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* The modification tab has all sorts of useful tools, and most of them can be learned with a quick Google search, so I encourage you to play around with it
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* For now, you will use the Shell modifier to make your box hollow
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* Select the shell tool, then select the faces you want to keep open and the thickness of the shell (you will be selecting the top face)
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[](../assets/fusion360/shellselect.png)
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* Do a thickness that looks good, I would do ~2mm
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* Take a moment to save your work
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* Saving your design frequently is important
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* to do so, just click `CTRL + S` and just leave it as “User Saved” then hit OK
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* Sketches can be made on more than just the origin plane; any flat plane can be used to create a sketch
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* For the next step, you will be making holes in our box
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* To do this, you will create a sketch on the side of the box
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[](../assets/fusion360/sidesketch.png)
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* Fusion uses diameter instead of radius, so you must keep that in mind when making circles
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* To make the holes, create a circle and give it a diameter. **Make sure not to create it with an origin; the outline of it should be blue**
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* You can use copy and paste in sketch mode, so copy and paste the circle you made
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* Using a negative value or pulling the arrow in the direction of the cut automatically switches the extrude from creating more material to cutting away from your design
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* Make sure the cut goes all the way through the wall before clicking `Enter`
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* (You could pull it through the other wall to cut both holes at the same time, but I want a chance to teach other tools so just go with me for this one)
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## Construction Elements
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* Construction planes are like a temporary frame to build on top of
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* You can use them to create sketches at weird angles, create lines to rotate a component along, or create points to make holes through
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* You will be using a midplane to mirror your hole on the other side of your box
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* To do this, go under Construct and click on mid plane
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[](../assets/fusion360/midplane.png)
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* Select the outside plane of each side of the box and hit `Enter`, making sure a yellow plane appears in the center of the box
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* Save again so you don't lose any work!
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* Using patterns to repeat an action can be a big time saver
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* In this case, you will be using the mirror action to mirror the hole you made
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* To do this, select the Mirror option under Create
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* Change object type to Features
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* For Objects, select the hole we made
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* For the Mirror plane, select the Construction plane you made
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* Make sure a hole appears on the other side, then hit `Enter`
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[](../assets/fusion360/mirrormore.png)
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## More Components
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* Now that you are done with the bottom of your box, you need to make a lid
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* To do this, create a new component and name it Lid
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* When you click OK, the bottom box should turn transparent
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* To create the lid, you will create a sketch on the lip of the box
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* To do this, right-click on the lip of the box and click Create Sketch
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* While in sketch mode, use the offset tool in the modify part of the toolbar to offset the edge of the top; this will be the gap between the box and lid
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* Repeat the last step, but make a larger offset (3-4x the last one)
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* Make sure this new sketch is defined, then select the area between the two offsets and press `E`
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* When in extrude mode, change Direction to Symmetric, then extrude the lid
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* When you have more than one component in Fusion, you are able to freely move them around the 3D space
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* This can often be annoying when you are trying to work on a part
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* You can stop this movement by pinning the component in place
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* To do this, right-click on the component and click Pin
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* If you accidentally moved the component before doing this, you can click revert position in the toolbar to move it back
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* To do this, all you need to do is create a sketch on top of the lid
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* Before you extrude, you need to know how thick it should be
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* To check this, you need to click Measure in the Inspect part of your toolbar
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* Then you select the inner and outer lines of any side of your lid
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* The distance will be displayed on screen and in the settings of the Measure tool
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* Once you have this thickness, simply click the inner and outer area of the sketch and press `E`, then extrude up the same distance as your thickness
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