REAL ENGINEER tries Fusion 360 for the first time

The difficult part is not learning Fusion 360 it is unlearning years of another cad's flow and methods.

Your Solidworks background/expectations definitely made this harder ;)

The funny thing is, that he makes more errors than a noob, simply because he assumes, that Fusion works the same as what he is used to

Alternately titled, “MAN TRAINED ON SCREWDRIVER CONFUSED BY WRENCH”

I'm also a "real" engineer. I also have worked with solidworks, siemens nx, catia, etc. For big companies this is the way to go. But for small companies Fusion360 is the right choice. I work with it every day and love its features.

Subtitle of this Video: ConFusion360 😄

"can i not just save it to explorer?" cries in a360

Solidworks was designed with a 'bottom up' design methodology, while Fusion360 was designed with a 'top down' design methodology in mind. As a result the CAD approach to making something is totally different. For me, as soon as I accepted that there is a Solidworks way to do something and that Fusion360 might have a different way to design that same part, it helped a lot.

Fusion 360 is awesome. I had zero experience making 3d models when I started using it, and I picked it up fast.

Every file can be an assembly in F360. “Component Tree” is your friend.

This was extremely painful to watch.

Real spelling instructor tries to teach Major Hardware how to spell "tries"

I wanted to try Solidworks, but when I asked them for a licence, they quoted me $20,000... I couldn't get the student licence and they didn't want to help me out. Happily been using fusion for two years now and it still has more features in it than I'll probably ever learn.

The whole time I was screaming at the screen "This is how you do _blank_!" Lol

When learning 3D cad software (like Fusion 360) I found it useful to pick random objects from Thingiverse and try to replicate them. This pushes you outside your comfort zone and makes you do lots of "there must be a way to do that, what is it?" moments. Do one a night for a month and it's surprising the how much you learn.

As an Autodesk Certified Specialist with a focus on Fusion 360, I appreciate its distinctive approach to design. Unlike traditional assemblies, Fusion 360 employs a component and part system, allowing for greater flexibility. Components can encompass sub-components, offering a more versatile structure compared to CAD counterparts like SOLIDWORKS or Inventor. This methodology simplifies the design process and collaboration by enabling easy reuse of parts with their components. The absence of assembly complexities interacting with one another streamlines the application of constraints. This not only enhances efficiency but also contributes to a more straightforward workflow. It's worth noting that when dealing with substantial industrial assemblies, both Inventor and SOLIDWORKS hold an advantage. They allow for the export of comprehensive part lists to Excel sheets, including part numbers and associated data such as web links and cost calculations. This feature proves particularly beneficial for managing large-scale projects and enhancing traceability.

I’m not the best at CAD, but I use Fusion 360 for programming my CNC machines One of the nice things is the whole cloud system, you can save a project in Fusion, and then you’re able to open it on any computer anywhere as long as it has Fusion.

Learning fusion 360 from nothing was a huge learning curve, but now I find it straightforward. I imagine if I tried to move to Solid works I would find it really hard.

For those curious, Fusion 360 does have assemblies (haven't used SolidWorks, but I assume it's similar). He has the pane collapsed for these. You build it out with components which can have sub-components (and so fourth). Each component can be linked (e.g. separate file, mirrored) or part of one file. He may have found it, as he does have the pane open later in the video. There's some great YouTubers (Lars Christiansen and Tyler Beck) that specialize in F360 tutorial videos. It's worth learning this workflow because it's used in other parts of the program like Drawings, Animation, Simulation/Physics, and automatic B.O.M. takeoffs.

Haha, I've used solidworks for decades now and recently tried Fusion and had the same fun as you... Keep up the good work!