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CADLAB 2: Fusion 360 Part Modeling

The document outlines a lab assignment for ME 170: Computer-Aided Design at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, focusing on part modeling using Autodesk Fusion 360. Students will learn sketching tools, constraints, and solid modeling techniques by creating components for a Tamagotchi device. The lab includes detailed instructions for creating and modifying sketches, extruding parts, and applying materials, along with specific files to be created and saved in a shared project folder.

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CADLAB 2: Fusion 360 Part Modeling

The document outlines a lab assignment for ME 170: Computer-Aided Design at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, focusing on part modeling using Autodesk Fusion 360. Students will learn sketching tools, constraints, and solid modeling techniques by creating components for a Tamagotchi device. The lab includes detailed instructions for creating and modifying sketches, extruding parts, and applying materials, along with specific files to be created and saved in a shared project folder.

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Grainger College of Engineering ME 170: CADLAB#2

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

ME 170: COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN


CADLAB #2: INTRODUCTION TO PART MODELING

OVERVIEW

In this lab, you will learn the basic sketching tools in Fusion and how to
capture design intent using constraints. You’ll begin modeling a Tamagotchi by
creating individual part files, which you will save in your ME 170 shared folder
for grading. These components will be assembled over the next several labs to
complete the full electronic device.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Practice creating and modifying fully defined sketches using dimensions and key constraints.
2. Understand the use and importance of using tangent dimensions and diameter dimensions
tools to fully define circular features in a sketch.
3. Use extrude and revolve tools to generate solid 3D parts from sketches.
4. Apply tools like chamfers, sketch offsets, and trimming tools to create unique part features.
5. Assign physical materials to parts to observe difference in visual appearance of the part.
6. Organize and save part files correctly within your ME 170 shared Fusion project folder.

LAB FILES

1. Connector.f3d
2. Display.f3d
3. Battery.f3d
4. Bottom_Half.f3d
5. Top_Half.f3d
6. Circuit_Board.f3d

LAB TOOLS

1. Sketch Tools: Rectangle, Line, Circle, Center-Point Arc, Tangent Arc, Parametric Dimensions,
Linear Dimensions, Tangent Dimension, Tangent Constraint, Horizontal/Vertical Constraint,
Tangent Constraint, Midpoint Constraint, Equal Constraint, Trim, Offset Sketch
2. Solid Modeling Tools: Extrude and Revolve
3. Modify Tools: Chamfer
4. Other Tools: Physical Material, Data Panel, Modify Timeline

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PART 1: GETTING STARTED

1. Create a new folder for CADLAB 2.

a. Start Autodesk Fusion 360, and make sure to log in using your Illinois email address.
a. Open the Data Panel by clicking the button in the top left (review Lab 1 if you need a
refresher on the Data Panel).
b. Navigate to the ME 170 Project you made last lab by double clicking on the project.
c. In the top right of the Data Panel, select “New Folder” (review Lab 1 if you are unsure about
creating a new folder).
d. Enter “CADLAB 2” as the name for this folder, then double click to open. Note: You can
change the name of folders by right clicking on them and selecting the “Rename” option.
e. Once finished, you can click the Data Panel button again to close the Data Panel.

PART 2: DESIGNING THE CONNECTOR

2. Create a new part called “Connector”.

a. Launching Fusion should open an


untitled new part. If it does not, in
the top right of your screen, select
File > New Design (or press Ctrl-N).
b. Make sure the file has (mm, g) as
the primary units (if you need a
refresher on how to change units,
check Lab 1).
c. Select File > Save (or press Ctrl-S).
d. Enter the appropriate name (in this
case “Connector”), make sure it is saving to the appropriate location (ME 170 > CADLAB
2), and press Save.

3. Create a sketch for the connector.

a. In the same part you just created, select “Create Sketch” from the top toolbar, next to the
word “Design” (review Lab 1 if you need a refresher on the Create Sketch tool).
b. You now need to select a plane to sketch on from the 3 principal planes (XY, XZ, and YZ).
Remember, sketches are 2-D outlines that are converted into 3-D parts, so the sketch must
be on a single plane. The principal axes are labeled on the View Cube in the top right of the
screen. Select the XZ plane as explained in the next step.

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c. You can select the XZ plane in one of 2 ways:


i. Select one of the principal planes (showing on the screen after you select “Create
Sketch”) that aligns with the XZ plane as shown in the image on the left below.
ii. Use the Browser Panel and expand the “Origin” tree by clicking on the triangle next to it
and then select “XZ” as the plane from the expanded tree. This method is especially
helpful when it’s difficult to identify the sketch planes in a complex part and is shown in
the image on the right below.

4. Sketch and dimension a rectangle.

a. In the “Create” Toolbar, select 2-Point Rectangle.


This tool creates a rectangle using 2 points as the
opposite corners.
b. Select the origin as your first point and enter 4mm
as the first dimension by typing it (as the first-dimension box should already be highlighted).
Then press Tab on the keyboard to switch to the other dimension and enter 2. Once both
dimensions have been added, press Enter on the
keyboard to create the shape.
c. Note: If either dimension is incorrect, it can be
modified by double-clicking on it. If no dimension
appears, you can be added using the “Sketch
Dimension” tool in the Create toolbar (or with
hotkey ‘d’).
d. Your sketch should now like the image on the
right.
e. Press “Finish Sketch” in the right side of the top
toolbar to leave Sketch Mode.

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f. Rename the sketch as “Base” in the browser panel (review Lab 1 if you need a refresher
on renaming sketches in the browser panel).
g. Either select File > Save or press Ctrl-S to save the part. In the “Version Description”
window that appears, type in “Sketch created” as a reminder that this version of the part
was when the sketch was added.

5. Extrude the rectangle.

a. Select the Extrude tool from the “Create”


toolbar.
b. The rectangle profile should be automatically
selected (if it is not, click inside the rectangle to
select it). In the Extrusion pop-up window, in
the “Direction” section, change One Side to
Symmetric.
c. Note: The “One Side” direction type extrudes the profile only in one direction by a specified
distance, while “Symmetric” extrudes the profile equally in both directions from the
profile’s plane.
d. Type 10.75 mm as the Distance and press OK on the pop-up box to create the Extrusion.

6. Assign a Physical Material to the


part.

a. Open the “Modify” dropdown


and select Physical Material.
b. Click on the Plastic folder to
open it and scroll down to
Rubber.
c. Click and drag “Rubber” onto
the rectangular prism to change
the material to Rubber.
d. This changes the appearance
and the physical properties of the part as shown in the
image below.
e. Rename the body in the browser panel as “Connector.”
f. Save the part with Version Description “Extrusion
Added” and close the file.

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PART 3: DESIGNING THE DISPLAY

7. Create a new part called “Display”.

a. In the top right of the screen, click the + next to the name of the current part to open a new
part named “Untitled.”
b. Set the units as (mm, g) in the browser panel.
c. Save the new file as “Display” in the CADLAB 2 folder using the same process as before.

8. Create, dimension, and constraint the sketch for the display.

a. “Create sketch” on the XZ plane.


b. Like in Part 1, use the 2-Point Rectangle tool to make a rectangle, but this time do not make
it start at the origin (choose anywhere else). Make the height 2.54mm and the width
28.8mm.

c. Notice how the sketch is not fully constrained (the rectangle is still blue) because the
location of the rectangle has not yet been defined. We know the dimensions of it, but not
where it’s located!
d. Note: Develop a good CAD practice of keeping the dimensions not too far yet not too
close to the sketch boundaries as shown in the examples below.
i. Bad CAD Practice:

ii. Good CAD Practice:

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e. From the
“Constraints”
section of the
top toolbar,
select the
Midpoint
Constraint.
f. This tool centers a line on a chosen point. With the tool active, select the bottom line of
the rectangle, then select the origin.
g. Your sketch should now look like the image below.

h. Notice how the sketch boundaries have become black now. This is a fully defined sketch.
i. Notice a triangle shaped grey icon in within the red box in the image above. It represents a
midpoint constraint applied at that point!
j. Press Finish Sketch, rename the Sketch as “Base” in the browser panel, and save this part
with the version description as “Base Sketch Created.”

9. Extrude the base sketch.

a. Just like the previous part,


extrude the base sketch of this
part by selecting the direction as
“Symmetric” and the distance
as 12.5mm.
b. Rename the body as “Display
Body” in the browser panel and
save the part with the version
description as “Main body
created.”

10. Create a secondary sketch.

a. Start a new sketch on the XZ plane face of the


rectangular prism that is parallel to the sketch
profile (shown by the arrow in the box on the right).

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b. Select the “Line” tool from the Create Toolbar in


the top left corner (shown in the image on the
right).
c. This tool creates a straight line between the
chosen start and end points. Once you have chosen the starting point, you can use the
mouse to drag and determine the direction and length of the line.
d. In the top right corner of the sketch face you just selected, create 2 lines resembling an L-
shape against the border of the rectangle as shown in the image.

e. Zoom in to the lines you just created and observe that the 2 end points of the L-shape are
black – this means that those 2 points are fully defined to be on the border of the rectangle.
f. Zoom in further to see a new constraint applied at these points. This is the “Perpendicular
Constraint” which is used to create perpendicular lines. In our case, the 2 lines that we
created are perdicular to the border of the rectangle.
g. Press the “D” key to dimension the two lines as
shown in the image.
h. Note: To create the 1 mm dimension, you must
select first the horizontal line and then the bottom
border of the object instead of just the length of a
line. You will then need to use Parametric
Dimensions to create the 2mm dimension (review
Lab 1 if you need a refresher on how to use
Parametric Dimensions).
i. Your sketch should look like the image on the right.
j. Finish sketch and rename this new sketch as “Cut
Profile” in the browser panel.

11. Perform a cut using the Cut Profile just created.

a. Select the extrude tool and the choose the “Cut Profile” just created as the Profile.
b. Set the Direction to Symmetric and change the Extent from Distance to All. The operation
should automatically switch to Cut in the pop-up box (shown in the image below).

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c. Select OK or press Enter on the keyboard to complete the operation. Rotate and change the
view to notice how the part has been modified.

12. Add Chamfers to the part.

a. From the “Modify” Dropdown, select the


Chamfer tool.
b. This tool creates a bevel (slope) on edges.

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c. Select the 3 edges shown in the image below.

d. Type 0.25mm as the Distance and press Enter to create the feature.
e. Select OK or press Enter on the keyboard to complete the operation. Rotate the part to
change the view and notice how the part has been modified.
f. Save the part with the version description as “Cut + Chamfers added.”

PART 4: DESIGNING THE BATTERY

13. Create a new part called “Battery”.

a. In the top right of the screen, click the + next to the name of the current part to open a new
part named “Untitled.”
b. Set the units as (mm, g) in the browser panel.
c. Save the new file as “Battery” in the CADLAB 2 folder using the same process as before.

14. Create a new sketch for the battery.

a. Create a new sketch on the YZ plane.


b. Use the line tool to create a vertical line
starting at the origin and 5.05mm in
length.
c. Now create a horizontal line starting at the
origin with an undefined length. Your
sketch should look like the image on the
right now. We will use a diameter
dimension to fully define this horizontal
line.

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d. The diameter dimension tool is used to define the


width of a line which will be revolved around a
particular axis. We will select the horizontal line as
our line that will be revolved, and our vertical line as
the axis we’re revolving around.
e. To create a diameter dimension, press the “D” key,
choose the point (end point of the horizontal line)
and the axis of rotation (the vertical line), then right-
click, select “Diameter Dimension”, and left-click to
place the dimension.
f. Enter the dimension as 11.58mm.
g. Your sketch should now look like the image below.
Observe the sign next to the 11.58mm dimension.
This indicates a diameter dimension.

h. Now add 2 new lines as shown in the image. Dimension the short vertical line to 2mm and
leave the horizontal line of an unspecified length. Notice the different grey signs indicating
the different constraints present. Make sure that all these constraints are present in your
sketch as well and try to reason out why each constraint is there (you have learned all these
constraints before).

i. Open the “Create” dropdown, hover over the “Arc” section, and select the 3-Point Arc tool
as shown in the image below.

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j. This tool creates a curved arc between two points, with the third point determining the
extent of the curve.
k. Using the 3-Point Arc tool, select the endpoints of the two newest lines and then select a
random third point nearby to create an arc as shown in the image.

l. From the “Constraints” section of the top toolbar, select the Tangent Constraint .
This tool makes a curve tangent to a line or vice-versa. With the tool active, select the Arc
and then the vertical line on the right.
m. Observe how the constraint shows up as a gray symbol next to the arc.

n. Why is the arc still blue in color? Think how we can fully define it now.

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o. Until now we have dimensioned only lines or rectangle which used linear dimensions,
however, for circular features we dimension their radius. Press the “D” key to dimension the
arc we just created. Now enter the dimension as 7mm.
p. Observe how the radius dimension is shown on the sketch with an “R” next to the
dimension.

q. Finish the sketch, rename it to “Battery Profile” in the browser panel and save the part with
the version description as “Sketch created.”

15. Revolve the profile to create a battery.

a. Select the Revolve tool from the “Create” section of the toolbar (shown in the image
below).

b. This tool traces a profile around a central axis.


c. The profile should automatically be selected. If it is not, choose the profile enclosed by the
sketch.
d. Select the vertical line that runs along the Z-axis for Axis of rotation, causing the part to
revolve around its side.

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e. Note: you can also choose the Z-axis itself as the Axis. This requires opening the Origin
folder in the Browser, on the left side of the screen.

f. Press OK to finish the feature. Rotate the part to view the revolve feature created.
g. Rename the body as “Battery” in the browser panel and save the part with the version
description as “Battery created.”

PART 5: DESIGNING THE BOTTOM HALF

16. Create a new part called “Bottom_Half”.

a. In the top right of the screen, click the + next to the name of the current part to open a new
part named “Untitled.”
b. Set the units as (mm, g) in the browser panel.
c. Save the new file as “Bottom_Half” in the CADLAB 2 folder using the same process as
before.

17. Create a sketch for the bottom half.

a. Create a new sketch on the XZ plane.


b. Select the dropdown arrow on the
Create tab, hover over the Arc
option, and select Center Point Arc.
c. This tool requires 3 points to make
an arc: the first determines the
center and the next two selected are
the start and end points.

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d. Use the Center Point Arc tool to make an arc centered at the origin, aligning the start and
end points. Use the grid to help create the arc reasonably to scale and dimension the arc to
have its radius as 20mm.

e. Under the “Constraints” tab, select the Horizontal/Vertical Constraint and then
select the start and end points of the arc.
f. This constraint ensures the points are of equal height from the origin.
g. Your sketch should now look like the image below.

h. Notice how the arc and the center point of the arc (coincides with the origin) are both black.
This means that they are fully defined, however, observe how the end points of the arc
aren’t fully defined hence they’re
not black. 2
i. Select the Tangent Arc tool from
Create > Arc and make 3 new
arcs to complete the following
shape: (hint: make the arcs in
order going clockwise – arc 1
first, then arc 2, then arc 3.)
1 3
j. Use the Horizontal/Vertical
Constraint on the end points of
arc 2.
k. Select the Tangent Constraint
and use it by selecting the last
arc created (arc 3) and the first
arc created in part d. This should
ensure all 4 arcs are tangent at
the start and end points.
l. Your sketch should now look like
the image below (the different constraint icons are highlighted at 4 places!).

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m. So far, you’ve used the dimension tool to define the radius of circular arcs. However, in this
case, the radius alone isn’t enough. Instead, we’ll use the Tangent Dimension tool to
dimension the distance between the tangent lines of two arcs.
n. The Tangent Dimension tool measures the shortest distance between the tangents to 2
curves (in our case the curves would be arcs 1 and 3).
o. To use the tool, press the “D” key, right click
somewhere on the canvas outside the sketch
boundary, select the “Pick Circle/Arc Tangent”
option, click on one arc (in this case arc 1), then
the other arc (in this case arc 3), and the tangent
distance will appear. Enter this distance as
42mm.
p. Repeat the same process to dimension arc 2 and
the bottom arc as 52mm.
q. Finally enter the radius of the top arc as 15mm
and your sketch should look like the image
below.

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r. Press “Finish Sketch”, rename the sketch as “Base” in the browser panel, and save the
sketch with the version description as “Base sketch created.”

18. Extrude the base sketch to create the body.

a. Extrude the base profile 9.25mm, leaving all other settings unchanged.
b. Rename the body as “Bottom Half Body” in the browser panel.
c. Your part should look like the image below.

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19. Create a cut in the bottom half.

a. Start a new sketch on the flat surface of the extruded part as


shown on the image on the right.
b. Under the “Modify” section of the top toolbar, select the Offset

tool .
c. This tool makes new sketches a set distance away from existing
geometry but keeps the shape.
d. With the tool open, select the outline of the oval-shape and enter
-4.5mm as the offset value. The negative sign here indicates that we want to offset the
border inside of the sketch boundary.

e. Sketch two horizontal lines that start and end along the new shape and then press the “D”
key to dimension the lines as follows (the values are 10mm and 31.5mm):

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f. Under the “Modify” section of the top toolbar, select the Trim tool and then click to
delete the top and bottom portions of the oval-shape that are outside the boundary created
by the horizontal lines.
g. This should require 4 trims (1 for the bottom and 3 for the top since the top is made of 3
different segments). The order of trimming is shown by the arrows in the image on the left.
Trimming a sketch usually messes with the constraints in place, hence, the warning that
you see at the bottom right while using the trim tool!
4 2 3

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h. Observe how the arcs on the side have gone blue now. Can you think of a reason why this
happened?
i. Add back the 4.5mm offset dimension by using the dimension tool and selecting inner and
outer arc boundaries to fully define the sketch (i.e., no blue lines, all black lines).

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j. Select “Finish Sketch” and rename the sketch as “Cut Profile”


in the browser panel.
k. Select extrude and choose the newly created profile. Enter
- 2.25mm as the depth, ensure the operation is selected as
“Cut,” and finish the extrusion by selecting “OK.”
l. The part should now look like the image on the right.
m. Save and close the file with the version description as “Cut
created.”

PART 6: DESIGNING THE TOP HALF

20. Copy the bottom half file.

a. Instead of creating the top cover from scratch, we will use some of our hard work from the
bottom cover file to create the top cover.
b. Open the Data Panel by clicking the Show Data Panel in the top left of the screen
c. Navigate to your CADLAB 2 folder and right-click on the part named “Bottom_Half.”
d. Select “Copy” from the list and when a pop-up appears ensure that the file location is ME
170 > CADLAB 2, and then select the “Copy” option.
e. Once a copy has been made, right-click on the copy in the data panel, select “Rename,”
and enter “Top_Half” as the file name.
f. Close the Data Panel.

21. Modify the timeline to retain only the base of the bottom cover.

a. Go to the part timeline at the bottom, hover over the features to find “Extrude 2”, right click
on it, and select “Delete” to delete the feature.
b. Similarly, delete the “Cut Profile” sketch from the timeline as well.
c. Note: This is a helpful tip you can use to remove any incorrect features you end up making in
Fusion! This also allows for a good CAD practice to remove any empty sketches (i.e.,
those sketches that have nothing drawn on them and were created by mistake while
selecting an incorrect plane).
d. Your timeline should change as shown in the images below.

22. Make a rectangular cut in the part.

a. Start a new sketch on the front (flat) face of the body, parallel to the XZ plane. This is the
same face you selected in section 19!

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b. Using the 2-Point Rectangle tool, draw a rectangle that surrounds the origin.

c. From the “Constraints” tab, select the Symmetric Constraint .


d. This constraint requires you to select 3 things, and it makes the first two things you select
symmetric around the third. In this case, first select the two vertical sides of the rectangle
and then select the vertical (Z) axis from the origin tab under the browser on the left.
e. Look at the images below to see the difference in the rectangle after applying the symmetric
constraint.

f. Dimension the rectangle as shown in the picture below (the width is 21.75mm, the height is
20.37mm, and the vertical distance of the bottom line from the origin is 6mm).

g. Press Finish Sketch and rename the sketch as cut profile in the
browser panel.
h. Select the extrude tool, select the cut profile as the profile to extrude,
change the Direction to “Symmetric,” and change the Extent to “All.”
This should change the operation to Cut (shown in the image on the

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right). You may need to change the direction of the arrow for the cut to go through the body.
i. Rotate the part to see the cut and save the part with the
version description as “Cut created.”
j. The part should finally look like the image on the right.

PART 7: DESIGNING THE CIRCUIT BOARD

23. Create a new part called “Circuit_Board”.

a. In the top right of the screen, click the + next to the name of the current part to open a new
part named “Untitled.”
b. Set the units as (mm, g) in the browser panel.
c. Save the new file as “Circuit_Board” in the CADLAB 2 folder using the same process as
before.

24. Create the circuit board.

a. Create a new sketch on the XY plane.


b. Sketch a Center Arc centered at the
origin, then use a Horizontal/Vertical
Constraint to make the endpoints set
to the same height.
c. Dimension the radius of the arc as
18.4mm.
d. Add 2 vertical lines (using the Line tool)
starting at the end points of the arc.

e. Select the Equal constraint


and then select the 2 vertical lines to
make them equal in length. Your
sketch should now look like the image
on the right.
f. Notice the gray icons for the equal
constraint that were added to the
sketch. Also notice the
Horizontal/Vertical constraints next to
it indicating that the lines drawn are
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g. Create a Tangent Arc starting at the end


of each of the vertical line and ending
away from each other.
h. Add a Symmetric Constraint so that
the arcs are symmetric about the
central (Y) axis, and a
Horizontal/Vertical Constraint to the
end points of the arcs.
i. Your sketch should now look like the
image on the right.
j. Observe how all these constraints you
added show up on the sketch. The
purple line you saw while using the
symmetric constraint was a projection
of the Y Axis. We will talk more about
projections in the next lab!
k. Connect the end points of these 2 arcs
using a line. Observe how the inside of
the geometry gets shaded light blue in
color indicating a fully enclosed
geometry. This is very important in any
sketch you produce in Fusion 360.
l. Now, select the Coincident Constraint

. This constraint takes 2 objects


and makes them coincident to each other. This means that they are on top of each other, or
in the same place.
m. After selecting the coincident constraint, select one of the arc’s center point and the Y
axis.
n. Dimension the rest of the sketch as shown in the image on the below
i. 14mm is the length of the line on top
ii. 36.15mm is the distance between the 2 vertical lines
iii. 43.70mm the tangent distance between the top line and the bottom arc
o. Note: Make sure to use the tangent dimension tool for the 43.70mm dimension!

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p. Select Finish Sketch and rename the sketch as “Base” in the


browser panel.
q. Extrude the profile 0.76mm keeping all the other settings
unchanged.
r. Save the file with the version description as “Board created.”
s. The final part should look like the image on the right.

PART 8: SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

1. Make sure that all your sketches are fully constrained (i.e., no blue lines, all black) and fully
enclosed (the inside of the sketches should be shaded in a light blue color).
2. The following files should be in your CADLAB 2 folder in Fusion:
a. Connector.f3d
b. Display.f3d
c. Battery.f3d
d. Bottom_Half.f3d
e. Top_Half.f3d
f. Circuit_Board.f3d
3. Go to ME170 Canvas website and the CADLAB Assignments content area. Click directly on the
“CADLAB#2” assignment title and use the “Write Submission” button to type “Ready for
Grading”. Please complete this part on Canvas otherwise we wouldn’t be able to grade your
Lab even if you have completed all the parts on Canvas.
4. Please do not go back and change your files in the Fusion CADLAB 2 folder. You can copy files
into Lab 3, but other than this, leave Lab 2 files as they are.

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