Shannon McGarry
Elevate your design and manufacturing processes with Autodesk Fusion
FusionNews highlights the key things that happened over the past week in the Fusion 360 Community. New posts every Friday.
From the Fusion 360 Team
UPDATE – November Product Update is Available
Check out what’s new in the latest update that went live on 11/15.
UPDATE – Two new exciting services in Make menu with November update
New partnerships with 100K Garages and FATHOM take Fusion 360 one step closer to a connected ecosystem that transforms how products are designed, made and used.
TIP – Tips and shortcuts
Leverage these tips to help speed up your design process.
TIP – Setting your Preferences
If you come from a SolidWorks, Alias or Inventor background set your preferences for more familiar controls.
GETTING STARTED – Intro to CAM and Toolpaths
Get an overview of the CAM capabilities in Fusion 360.
WEBINAR RECORDING – Getting Started with FEA
Learn how to use Fusion 360 Simulation to analyze parts and assemblies, as well as the theory behind Finite Element Analysis and how to predict failure in your designs.
CUSTOMER STORY – Flair Brings a Modern Approach to Home Climate Control
Flair brings a modern approach to home climate control with the help of Fusion 360 & 3D printing.
Events
ONLINE EVENT – Advanced Sketching
Join us on 11/24 at 1 PM PST to learn the basics of sketching, along with more advanced topics & productivity tips.
LIVE EVENT – Fusion 360 Meetup
In the Knoxville, TN area? Join us on 11/30 at 6:30 PM to kick off our first Fusion 360 meetup!
ONLINE EVENT – Intro to Animations in Fusion 360
Join us on 12/8 at 1 PM PST to go over the workflow moving from the modeling workspace to the animations workspace.
Gallery Spotlights
We love to see what you are designing with Fusion 360! Share your designs with the Fusion 360 community on the Gallery.
Twin Piston Engine by Frank Bohez Formula 1 Car by Daniel Norée End Table by Matthew Crossley
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!
Request to make dimensions more easily readable by highlighting them in red.
Move Sketches to Component” tool to fix F360 component creation weakness
Request to add a “move sketches” to the component tool in order to turn any component into one that contains all of its own sketches.
Add in ability Sketch a Star polygon shape
Request to create a star with an arbitrary point while in Sketch mode.
Have a story to share? We want hear more about you and how you’re using Fusion 360! Shoot me an email at shannon.mcgarry@autodesk.com.