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Learning Fusion 360

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I would like to learn how to use Fusion 360 to 3D print some parts. I’d like to stick with Fusion 360 or something similar, ones that have a massive online following.

All personal use.

I do not have any background in CAD. As in none.

I’ve tried some YouTube videos and that format isn’t working for me. Maybe it’s the format, maybe it’s the series.

I am willing to try more YouTube series. Any of them y'all recommend for complete beginner?

I am willing to pay for online classes. I am unable to attend classes at a local college (not enough time).

Recommendations?
 
Is there something specific you are angling to build first? For me it helps to start with something basic and have a few small research points and build on that for later.

Also have you tried Fusion360's little brother TinkerCad? A very intuitive and straight forward way to mash primitive shapes together and get familiar with 3d space designs.
 
At this point, I’d like to start with designing and printing a cube. From beginning to end.

I’ve thought about TinkerCAD. Several reviews I’ve read (not experienced) say if you start with TinkerCAD, it seems to hinder further learning with Fusion 360. Just something I read.
 
I'm not certain if I buy into TinkerCad being a hinderance. I mean it's what they start school kids out on, and I typically bounce between using it for quick fixes or designs that I don't want to muck around with in Blender. Fusion360 if I need something less organic in shape.

In terms of a cube, in TinkerCad that is one of the primitive shapes you can plop down and resize as needed.

For Fusion360 it's more of draw a 2d square and then extrude it one direction. Example:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVBTI0tBSAI
 
Liver said:
At this point, I’d like to start with designing and printing a cube. From beginning to end.

I’ve thought about TinkerCAD. Several reviews I’ve read (not experienced) say if you start with TinkerCAD, it seems to hinder further learning with Fusion 360. Just something I read.
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The way you go about building things is very different with each of those software packages. Tinkercad works good for basic things and quick mock ups for me. Fusion 360 is where I design things once I have a solid idea. You can do so much more with fusion but it can also be overwhelming to learn. I’d pick one and learn it.
 
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The way you go about building things is very different with each of those software packages. Tinkercad works good for basic things and quick mock ups for me. Fusion 360 is where I design things once I have a solid idea. You can do so much more with fusion but it can also be overwhelming to learn. I’d pick one and learn it.
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Exactly. I’m asking for a link or recommendation for a class that I can take as a total beginner. The YouTube videos I have been watching, aren’t clicking for me (they are good videos though).
 
Liver said:
Exactly. I’m asking for a link or recommendation for a class that I can take as a total beginner. The YouTube videos I have been watching, aren’t clicking for me (they are good videos though).
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I had a cad background many years ago but picked up on fusion 360 pretty easily. As far as what videos to watch, you’ll want to start with the very basic beginner videos on YouTube for fusion. If you don’t understand those very basic simple type videos you may not catch on to learning fusion and you may want to consider tinkercad.

Tinkercad is much more simple, but it’s still useful and powerful when needed. It’s taught to elementary age kids, and should be easy for an adult to pick up. There is no shortage of very basic videos for Tinkercad. It is owned by the same company who owns Autocad and Solidworks.
 
Dreamerbydesign said:
I had a cad background many years ago but picked up on fusion 360 pretty easily. As far as what videos to watch, you’ll want to start with the very basic beginner videos on YouTube for fusion. If you don’t understand those very basic simple type videos you may not catch on to learning fusion and you may want to consider tinkercad.

Tinkercad is much more simple, but it’s still useful and powerful when needed. It’s taught to elementary age kids, and should be easy for an adult to pick up. There is no shortage of very basic videos for Tinkercad. It is owned by the same company who owns Autocad and Solidworks.
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I’ll check out TinkerCAD. Seems like it’s an app for iOS.

I speak three languages, that I learned as an elementary age kid. I know that picking up a foreign language at my age (now) will be much much harder.
 
Take a picture of an item, import it as a canvas into Fusion 360. Take out a pair of calipers and take a measurement. Go to the canvas image in the Browser explorer, right click the canvas and select "Calibrate". Pick the two points you measured in the picture and enter in the exact measurements in millimeters.

Make a sketch around the object, and then finish the sketch. Begin to extrude.

I tried Tinkercad and deleted it as soon as I found out you can't import an image as a Canvas. That is like, the life line of how I make ANYTHING.

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