Tutorial: Designing a 3D Printed Phone Spring Clip in Fusion 360

Parametric modeling is one of the most powerful modeling techniques. It's intimidating at first but with practice becomes second nature. Fusion 360 is a accessible program to get into parametric modeling.

I wanted to show the benefits of a parametric model. A great test bed is a phone/tablet mount, that relies on a printed spring element.

One of the most frustrating things as a designer is understanding why certain design decisions were made. Why is that fillet 2.5mm? Why is the bolt pattern 0.385"?

I hope in this write up, I can explain, why I came to certain decisions and give you some ideas to consider in your next design.

Files:

Get the Galaxy Note 4 Phone Clip: Here on Thingiverse.

Get the Fusion 360 file: Here on A360.

Uses components from my: Constant Force Joints.