Once you understand the general process of 2D sketching, the book moves on to leveraging them with all of Fusion 360’s numerous 3D creation tools. These are extruded, revolved and lofted from 2D into 3D structures. So why would 2D sketching be important? It turns out that most of the custom 3D shapes you’ll build will start out as 2D curves and drawings. You might think this is strange, given that the goal of a 3D CAD tool is to produce 3D objects. Then there is a large section dedicated to perhaps the most important feature in Fusion 360: sketching. The book commences with the obvious first step: explaining the basic interfaces and concepts used throughout Autodesk Fusion 360. This book takes the reader through the basics of starting with Autodesk Fusion 360, and assumes you know little to start.

Because of their generous licensing programs, Autodesk has attracted many new 3D modelers to their software.Īutodesk provides a large number of online tutorials and in particular videos to help new Fusion 360 users to get up to speed, but there’s nothing better than having a book you can refer to, particularly at the initial stages. By learning Autodesk Fusion 360 right from the beginning, one can gradually move into more advanced functionality as required without the need to move to a new 3D modeling tool.Īutodesk Fusion 360 is available not only as a paid product, but also free of charge for qualified users, such as students, educators, startup company staff and even individual hobbyists. That is a significant advantage for the tool, as those who learn 3D modeling on introductory tools are often faced with learning a more advanced tool after they exhaust the features of the introductory tool.

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