Shannon McGarry
Elevate your design and manufacturing processes with Autodesk Fusion
FusionNews highlights the key things happening in the Fusion 360 Community. New posts every Friday.
From the Fusion 360 Team
Product Roadmap Update – February 2018
It’s true though, we all feel like a visionary when we’re designing in Fusion 360, making the next best thing and moving the world forward. Here’s an update on the things we’re working on.
If you’ve ever wanted to export your Fusion designs to OBJ, SketchUp, or other types not available from within the Export command, you’ll want to watch this QT.
SPAXELS Drone Shows Use Swarm Intelligence to Generate Serious Buzz
Could you use swarm intelligence to be the master of your own drone army?
Events
Online: User Interface & Data Management (Pt. 1 of 3) – Learn how to navigate the Fusion 360 interface and manage your data on 3/5 at 3:30 PM EST. Register here.
Online: Sketching & Part Modeling (Pt. 2 of 3) – Take an in-depth look at sketching, constraints, and modeling on 3/7 at 2 PM EST. Register here.
Online: Assemblies (Pt. 3 of 3) – Learn more about components vs. bodies, joints, motions studies and more on 3/9 at 2 PM EST. Register here.
Online: CAM Fundamentals – Join us on 3/8 at 1 PM EST to learn how to get started with CAM in Fusion 360. Register here.
Online: Direct Modeling Deep Dive – Gain insight into direct modeling techniques, repairing geometry and more on 3/8 at 2 PM EST. Register here.
Gallery Spotlights
Stool by Alex Lobos
Tattoo Machine by Leonel Calleros
Robotic Industrial Arm by Hector Cepeda
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:
- Copy Multiple – I would like the Copy/Move tool to have an apply -button. After pressing apply the component will get copied to the new location but it will not close the tool, nor will the tool lose the selection, move type and pivot point that is set up.
- Bring All the Export Extensions from Fusion Team into Fusion 360 Desktop App – Why do we have to open Fusion Team to get access to more export options?
- Sheet Metal – Sketch Bend Line – Can we have a basic sketched bend line function? Existing sheet metal flat patterns or DXF’s from another CAD system could then be imported into Fusion, turned into a sheet metal part and bend lines could be added manually to create a usable sheet metal model.
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