An Expert's Tips for a Smooth Fusion 360 Workflow - Beginners Guide

Beginners usually struggle with navigating multiple components and where files live in Fusion 360....In 8 minutes I will summarize a terrific overview from the Autodesk University course by Jim Swain.

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[LilSmokey.]

5:45 right click the component in the tree while the shift+N is active and click “cycle component color”. Sadly it just gives you a random color but it does allow you to change it a little.

[theinsanityunleashed]

You can change the component color. Right click the component and choose "cycle component color".

[LilSmokey.]

7:40 I recommend just right clicking the component on the tree and use “ground to parent” instead of using the as built joint. There’s also a preference to automatically ground the first created component that I highly recommend turning on.

[mjp]

This is a very helpful introductory list of 'rules', thank you, as well as for the free downloads and links to the course by Jim!

[CraigHollabaugh]

I've put the "new component" on the toolbar before the sketch icon. Then I always remember rule #1. Thanks, this was quick and to the point.

[kineticsymmetry]

Theinsanityunleashed is totally right, it is possible to change component colors.
Another tip for beginners; It's totally possible to rename sketches before you finish them, You just have to be sure You don't have a command active "Sketch line, Dimension, constraint command, etc..." press esc to be sure the mouse cursor is neutral then you can name it.

[gerritvisser]

Love your Bro, it's as if 'we' were there on your shoulder asking the questions. :-)

[Noxoreos]

You have used the terms "rigid joint" and "rigid group" synonymously but they are two different things. A rigid group holds two or more components and they don't even need to touch. A joint always connects two components and is meant to have the components snap together. An As-Built joint is the exception where they don't need to touch, but it is still only between two components.

[michaelhooper]

Great video, what do you do if you create a component inside a component, how do I fix this, do I have to start over? Also, what if you create a component, and need to add a body, can I drag it in? can I drag bodies from other components?

[BlackSmokeDMax]

A question on the grounding vs as built rigid joint....

Is that as necessary/important when using all external components? Or is ground better in that case? Still worse? The same?

[CrowWood.MetalWorks]

I have a question not really about this video but about Fusion. I scaled my project to big I need to scale it down how can I do that?

[patrickengineering]

What do you do when you need to have a master high level sketch that is used for multiple components?

[jimimmler]

It seems that if you don’t immediately create a component when you start but rather use the ‘create components from bodies’ later then the sketch does not reside inside the component. This is a problem because if you want to use the component in other projects then it has no details of the parametrics used. If that makes sense.

[MadeInMichigan]

I absolutely hate the file management in Fusion. It's enough to make me want to jump ship.

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