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PyPortal Outlet Wall Mount – @adskfusion360 Tutorial

Designing a parametrically driven mounting plate for the Adafruit PyPortal.

Download Design Files:
https://learn.adafruit.com/pyportal-wall-mount

Get Adafruit PyPortal
https://adafru.it/4116

Shop for parts for your own DIY projects http://adafru.it/

Join the Adafruit Discord http://adafru.it/discord

3D Printing Projects Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjF7R1fz_OOWD2dJNRIN46uhMCWvNOlbG

3D Hangout Show Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjF7R1fz_OOVgpmWevin2slopw_A3-A8Y

Layer by Layer CAD Tutorials Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjF7R1fz_OOVsMp6nKnpjsXSQ45nxfORb

Timelapse Tuesday Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjF7R1fz_OOVagy3CktXsAAs4b153xpp_

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New Tutorial! Cutting Corners in @adskFusion360 #LayerByLayer

In this tutorial I walk through cutting corners on a box using two different methods. I got inspired by the design of the control box on the Prusa i3 MK 2 3D printer and though it’d be interesting to apply this to an upcoming project.

3D Printing Projects Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjF7R1fz_OOWD2dJNRIN46uhMCWvNOlbG

3D Hangout Show Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjF7R1fz_OOVgpmWevin2slopw_A3-A8Y

Layer by Layer CAD Tutorials Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjF7R1fz_OOVsMp6nKnpjsXSQ45nxfORb

Timelapse Tuesday Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjF7R1fz_OOVagy3CktXsAAs4b153xpp_

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Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

The Adafruit Learning System has dozens of great tools to get you well on your way to creating incredible works of engineering, interactive art, and design with your 3D printer! If you’ve made a cool project that combines 3D printing and electronics, be sure to let us know, and we’ll feature it here!

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New Fusion 360 Tutorial! Turn EAGLE brd into 3D Models

So over the labor day weekend I spent some time playing with Autodesk library io, EAGLE and Fusion 360. I’ve made a few 3D PCB’s using the new Push To Fusion 360 features in Autodesk Eagle 9.X but hadn’t tried Library IO yet. There’s a lot of work going on there, to say the least! The package generator is a great way to create custom 3D models of components (think resistors, caps, QFN, SOT, SOD, SOIC, etc.). There’s quite a few package types, each with their own set of editable values. The dimensions in these comps are fully editable, via a text input along with a 3D preview. The package generators work fairly well and I’ll be using them more in future projects.

Be aware this is my workflow here and probably isn’t ideal. This is just a method I came up with and wanted to share. Ideally, I think having managed shared libraries is the way to go but for now, my Kit Bashing approach is working, yay!

Don’t forget, CAD files of Adafruit Board are on GitHub. Heres a link.

https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CAD_Parts

In this video I walk through the workflow of turning an adafruit board into a detailed 3D model. I use Autodesk Library IO to generate custom components to populate PCBs.

Adafruit CAP1188 Breakout
https://www.adafruit.com/product/1602

Adafruit CAD Parts on Github
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CAD_Parts

EagleCAD Download
https://www.autodesk.com/products/eagle/free-download

Autodesk Eagle Library IO webinar video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJv2M4Z0exA

Library IO
https://library.io/

Fusion 360 Download
https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/overview