Emily Suzuki
Here are four key topics and five sessions designers and engineers won’t want to miss at Autodesk University 2023.
Autodesk University is back November 13-15, 2023, and it’s the perfect place for designers and engineers to take their Fusion 360 knowledge to the next level and become power users. Through over 80 Fusion 360-focused technical workshops, networking opportunities, keynotes, and more, you’ll learn how to expand your current capabilities and reach your future goals.
Here are four key topics you’ll learn about at the event, along with a few key sessions you won’t want to miss during your trip to sunny Las Vegas.
1. Design faster
Learn new techniques for 3D modeling and conceptual design to create and iterate designs faster, leveraging the latest tools in Fusion 360. Attend sessions that delve into how to optimize designs, utilizing features that enhance speed and performance.
2. Collaborate easier
Discover Fusion 360’s cloud-based tools that allow for real-time collaboration, enabling global teams to work together seamlessly. Gain insights into how to make team communication more effective with Fusion 360’s collaboration features, sharing design data, feedback, and updates effortlessly.
3. Get inspired
Witness cutting-edge design projects and innovative solutions, and see firsthand how others are pushing the boundaries with Fusion 360. Join inspirational talks and interactive sessions with renowned design experts, gaining unique insights and inspiration to bring back to your own work.
4. Increase design flexibility
Utilize the latest features that enable your configure designs to be adaptable based on specific parameters and user-provided inputs. Explore a class on Fusion 360’s seamless integration with other design and sustainability tools.
5 design & engineering-focused Fusion 360 sessions
Autodesk University 2023 registration and session enrollment is currently open. Here are just five of many (over 80!) Fusion 360-focused courses you won’t want to miss out on. Each one touches on one of the four key themes above.
Configurations Unleashed: Revolutionizing Consumer Product Design
This session focuses on the strategic role of configurations in consumer product design through Fusion 360. We’ll discuss how to create highly customizable, efficient, and innovative products that appeal to diverse consumer needs. We’ll highlight practical examples and best practices, equipping you with the knowledge to integrate configurations effectively in your design process.
Hands-on LAB: Become a Fusion 360 Volumetric Lattice Expert in 90 Minutes
During this hands-on session, you’ll dive deep into the world of volumetric lattice in Fusion 360 and how it enables you to design the product of your dreams. You’ll start by learning the basics of how the technology works and how to lattice a sample part. Then, you’ll put your new skills into practice and lattice an actual part. After covering foundational skills, you’ll use intermediate methods to create more complex lattices with ease. Finally, you’ll explore advanced and even expert techniques that push the limits of what is possible. If you design or engineer consumer products and want to take your designs to the next level and beyond, this session is for you!
A Look into the Autodesk Fusion 360 Crystal Ball for Data Management
Join us as we explore improvements that we’ve made in research and development in the area of data management for Autodesk Fusion 360, from Fusion 360 software’s canvas to Fusion Team to the Manage Extension.
A New Design Ride: Designing an Open-Source Adaptive Mountain Bike
Noel Joyce is a wheelchair user and industrial designer currently teaching design and innovation at NYU. A couple of years ago, Joyce started Project Mjolnir, the world’s first open-source adaptive mountain bike project. Project Mjolinr’s goal is to break down the barriers of entry for anyone to get into the sport by creating a bike based on a modular platform that is infinitely changeable, adaptable, and can be built anywhere. Join Joyce to learn more about the project, the design process, and what’s next.
Should I Use Automated Modeling or Generative Design? Both!
In this class, we’ll demonstrate a project that uses automated modeling to design a conceptual part. We’ll then take that concept and refine it to become a functional, manufacturable part using generative design.
