Fusion Tutorial 0: The Fusion User Interface

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Introduction

Autodesk Fusion is a useful CAD system, which is also to say that it can be very frustrating at times. This page summarizes some of the most important features of the user interface to help you learn to navigate through it.

As of this writing, there are only a few seats of Fusion in the Design Shop. You may need to hunt around for a computer with a working seat.

Loading Fusion

Double-click on the Fusion icon on the desktop. It takes a minute or so to load, and then it will display a dialog box like the one shown below.

Fusion projects are generally stores on "The Cloud" and so a collection of projects may accumulate in the Asylum account on your computer. The projects are listed in the first dialog box, along with buttons for "Open" and "New." If you are starting a new projects, click the "New" button.

Licenses around AA may be subject to change. It is important to backup your work to some local drive by using the "Export" feature that will be available later in the sequence.

new part window

If you wish to open an existing project, click on the "Open" button and the dialog box will give you the option to open a Cloud-based project or to navigate to a project saved on a local drive. Use the button at the bottom of the window to open a conventional file navigation box.

open project window

When you open a new design, there are a few options, such as and assembly. This page only discusses the UI for part designs.

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