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Sketching the hinge

Sketching the hinge - Fusion 360 Tutorial

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Sketching the hinge

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- [Instructor] Now let's work on the hinge. We'll start with the sketch. I'll choose Create Sketch, and this time, we're going to create a sketch on a plane. I'm going to choose this plane that starts at the origin and runs along the x-axis, which is that red line. And then I'll zoom in on that spot where the two, top and the bottom meet. Okay, so let's start with the Line tool. I can grab it here off the top of the Sketch menu. I'll click on that point where the top and the bottom meet and drag it out to the side, and I'll type 0.5, Enter. Then, from the Sketch menu, I'll choose Circle and 2-Point Circle. On the end of that line, I'll click and drag a big circle out to the side. Doesn't matter the diameter, for the moment. Then I'll choose another circle, this time the Center Diameter Circle, and I'll draw one circle and then a second circle, just roughly, and click Enter to exit out of that tool. Now let's go ahead and dimension this sketch. In the Sketch menu, I can choose Sketch…

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