MagnetSlot Beta

What it does

• No glue, no pause-to-print: The magnet is pressed in past over-center — it pops in behind a retaining lip and sits in its neutral position, not under constant pressure, so material creep can’t work it loose over time
• Metal-on-metal snap: The disc sits exposed at the slot, so the mating magnet touches it directly — full strength and that clean, premium snap
• Save a magnet with a ball bearing: The same slot also takes a bearing ball — press one into the mating part instead of a second magnet and you keep the metal-on-metal snap, at half the magnet cost and with no poles to align
• A pocket at the click of a button: Pick the magnet size (presets for common disc magnets), click a face — the add-in cuts the matching pocket into your part

Inspired by Slant 3D — “Why Magnets Fail”, at 4:18.

Installation

MagnetSlot is an add-in (not a plugin bundle) and goes into the AddIns folder:

macOS

1. Quit Fusion 360
2. Unzip and copy the MagnetSlot folder to
   ~/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/Autodesk Fusion 360/API/AddIns/
3. Start Fusion 360 — enable the add-in under Utilities → Add-Ins

Windows

1. Quit Fusion 360
2. Unzip and copy the MagnetSlot folder to
   %APPDATA%\Autodesk\Autodesk Fusion 360\API\AddIns\
3. Start Fusion 360 — enable the add-in under Utilities → Add-Ins