Extending the stacking lip higher above solid surface of bin?

[Phoeff99]

Apologize in advance if this is covered elsewhere, maybe I don't know how to phrase the question correctly, but I haven't found an answer yet...

When making the ever popular "tool-cutout bins" using an appropriately sized solid bin and then sketching the tool outline on the bins solid surface and then cutting into the bin to create a cavity I am running into problems where unless I sink the tool so deep I can't retrieve it easily, the tool body extends higher than the stacking lip of the bin prohibiting stacking. With flat(ish) tools this isn/t usually an issue, because "sink 'em deep and add finger access holes" can work, but say, a screwdriver for example, you may want to only sink it half its depth but still have the raised stacking lip well above it so stacking on top is still possible.

I have looked through the build steps and can't seem to change any of them the way I want without creating lots of downstream errors. Is there an elegant solution i'm missing? Admittedly I am still learning Fusion but this seems like a popular application of the solid bin concept but more times than not, creates an unstackable product. Welcome your help and advice! thanks for all you have done!

[teateatea]

Hello!

Just to make sure we're on the same page, I think you're saying that you have a bin that's (for example) 6u tall, and your tool would only be 3u so it should fit, but that interior top surface of a solid bin sits just underneath the stacking lip, right? So you'd never be able to stack that bin, or at least not with a screwdriver sticking ~2u above the lip.

What I would do is just run the plugin to make a solid bin with the dimensions you want, and then lower that top surface afterwards. Extrude > select the top face > -20mm cut. Then do all of that tool outline work you normally do, but now the screwdriver only needs to be half embedded because the floor is further from the lip.

This plugin is great, but a common criticism is that once you've generated a bin, it's actually pretty hard to tweak things later. Luckily, most of the time it shouldn't be too hard to make the changes you need without diving into the build steps. Good luck!

[Phoeff99]

ah ha! thats perfect! I had been trying "Press Pull" on that surface and getting all sort of errors, but extrude works differently I guess! This is so helpful thank you! (I feel silly of even asking it now, but you gotta start somewhere!)

[teateatea]

I'm glad you got it! Yeah, there's definitely a learning curve to "thinking in fusion" lol. It takes work, but you do get better and better at turning the ideas in your head into reality!

@Le0Michine This issue can be closed now, I think.