FusionNews for the week of 11/13: A weekly roundup of community news

Shannon McGarry November 13, 2015

2 min read

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FusionNews highlights the key things that happened over the past week in the Fusion 360 Community. New posts every Friday.

 

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From the Fusion 360 Team

 

SECURITY – Passwords are great, but what else can I do to secure my account?

Make sure your account stays secure by taking these steps.

 

UPDATE – What’s Driving Fusion 360’s Rapid Pace of Development

Take a quick look at where we’re at and where we are headed in the next few months.

 

QUICK TIP – Right Click to Make Sketch Relationships

Want to select something that is blocked by your design or other geometry? No problem! Use Select Other.

 

GETTING STARTED – Fusion 360 for Beginners

Get up and running in no time with this easy to digest 7 part video tutorial series.

 

CNC Basics – CNC 101

Learn the basics of CNC machining here.

 

LEARN & EXPLORE – How to Activate a Component

Here’s a quick screencast showing you how to activate a component in Fusion 360.

 

From the Fusion 360 Community

 

VIDEO TUTORIAL – CNC Routing with Fusion 360

Rob Duarte shows you how to add dogbone fillets in Fusion 360.

 

Events

 

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LIVE EVENT – Just 18 days till Autodesk University, have you filled your schedule yet?

Here are a few Fusion 360 classes to round out your week at AU 2015.

 

ONLINE EVENT – Working with Imported Models

Join us on 11/17 at 1 PM PST to learn how to become a file opening master!

 

LIVE EVENT – Fusion 360 Model SlamPortland

Portland folks – join us for an evening of design excitement on 11/17 at 6:30 pm.

 

LIVE EVENT – What can Fusion 360 do for you?San Francisco

Heard about Fusion and want to learn more. Join us on 11/18 at 6 pm PST to learn more.

 

Gallery Spotlights

We love to see what you are designing with Fusion 360! Share your designs with the Fusion 360 community on the Gallery.      

 

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           Helicopter by Bahubali Magadum                                   Chaise Lounge by Davide Florentino                      Wheelchair by Pramodh Nareshkumar

 

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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 from this week. Thanks to everyone for their suggestions!

 

Unlink Sketch Pattern Entities

Request  for the ability to convert a sketch pattern to individual unlinked entities.

 

Conic Fillets

Request to have the ability to create conic fillets.

 

Custom Sketch/DXF-profile library

Request to have a library for one’s custom sketch geometries and DXF profiles.

 

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.

 

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