Fusion 360: Basic Part Modeling

Learn how to measure and model real-world objects so you can create parts that are manufacture-ready.

Introduction

• Welcome
• About the course

1. Setup

• Download Fusion 360
• Introduction to the user interface
• Change settings
• PC vs. Mac

2. Design Basics

• Updated toolbar UI (2019)
• First model and navigation
• Sketching and extruding
• Editing sketches and features
• Construction lines and circles
• Offset and Fillet tools

3. Designing Accurate Parts

• Design a battery with dimensions
• Using calipers to get precise measurements
• Design slide switch: Constraints
• Slide switch: Constraints continued
• Fix over-constraint errors
• Referencing dimensions
• Modifying dimensions

4. Design by Referencing Drawings

• Obtaining drawings for battery charger
• Inches to millimeters
• Symmetry Constraint and Mirror tool
• Midpoint and linear constraints
• Ports
• Fillets and appearances
• Modifying features

5. Design by Attaching Canvas

• Attach and calibrate canvas for the circuit playground
• Sketching by referencing the canvas
• Parallel constraints and Circular Pattern
• Circular Pattern in the modeling environment
• Modify the timeline
• Combining bodies
• Separating bodies and appearances

Conclusion

• Next steps