time. Everything is perfectly clear and easy to understand. You're the boss!
The best onshape tutorial!
Per usual, I always learn something new from you. I had no idea you could use section view the way that you did. I don't know how I got along all of this time without knowing that. Thanks!
You make it look so easy! Thanks for the tutorial!
thank you more making this step by step video. Simple and easy to understand.
Very nice tutorial! So many tips in this - I'll for sure have to come back to this vid later ;)
That's bookmarked for when my brain has stopped melting.
Outstanding video. I'm using my 3D printer to make model rockets. I'm going to refer this video to my small but growing base of subscribers.
WOW this was perfect! I have some more complex features I'm trying to incorporate into some designs and was sort of stuck. This helped big time with thinking about approaching it differently. Thanks so much!
i hope these never end
wow, awesome content! I am sure it was a lot of effort to get the video so clean. thank you!
There were lots of 'new to me' tricks shown; so thank you for that 😂
In the split command there is an option to "keep both sides" that is toggled yes by default. Unclick it and toggle what side is kept with the arrows next to it! And you can split to the curved surface directly on the part, no need to make the plane ^^
Awesome video Michael!
Great tutorial!! I hope you plan on making more onshape stuff. Thanks!
that was really a good tutorial a bit fast to follow so i had to pause it alot but great way to learn thanks
This was a fantastic tutorial ✅
Hi Mike
3D printing boggles my mind . But what seem like extremely complex parts , you manage to break down into easy to understand steps with a simple and efficient workflow .
Thank you so much for this series (And the other content you create too . Obviously) .
All I need to do now is pluck up the courage to actually open my Creality V3 (That I've had for over a year) . Build it , and use it ! LOL
Fattrucker
Pretty impressive work, Michael! 😃
Thanks for all the tips!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Onshape should be paying you for this
Excellent Michael 8-)
Thank you for creating and sharing the design of such a complicated part. I was wondering if you chose to model the whole part in order to be able to do the video because I was wondering if a small transition piece could have been made from the rounded rectangular inlet of the clear plastic item to a round inlet like the item you made. Print the rectangular part of the transition in TPU so that it forms a good grip on the clear plastic and somewhere during the transition to the round end switch to printing in PETG for strength.
I'm not criticizing you in the slightest for how your work. I appreciate your videos very much and thank you greatly for everything that you offer the community. I know that there are multiple ways to accomplish tasks and perhaps the one I suggested isn't feasible for some reason, such as it would cause the hose to stick back too far and push the drivers head away from the headrest if the adapter went straight back.
HA! Mesmerizing!
My 3D printer sends congratulations as well ...
Fantastic as usual
Thank you so much for this series.
Very interesting to see the work going into the initial design - looks like you would need hours and hours of use of sketch up to figure that lot out
Nice, I switched from fusion 360 to onshape and followed your videos, as well as their tutorial. Made a bunch of custom things already and put some on printables. Still struggling a little reproducing a mandalorian helmet, the cheeks mostly, and also a lego minifigure, a bit stuck on the arm, but plugging away at it in between other things.
Great skill to learn though, thanks for these, been a good distraction from trying to learn python...
I love your vid man this is changing my life
Love the content. Thankyou for your hard work
Yo, there is a mate connector option when making new sketches right next to the blue input box! No need to make separate sketches with constrained lines and a new plane on line angles, just use the already available mate connector!
Really cool, would love to have this type of modelling walkthrough becoming a series!
i got a nice challenge for you, the headband of a AKG 540.
it's pretty complex and i haven't succeeded yet to replicate it, i'm trying to model a new part to extend my headphone it's life span and prevent it from completely ending up at the landfill eventho functionally speaking it works fine
wow super tutorial. thank you so much
Loved this series and loved this video. It answered so many questions I had! Thanks a lot!
crazy impressive!!! Awesome info!
This has been so helpful thanks so much
Nice job!
Nice one and in this case the hole 4-8 minute part could've been done easier by just doing one sketch on the frontplane for symmetrical extrusion and maybe a boolean subtraction with a thickened bottom-part if it sticks out, but there are other non-symmetrical objects this loft-method seems appropriate.
Great example, thanks!.
Excellent, thank you!
Really good video, I hope you do many more like this, Thank you. : )
very cool, i hope to be that good someday
Great work.. Thanks
Thank you, this was very helpful!
Awesome videos!!!
Great tutorial
Great super tutorial...
"It costs that much because it took me f@&#ing hours "😂 it applies to this.
What a great vid!!!
great ! tutorial ! thanks
Superb!