Fusion 360 for Woodworkers - Lesson 1 Introduction to Fusion 360

Fusion 360 for Woodworkers - Lesson 1

I have started to get a lot of questions about how I use Fusion 360 to create my designs, my drawings and the rendered images.

In this mini-course, we are going to take an example of the bookcase you see at the back of my workshop and walk through the process mouse click by mouse click.

We will start by looking at how to get and license Fusion 360 using the hobby license (makes it free to use), we will then build up the design, create the exploded view, create the drawings, create the cut list and finally the photorealistic rendering.

This is going to be a multi-part series, so subscribe for future lessons and check out the playlist for the full series.

In this video, we will look at

• Obtaining the software & license for free
• Familiarise ourselves with the software
• Look at a worked example to understand the art of the possible


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[TheWoodgrafter]

Hi, something a bit different this week. The Fusion 360 guide for woodworkers.

I have had loads of requests for this, so enjoy.

Andy

[budj]

It must be satisfying to know that a 4 year old series is still bringing value to viewers! Like you I used SketchUp for years and modeled my projects, but with the free version gone I switched to Fusion 360. I'm very impressed with Fusion, but after watching a couple of your videos in this series I realized there were many better methods that I needed to learn. So, I've started over at the beginning and will be going through the entire series. I just finished modeling an outfeed cabinet and I'm going to start over and do it again using parametric modeling. Thanks for the great work. Oh, and I've subscribed.

[MinuteWorkshop]

Very good Andy, looking forwards to the rest of the series! 👍👍

[moderntouchfurniture]

This is one of the best woodworking for Fusion video series I've seen, and I've seen them all. This is one of my top three, and I would say out of the three, Andrew explains this the best. Thank you Andrew you're an awesome narrator.

[joepalazzolo]

Andy, I came for the Incra LS Positioner videos, staying for the Fusion 360 tutorial. You're a treasure.

[Demon_Mx]

just from this first lesson on fusion 360 and looking at the program all together it totally scares me. Have tried to d just a basic box on my own and can never figure out the joinery part or how to make things snap into place. Looking forward to watching and following along with your lessons. Thank you so much!

[WalterWhite-pqhf]

Absolutely awesome series on woodworking with Fusion 360. I have used 2D drawing software (e.g. Visio) for years. That is what I used to captured my projects but always missed the interference aspect that a 3d drawing provides. Wanting to learn Fusion 360 because of its free use for hobbyists I went in search of a good tutorial on YouTube. After trying several I found them lacking in "real" usage examples and depth on features. This series covers a great example with appropriate details on not only the mechanics of working the tool but also why it should be used in this way. The parametric modeling is covered and will be my default method for using it. Thank you for taking the time to put the series together. Extremely useful.

[williamb.francis]

Thank you, thank you. I have been looking for such a tutorial.

[davidallenphotography]

Hi Andy, I installed Fusion 360 today. Looking forward to following along with your course.

[inbranding]

Simple and effective explanation of getting it installed. looking forward to the next video.

[markdinmore]

fantastic just downloaded can not wait to use and watch all thank you

[donaldlabrie]

I have reviewed lessons 1 through 4. Great job teaching students how to get started with Fusion. You don’t keep repeating yourself which is fine that’s what the rewind button does very well. Looking forward to drawing up this bookcase as a tutorial.

[michael.knight]

Timely video, just started with Fusion 360 recently as I got a 3D printer. Was able to get it working for some basic prints, but it'll be good to get to know the program more systematically. Looking forward to the next one.

[montebrown]

Love fusion and learning something new.

[markjervis]

Very informative Andy. Looking forward to upcoming episodes.

[theminimalist-]

a well structured detailed tutorial since the beginning, thumbs up!

[prutila]

Found your channel several days ago and very informative videos. Glad I found it and very happy with the Fusion 360 tutorials. Outstanding job and keep the great content coming!!!

[MattR-nbqv]

Love the series (and I'm reviewing the series again). Recently I've seen OPENBOM for fusion 360 for woodworkers. Any chance of adding a session explaining OPENBOM as an add in?

[Benchdogtools]

Great to see you doing this. I’ve been using fusion for a number of years and it’s where all. My products are first designed. it’s very easy to your once you get used to working in 3 dimensional space With plenty of tutorials on YouTube most answers are available. Looking forward to watching your videos on how you use it.

[michaelmiller]

Hi bud, I have just discovered you so I am a bit late to your party but I am enjoying going through your back catalogue! Got to the 360 series and just downloaded...thanks for everything! 👍👍