Bodies And Components Fusion 360 | Beginners topic

Bodies and Components in Fusion 360 is a basic beginners topic and this is the first video in a series where I explain the idea carefully in simple terms.
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Rather than discuss bodies and component theory at length we jump right into an example and there will be a series of these videos in a playlist so that you can follow along a number of times in order to develop familiarity by reinforcement. Please be aware that if you miss this concept you will have quite a bit of difficulty doing anything more than single parts in Fusion 360. Get this down and it will unlock assemblies for you and many more advanced functions.
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Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:00 Some settings
2:00 Save first of all
2:30 New component
3.00 Show the origin
3.05 Main sketch
4:50 Extrude base
5:15 Extrude boss
6:40 Extrude shaft
8:45 Component Colour
9:40 Cut keyway
12:35 Extrude Key
13:30 Filter the timeline by colour
14:30 Drag and drop
15:30 Conclusion
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Fusion 360 beginners start here with a series of 16 basic tutorials:-
• Fusion 360 Basic Tutor...

[@billscales4275]

Looking forward to this new series after the first 16 tutorials. They are a great tool for learning Fusion 360.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Good on you Bill, you're on your way.

[@htillotson1]

Thank you Arnold. That was a great video and timely for me!

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Good to hear from you again Holly, how's it going?

[@RobertBrown-lf8yq]

Great to see you continuing, and with the new UI. Great educational materials 👏👏 Regards Robert

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Thanks Robert, I'll press on!

[@noweare1]

The 16 part tutorial was excellent thank you for continuing on.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

I'm glad to help Joseph, I only wish I had more time to do so much more. I'll keep plodding.

[@john-qi7hp]

excellent video. thank you

[@sirX0001]

Great Tutorial. Thanks for sharing!

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Good on you SirW

[@ewflynn08]

Thank you for continuing to produce your videos, the pace at which you proceed is great for those of us getting started, they are very well done . Your teaching style is among the best I have found. Thanks again!

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

I'll keep going Eric, that's encouraging. I'm delighted to have you here.

[@willlo9156]

Excellent video! Helped me out a lot. Thank you!

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Glad it helped!

[@mallyhendrie6239]

Extremely well thought out videos makes teaching an old dog new tricks easier

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Haha, new tricks are such fun Mally. Keep learning. It’s good to see that you found the Bodies and Components tutorials, even though there are only two of them, they are good to follow up the 16 Basic tutorials. You might like to take a look at the intermediate series next. Click through to the channel home page by clicking on the little FE logo and then on the Playlists page.

[@georgeb9256]

Thank you Arnold, another excellent tutorial.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Glad you liked it! Actually, it was a certain GWB who inspired it.

[@savinglivesofourown]

Just started using Fusion and finished the Linked In basic tutorial. This was a great! Looking forward to more.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Glad to hear you enjoyed it Richard, on the home page of my channel you can see a few other basic tutorials, take a look at the Playlists page. kzbin.info/door/R-69_Ukrk6u4gwqacqx-WQ

[@scottfarndell2434]

Thank you for this. I always learn something new watching your content!

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Good on you Scott. Keep learning. What have you been doing with Fusion 360 lately?

[@scottfarndell2434]

@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360 I’m working on a few projects. Main two are designing a new dining table from some salvaged lumber and the other is building a telescope. The latter has a surprising number of fiddly parts. Recently made a CNC so designing in Fusion then milling/ cutting it out in wood. Hardest thing recently was a box with finger joints and an inlay on one side. Started out knowing nothing a few months months ago, but your videos got me up to speed pretty quickly!

[@ahrenkapur-sarma4797]

Big fan of your videos! Keep it up!

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Thankyou Ahren, I've got a video I'm working on at the moment, Its a revision of the first of the 16 basic tutorials which are getting old now, and hopefully it will be published within a week. Next will be the first in a new series about powder metallurgy. I'm looking forward to that one but I'll keep doing more on Fusion 360 too.

[@Y7YA399]

Thank you sir for those simple and clear lessons. Best Regards , Yahia

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Glad you like them!

[@mattlyle8606]

Thanks for your videos. I got a 3D Printer this winter so I needed to learn a CAD program. I learned more from Your 16 tutorials than everything else I watched put together. I think the way You gave out the sketches first was really helpful. I'm amazed that with Your teaching style how quick I was able to make fairly complex designs. This series about components and assemblies is just where I was starting to getting stuck, so it's good to see You continuing. Your a great teacher Thanks

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

That's encouraging Matt thanks. I need to do a few more on components, I've only just begun to realise that most people need a good foundation in the control of the browser structure to avoid the knotty problems that come up there. Keep going.

[@_Astrovert]

Awesome video, thanks!!

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Glad its all working for you

[@davidstonier-gibson5852]

Thank you so much. I have tried several YT tutorials on components vs bodies, and this is the first and only one to get it through my numb, aged skull. And thanks for the background music!

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

That's great David! Did you see the second one in this series? kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5SUq4KZntx-oq8si=-8FZTEUwAkPhJaE7

[@Despiser25]

It was shocking how easy this one was for me. You have done well Obi Wan.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Yeah Grasshopper, be calm, ... like a millpond.

[@flipfpv]

I don't know why I kept avoiding learning bodies and components - you made it so easy! Thanks for another great tut.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Good on you Flip! I was well into making the intermediate series of tutorials when I realised how important it is to get familiar with bodies and components before getting too deep in assemblies. I'm going to do more of these.

[@flipfpv]

@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360 Looking forward to it! Keep up the great work, sir.

[@jimdean7335]

Thanks Arnold, I’ve been using Fusion for a couple of months now. I’m a retired Electrical Engineer but an aspiring Mechanical Enginner😊. You have succinctly demonstrated the value of doing designs in an organized fasion. Keep up the good work.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Thanks Jim, stick with the journey, I hope to see what you make eventually. There's a lot more to say about bodies and components, and I'll be looking for some interesting models for more demonstrations so you can practise, practise, practise.

[@briancreekmore9312]

Another great tutorial, Thanks. I'll have to do this one several times to get it to stick... Half way through the tutorials and still interesting.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

That's the idea Brian, a few times and it will stick better. I'm looking for some more examples so that some of the unforeseen situations get covered. I think this needs to be expanded into a playlist of its own.

[@briancreekmore9312]

@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360 How about inserting parts from Libraries and catalogues like McMasters, or importing Step files. How about using a .pdf picture to recreate a part that will be integrated into an assembly...

[@boblombardi9397]

Thank You

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Good on you Bob, keep learning

[@dugy40]

Got it. Cool

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

I just realised how good this topic is for beginners, I'm looking for more examples to use, its really good to learn all about this part of Fusion 360.

[@dugy40]

You made a video on how we care how the orientation is and you have y up in this video and it’s not a triangle like in the 16 part series.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

There I go again!

[@nguyentan6182]

Thank sir!

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Keep watching, Nguyen, you might like the intermediate series... kzbin.info/aero/PLFCTgdiT5-kJErMn7E3Cq9gaaoeQg9NTf

[@hansgon5539]

Thank you Arnold I use it for 3d printing. In the past I used Rhino but Fushion360 is much better. On my work (machine shop) we use inventor but not by me.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Thanks for sharing Hans. I've seen some amazing work done in Rhino and a thing called Grasshopper but its for different purposes. I certainly like Fusion over Inventor though.

[@ArpanMukhopadhyay93]

nicee. thanks

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Thank you too! This was a bit of an afterthought but I can see how important this topic is and it will soon be a substantial playlist which I'll recommend before the intermediate tutorials.

[@ArpanMukhopadhyay93]

@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360 yeah. I realized I needed more clarity about this after 20 hours of multiple fusion360 videos

[@sammyairlines9307]

Arnold, working through the beginners tutorials and really appreciate them. Your style and content have clicked with me and has helped a lot. Over the past week I have tried to confirm my email subscription. I get to the verification but get a server error message. Any help?

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Sa I'll be overhauling the link and subscription system in coming weeks. In the meantime if you would visit my website and use the Contact page to send me an email I'll add you to the list. The website looks like its had no attention for a long time, true but I'm just about to begin to send a regular newsletter and will be reviving that website as well.

[@robertbankhead8661]

Thanks again from a retired engineer.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Good on you Robert, keep designing.

[@ljbeng4475]

I create my 3d objects in F360 and export using the .3MF extension as that opens easily in Cura for 3D printer slicing. I notice the circles are really multi-sided polygons when I open the 3MF file. If I export as STL (takes longer) I get better resolution on the round parts. Is there a setting I am missing to get better resolution for the 3MF files?

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

LJB, I'm a beginner in 3D printing and haven't even tried the format you're asking about. I'll be publishing on some specific 3D printing topics soon but I'll try to avoid sharing my ignorance.

[@ljbeng4475]

@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360 Feel free to ask any questions about the printing process. I've used Tinkercad for years and just learned F360 from your classes. Now F360is my go to for new designs.

[@georgeb9256]

One problem I seem to have is that the colours are very wishy washy, anyway of making them more intense?

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

I haven't been able to find any way to control the colours George. Are you sure it isn't that they are just not the active components? Activate one that is wishy washy and click somewhere else in the window. If that doesn't liven up the colours I'm stumped.

[@Aboud_648]

Hi I am working on a project and I have some some questions to ask how can I reach you on social media ? (I searched for your account in Instagram didn’t find anything )

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

ABOdii you can contact me at the Facebook Page facebook.com/Futr.Engineering/ and I'm just getting this website working again: futeng.shop The website has a 'Contact' page.

[@jwonderfulsuccess]

🙏AR

[@nhd28global34]

Sir, please make a traslet in Indonesian, sir

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Hi nhd, for many years in the classroom I had international students who struggled to understand the technical vocabulary and there was no easy way to make a good quality translation. That may be changing now with artificial intelligence. I’ll investigate again.

[@dugy40]

@5:12 all my lines disappear.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Doooh!!!

[@dugy40]

@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360 it was because when I hit finish sketch I needed to go click the eye on sketch to turn it on.

[@dugy40]

Throwing in the towel. Guess fusion 360 isn’t for me. I’ve followed this 8 times now. Always same point I lose all the lines. I don’t think it’s me buts it’s got me irritated. I think you’re doing something I am not seeing. We both hit ok. Your lines stay. Mine disappear. Only way to possible explain would be team viewer. I don’t think you have time for that. Thank you anyways. Bye. Doug.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Actually, I'd make time for you Douglas. I have done a screen share or two via Zoom and it works OK. But I did see your pic on the Facebook page where you have since cracked this. Well done!

[@dugy40]

@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360 yes thank you. I got it.

[@ttran857]

​@@dugy40 What did you learn? The shape that i created also disappeared after i clicked ok

[@dugy40]

@@ttran857 click on sketch again. Where the eye is

[@dugy40]

@@ttran857 sketch always disappears when u click ok on a component, bodie ect. Just click the eye next to sketch

[@crozwayne]

Do I uninstall my fusion360 and reload a new version? its been like this from when i first started using it in 2014

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Here's how you can check on the version of your software. I did a one minute video for you and posted it on the Facebook page here:- facebook.com/Futr.Engineering

[@crozwayne]

Why is yours wire frame when you create boss and mine is solid?

[@crozwayne]

Got it. friggin confusion is way too complicated

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

I'm glad you got it in the end crozwayne! As for the wireframe view, that's what it does when you isolate a component, everything else is partly greyed out. Without seeing exactly what's going on by looking over your shoulder but this is what it sounds like.

[@crozwayne]

This feature does not work on my paid version of (con)Fusion 360, I am so very disappointed in this product

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Crozwayne, have you worked through the 16 basic tutorials? This Bodies and Components tutorial is pitched at beginners level but really that means those who have gone through the practice and discipline of the first 16. Its the next step. I can assure you that this will work the same way in all four license versions of Fusion 360, there are so many things that can trip you up with new software. I have to apologise for taking five days to respond to you here, normally I can help a bit more promptly.

[@crozwayne]

Nothing of what you said at 14 mins into the video works on my version. I hate Autodesk and I hope Putin drops a bomb on them 🤣🤣

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Hahaha! Crozwayne, sorry to take so long to get back to you, I'm sure I can help you with this.

[@crozwayne]

Nope, I even put the playback speed on your video and followed each and every single second of your video and still this absolute POS software doesn't do anything like yours. I hate #Autodesk and I will be going back and sod the expense to Solid Works

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Sorry mate, Solidworks is pretty good.