• Fusion 360 Development Update: Manufacturing (2021)

    Learn what the Fusion 360 team has worked on in the manufacturing space as part of Fusion 360 Development Update Week.


  • Breaking Down the Wall between Design and Manufacturing

    Product design has evolved over the years to include much more than just designing a 3D model. Controlling part revisions, collaboration, analysis, light weighting, drawings and more are now just some of the tasks in product design. Tools for product design have become better with increased functionality and interoperability with each other. Unfortunately, for many…


  • Inspection for Additive Manufacturing

    Inspection for Additive Manufacturing Composite materials are increasingly used to create products with significant advantages over traditional alternatives, but simply replicating an existing design in a new material squanders the potential. Composite materials are anisotropic, meaning that the properties are not the same in all directions and axes, and this provides enormous flexibility to optimize…


  • Top 10 Reasons your Job Shop Should Check Out Fusion 360 Today

    If you own or work in a job shop with CAM software whose maintenance is expensive, and getting pricier, you should consider Fusion 360. It may be able to replace some or all of your current CAD/CAM systems in use. Where it makes sense in your workflow, implement Fusion 360 for a solution that is both…


  • Design for Manufacturing, or – Is it Millable?

    Can you make this? It’s one thing to design something, but can it actually be made? That’s what design for manufacturing is all about. First, there’s the question of whether it can be made at all. George Lucas may be able to design a “Death Star” but that doesn’t mean it can be manufactured with…


  • #FusionCAMchallenge Winners

    Last week we ran a contest on Instagram to machine the Fusion 360 logo and post results. Let’s see who won.


  • The Benefits of Integrated CAD CAM Solutions

      When you’re accustomed to a non-integrated CAD or CAM solution, it’s tough to make that move to integrated software. Yeah, we know. But we also know that companies that change over to complete, in-house solutions, save time and money and become more marketable. And don’t worry about the learning curve for integrated solutions. It’s…


  • Fabrication and ERP: Benefits of Working Together

    Connecting your entire organization makes good sense for any business, and fabrication shops are no exception. Managers are more effective when they can see all operations, from design to distribution, in one system. This leads to faster decision-making, more efficient processing and fewer mistakes. That’s why more and more manufacturing companies are connecting their manufacturing solutions…


  • Changing the Mindset About Manufacturing

    As manufacturers, we’ve heard it all before: We know and understand these issues, but until the younger generation gets it, the problem won’t go away. What kids need now is a new perspective on manufacturing. Shifting the perspective of the younger generation According to TechCrunch, manufacturing jobs are “believed to be dirty, grungy jobs for…