FusionNews highlights the key things happening in the Fusion 360 Community. New posts every Friday.

From the Fusion 360 Team

Quick Tip: Archive Projects (and Recover!)

Check out this week’s quick tip to learn how to make sheet metal flanges update parametrically. Once you understand how to combine the flange and extrude tool, your flanges will update automatically.

ModBot is Making Robotics Accessible for All

Learn how ModBot is using Fusion 360 to deliver a modular robotic system that is simple, affordable, and agile.

Undercutting with CAM

Join Lars as he walks you through how to create an undercutting toolpath in Fusion 360.

Events

Online: Sketching & Part Modeling – Learn more about sketching & modeling commands, constraints, tips & tricks and more on 4/18 at 2 PM EDT. Register here.

Online: 2D CAM Deep Dive – Get started with 2D machining operations and learn some best practices on 4.19 at 1 PM EDT. Register here.

Online: Assemblies – Join us on 4/20 at 2 PM EDT to learn more about components & bodies, joints, motion links & studies and more. Register here.

Gallery Spotlights

Motorized Swedish PS 2014 Lamp by Aron Rubin

Omni Wheel by Imo G

Brushless Outrunner Electric Motor By T Houterman

Your Ideas from the Fusion 360 IdeaStation

We take your suggestions very seriously as they help to shape Fusion 360, so please share your ideas and vote for new features / enhancements you would like to see. Here are a few submissions from the week:

• Specify Surface for Datum Target – Currently you can only specify an entire surface, but it would be useful to mark actual locations for the datum.
• Control Feature Under Dimension – Right now the indication of control features with dimensions is quite messy. It would be useful to have a control feature with the dimension’s option.
• 2018 Large Assembly Performance Community Initiative – I’d like to propose an initiative centered around improving the performance of large assemblies in Fusion 360 and coming with a realistic specification of performance expectations for large models.

Have a story to share? We would love to hear more about you and how you’re using Fusion 360! Shoot me an email at Shannon.McGarry@autodesk.com