Autodesk Fusion 360

Autodesk Fusion 360 is a cloud-based 3D CAD, CAM, and CAE platform. Training outlines typically follow a structured, step-by-step path. They move from basic 2D sketching to 3D solid modeling, assemblies, and manufacturing.

Module 1: Interface & Navigation

  • UI Overview: Data panel, browser tree, parametric timeline, and workspace switching.
  • File Management: Creating projects, folders, and cloud storage saving.
  • Navigation Basics: Using the ViewCube, panning, zooming, and orbiting.
  • Preferences: Document settings, units (e.g., mm vs. inches), and default settings.

Module 2: 2D Sketching

  • Sketch Basics: Selecting planes, drawing lines, rectangles, circles, and arcs.
  • Dimensions: Applying specific measurements and using parameters.
  • Sketch Constraints: Utilizing relations like parallel, perpendicular, concentric, and tangent.
  • Modifying Sketches: Filleting corners, trimming, mirroring, and patterning.
  • Troubleshooting: Checking for fully closed profiles and overlapping geometry.

Module 3: 3D Solid Modeling

  • Primitives: Creating basic shapes directly (boxes, cylinders, spheres).
  • Extrude & Revolve: Converting 2D sketches into 3D bodies by pulling or spinning.
  • Advanced Features: Sweeps, lofts, coils, and rib features.
  • Modifying Bodies: Shelling for hollow parts, applying fillets/chamfers, and using the draft tool.

Module 4: Assemblies & Joints

  • Components: Creating new components and managing a multi-body design.
  • Joints: Applying rigid, revolute, slider, and ball joints to simulate motion.
  • Inspecting Models: Checking for interference, measuring distances, and viewing cross-sections.

Module 5: Documentation & Drawings

  • 2D Drawings: Generating base, projected, and section views from 3D models.
  • Annotations: Adding dimensions, center marks, and text to technical drawings.

Module 6: Advanced Workspaces (Optional/Specialized)

  • Form Environment: Sculpting freeform, organic shapes using T-Splines.
  • Manufacturing (CAM): Setting up 2D and 3D machining strategies, toolpaths, and stock simulation.
  • Simulation: Stress testing and thermal analysis of parts.
  • Rendering: Applying materials, lighting, and environmental styles for photorealistic visuals.

 

 

 

 

Image from customer, Iterate UK, showing a consumer product design team at work in their studio. Includes electronics, 3D printing, sketching, and simulation.