The Product Design extension within Autodesk Fusion 360 is a great addition to the Design workspace. This allows us to create rules for materials we work with. These rules can include a Thickness range, Draft angles, Nominal radius and more. Giving us great intelligence in the design process, which helps automate the process further. Plastic …
The Simulation Workspace in Fusion 360 is an incredibly powerful workspace. Giving us the ability to run a range of simulations on our designs to both assist in the design process and confirm our parts are designed to handle the work. Fusion are continually adding functionality to the simulation workspace. So, this is an ever …
Creating Detail Drawings in any Product Design package is standard functionality. Due to the nature of Autodesk Fusion 360, and its initial target audience, this did not always get the attention needed. However, over the past two years this area has seen some rapid development putting the Drawing Workspace on the map. We often hear …
Fusion 360 makes great use of cloud functionality when working with data, whether working on your own or collaborating with others. Within Single User storage, you can easily access your latest data from anywhere you have an internet connection. When collaborating with other users, we can take this functionality even further, allowing multiple people to …
With the introduction of so many great extensions in Fusion 360, it can be tempting to want to ‘collect them all’. Since most companies need more than one in their workflow, Autodesk have introduced Fusion 360 Personas. Personas are designed for users who will need access to extensions in one clean package. These also end …
Fusion has a neat built in tool that allows you to export and send your design straight to your preferred 3D Printing Slicer. To access this feature click on File > 3D Print. This will bring up a 3D Print Dialogue, where you can choose: Which format to export it to. The refinement quality that …
We often need to add new bolts into Fusion 360 but sometimes the options we find online aren’t quite what we’re looking for. One of Fusion’s lesser-known features is the add-ins tool which allows us to run Python scripts. One of these includes a Bolt sample script which we will look at today. Inserting Library …
The Product Design Extension is aimed at making the design process easier and more intuitive. This new addition to Fusion Extensions offers some very handy tools including Boss Creation, Geometric Patterns, and Plastic Rules to name a few. The new tools are mostly focused on the manufacturing of plastic parts, and are therefore found in …