Iterative Design in Fusion 360: Flexible Dust Caps

Today I'm designing and 3D-printing flexible dust covers for all of the compressed air quick couplers in my shop. I have compressed air outlets located at all of my machines, and they are often in harm's way and collect dust, chips, coolant, and other contaminants. We'll sketch up a simple design in Fusion 360, print it in Ninjatek Cheetah flexible TPU material, and iterate the design until it does what we need.

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Mitutoyo 4"/100mm Digital Caliper (Amazon*): https://amzn.to/3dEBDb2

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00:00 Intro
00:56 The problem to solve
03:20 Iteration 1: A basic cap
09:21 Print settings for Ninjatek Cheetah
12:10 Testing
14:02 Iteration 2: An integral lanyard
15:58 Testing
18:08 Iteration 3: A thumb tab
19:50 Testing
21:27 Iteration 4: Reducing the hoop strength
25:00 Testing
26:29 Conclusion