Fusion360

[rcflier]

Hi Mike, and thank you for your help.
Just before I went here I drew two drilled tubes.
Draw a flat sketch with dimensioned circles, then extrude it to a bar (the circles automatically becomes holes).
Select the end face, make a sketch with the wall thickness as offset and press/pull it. Tada...
I think I'll end up lovin' it. But I still need to find all the things that make it fast and easy. Like moving 3 circles together as one.
It is quite different to the old 2D Autocad I remember.

Cheers
Erik

 

[USMCDOC]

Hi Mike, and thank you for your help.
Just before I went here I drew two drilled tubes.
Draw a flat sketch with dimensioned circles, then extrude it to a bar (the circles automatically becomes holes).
Select the end face, make a sketch with the wall thickness as offset and press/pull it. Tada...
I think I'll end up lovin' it. But I still need to find all the things that make it fast and easy. Like moving 3 circles together as one.
It is quite different to the old 2D Autocad I remember.

Cheers
Erik

 

[Desolus]

Maybe it's just me, but 360 seems to use the same methodology as every other professional cad package. I at least picked it up almost immediately.

Once you get used to working with constraints to * fully * define your geometry in this way you will be able to pick up other cad packages much easier.

 

[Groundhog]

Maybe it's just me, but 360 seems to use the same methodology as every other professional cad package. I at least picked it up almost immediately.

Once you get used to working with constraints to * fully * define your geometry in this way you will be able to pick up other cad packages much easier.

I agree. I have AutoCad and TurboCad (using 3D) experience and learning Fusion 360 is pretty seamless. Lots of little tricks and shortcuts can be found online.