You don’t need to spend crazy money, even a basic $5 mouse will do the trick, just don’t use a trackpad!Ĩ. Trying to do this all with a track pad is like trying to do a detailed drawing with a lump of coal, you’re gonna have a bad time. Left click executes stuff, right click is for sub menus, and the middle mouse button controls pan, zoom, and sometimes orbit. Speaking of clicks, get a 3 button mouseĪll CAD tools require some basic functionality of the mouse. At the top of that wheel you’ll notice that the last function you used is always there, it’s a great time saving function!ħ. When you start out with Fusion 360, you can do basically all your basic functions with just the left click on your mouse, but did you know there’s a stack of stuff the right click can do too? My personal favourite use of the right click is the wheel that surrounds where you clicked.
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You can’t run until you know how to walk! Take it easy, slow and steady wins the race! Start with small individual single part projects first, and introduce more and more complexity as you go along. Maybe your end goal is to start up a driver-less car company, or something equally epic, but if you’re starting out with CAD, don’t try and dive right in and work on that final product. Learning a new tool can be a daunting task, but it’s only as hard as you make it. You don’t need to be amazing at drawing, just get your idea out of your head onto paper first and work from there, it’ll help you flesh it out, and identify problems faster than going straight into 3D modelling! Speaking of sketches, get a pencil and some paper So, as before, if you accidentally stop a sketch, just double click on it in the timeline to jump back to it!Ĥ. They might look like they line up, but they aren’t the same drawing, it’s the same thing with Fusion 360, if you start a sketch, stop, and create a new one, Fusion 360 won’t connect those lines, even if they look connected. This however, doesn’t take you back to the same sketch, it’s like starting a drawing, stepping away, and then laying another sheet of paper on top of the other to finish the drawing off. When using the sketch tool, every now and again new users might accidentally hit Stop Sketch at the end of the tool bar, or in the tool palette, panic, and then go to sketch - create sketch. One of the most common errors I see total beginners making has to do with sketches. You don’t need to hit undo, in the timeline you can just double click on the particular operation and it will open up that operation, and you can hit the X, or use the ctrl/CMD as before! Well what about if you do the operation, and hit enter? Don’t worry we’ve got you covered on that too! Let’s stick with the chamfer for now. Let’s say you select the wrong things you want to chamfer, instead of hitting cancel or escape, just hit that little x, and it will wipe what you’ve selected and let you reselect what you want! If you want to get real fancy, you can hold down command (on a mac) or ctrl (on a PC) and manually deselect the individual parts that you didn’t want in the operation!
When working with tools in the create or modify menus, you’ll see next to the various inputs, there’s a little X. Fusion 360 however, has a bunch of neat tricks for when you make errors. One of the most common things I see beginners and new users to CAD do, is freak out if they click on the wrong thing, and mash escape, the undo button, or cancel. It’s laid out in a simple way for you to get started, and is broken down into various categories so you can prioritize the content that is most important to you! You can find it here. If YouTube isn’t your bag, and you prefer a more structured way of learning, the shiny new learning portal is your best bet.
You can find the Youtube channel here and I made my own video for total beginners you can find here
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The YouTube channel is full of great tutorials, quick tips, and videos on how other people use Fusion 360 to get your inspired. If you’re just starting out, or even if you’re familiar with other CAD packages, I always recommend starting with the learning content! We use both Youtube and our own official learning portal to get started. It’s ok, starting out can be daunting, but thankfully, we’ve got your back, so just take a deep breath, put on a brew, and let’s take things slowly. Well hello, congrats for getting started with CAD! It’s a wide world of opportunity out there, and chances are, you might be a bit overwhelmed at the beginning, so here are my top 10 tips for total beginners when it comes to CAD, design, and Fusion 360!