Fusion360

Here are some of my favorite YouTubers to watch for Fusion 360. There are a lot of beginner ones and some more advanced ones as well (both for CAD and CAM). There is enough in YouTube to learn Fusion without spending any money whatsoever!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv0LDps_1xX8NqkfiBK1LaQ

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo29kn3d9ziFUZGZ50VKvWA

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkExKzWS6u80g4npbU0VX3g

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_VEo4EW9xoPPc4ZVmy4X7A

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiMwMz3RMbW5mbx0iDcRQ2g

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe0IyK4ntgdPTTjsxjvyHPg

Great stuff on all this channels!

Just stick with it!
Ted
 
I think it depends on how your brain is wired. I have made a couple of attempts to use it and never really could make it do what I wanted (repeatedly :))
I have used several CAD programs over the last 30-40 years and have had little problems learning any of them. Then I tried (and will probably try again)
Fusion 360 and it just doesn't click with me. My son in law was up and using it to design parts for a 3D printer in one afternoon! Just goes to show you.
These young whippersnappers these days and their digital brains.;)
 
I precede the baby boomers and sometimes have difficulty remembering where I left my coffee cup. For me, Fusion is definitely trying to teach an old dog new tricks. What I need is the incentive to do it. The issue with a lot of the new CAD software is there are just so many features that they have to use context sensitive menus. Threading your way down to the option you want is often times like running through a rat maze.

Nevertheless, Fusion is a powerful tool and is continually improving. My CAM software is SprutCAM 7 which is four versions old. Upgrading to the latest version will cost me $1300. If I want to stay current, it will cost me around $600/yr. Contrast that with free Fusion 360 software. When I some point , my SprutCAM software no longer functions for me, I won't be upgrading it but will make it a point to learn how to use Fusion.
 
Ted,

This 60 year old dog thanks you for those links.. i had already found the NYC CNC guy.. i like him a lot! I am trying to learn this 360 stuff.. my main problem is that i don't play with the software everyday! I need to do that.
Technical Ted said:
Here are some of my favorite YouTubers to watch for Fusion 360. There are a lot of beginner ones and some more advanced ones as well (both for CAD and CAM). There is enough in YouTube to learn Fusion without spending any money whatsoever!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv0LDps_1xX8NqkfiBK1LaQ

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo29kn3d9ziFUZGZ50VKvWA

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkExKzWS6u80g4npbU0VX3g

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_VEo4EW9xoPPc4ZVmy4X7A

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiMwMz3RMbW5mbx0iDcRQ2g

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe0IyK4ntgdPTTjsxjvyHPg

Great stuff on all this channels!

Just stick with it!
Ted
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Hi guys.

I've also decided to use Fusion 360. I work in a public school, so I have access to both Inventor and Fusion 360. But I had to toss a coin.
I want to use Fusion to draw/construct a Gyrobee one seat gyrocopter. That should be quite an easy project. I'll probably have some questions along the way.

Right now I'm pondering the most efficient way of constructing an extruded aluminum tube - as there are several ways to do it.

Draw the face and then extrude? PressPull? And others... I intend to draw all parts in inch (as per the original drawing) and then convert to metric.
It should be possible to fit all parts together to check it out. Aluminum 6061-T6 is costly and I have to travel far to buy it, so I would like to do that just once.

TIA

Cheers
Erik Werner Hansen
 
rcflier said:
Hi guys.

I've also decided to use Fusion 360. I work in a public school, so I have access to both Inventor and Fusion 360. But I had to toss a coin.
I want to use Fusion to draw/construct a Gyrobee one seat gyrocopter. That should be quite an easy project. I'll probably have some questions along the way.

Right now I'm pondering the most efficient way of constructing an extruded aluminum tube - as there are several ways to do it.

Draw the face and then extrude? PressPull? And others... I intend to draw all parts in inch (as per the original drawing) and then convert to metric.
It should be possible to fit all parts together to check it out. Aluminum 6061-T6 is costly and I have to travel far to buy it, so I would like to do that just once.

TIA

Cheers
Erik Werner Hansen
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I like using sketches for everything I can. It's easy to change things later on if you want to tweak a dimension. Also, converting to metric is easily done just by clicking on "Units" in the browser. You can also enter either inch or metric when defining dimensions by using "in" or "mm" regardless of the current units.

When learning something new with Fusion I would watch a video and duplicate what I was watching in Fusion. I would pause the video and replicate it and re-watch that section of the video until I had the process down.

I have a lot of fun just playing with Fusion!

Good luck,
Ted
 
Yes, the painless conversion was a dealbreaker for me. I didn't know I can use both inch and mm along the way - thank you.
I don't care if my works are in the sky also - no secrets. I know I can construct the parts in many ways - I was just wondering: Which is the most efficient?
Hmm, using a solid, press/pull all holes and then press/pull the inside to make the extrusion would do. As so many other ways....

Cheers
Erik
 
I had hoped to draw some help lines, because several holes shared a common distance. (old Autocad thinking)
Now I think I might make some points for the circles. I just need to get thinking the proper Fusion way...

Cheers
Erik
 
Ted ....Thank you for the references. I already watched the 1st one. Very helpful!

Technical Ted said:
Here are some of my favorite YouTubers to watch for Fusion 360. There are a lot of beginner ones and some more advanced ones as well (both for CAD and CAM). There is enough in YouTube to learn Fusion without spending any money whatsoever!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv0LDps_1xX8NqkfiBK1LaQ

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo29kn3d9ziFUZGZ50VKvWA

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkExKzWS6u80g4npbU0VX3g

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_VEo4EW9xoPPc4ZVmy4X7A

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiMwMz3RMbW5mbx0iDcRQ2g

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe0IyK4ntgdPTTjsxjvyHPg

Great stuff on all this channels!

Just stick with it!
Ted
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There are a lot of very helpful videos for Fusion 360. Autodesk has a channel on YouTube with a bunch of "how to" and "Fast Tip" videos. (do a YouTube search and a Google search and you will find tons of helpful videos). Lars Christensen has a lot of introductory videos and other helpful videos. When possible I watch videos in full screen mode so I can see the menu clicks and other detail in the videos that I miss when at the smaller size.
Use the "?" Help question mark in the upper right of Fusion 360 itself. You can get a surprising number of questions answered using the "search help" box, many which are videos (it may be necessary to follow the supplied link to the original video page to watch in full screen).
I was pretty good with TurboCad 3D and so learning Fusion 360 was pretty easy. It seems worthwhile to learn and use as long as it stays cost effective. For myself I concentrate on what I need to know (model, CAM and drawing) and pay less attention to the parts that are not important to me now (like sculpt, render, etc.).
 
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